Re: Keyword syntax

[Paul Jarc]

Marius Vollmer <address@hidden> wrote:
> As to 1), the simplest change would be to just do the equivalent of
> (symbol->keyword (read port)).

I like this way too.

>         guile> #:12
>         ERROR: Wrong type (expecting symbol): 12

You could add a bit of backward compatibility:
(let ((obj (read port)))
  (symbol->keyword
   (if (symbol? obj)
     obj
     (string->symbol (object->string obj)))))

But I'm not sure this would be worth it, or if there may be corner
cases where it produces a different keyword.


paul