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Re: Oversight in R^4RS: `@' as an ``extended alphabetic character''

To: ziggy@martigny.ai.mit.edu
Subject: Re: Oversight in R^4RS: `@' as an ``extended alphabetic character''
From: Jonathan A Rees <jar@martigny.ai.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 1998 21:39:19 -0500 (EST)
Cc: rrrs-authors@martigny.ai.mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199801062048.AA146899695@martigny.ai.mit.edu> (message fromMichael R. Blair on Tue, 6 Jan 1998 15:48:14 -0500)

Clever implementations of WRITE would have to be sure to do the right
thing with
  (write '`(foo , @bar))
namely
  `(foo , @bar)    OR   (quasiquote (foo (unquote @bar)))   OR   ...
    BUT NOT  `(foo ,@bar)

Jonathan

References:
- Oversight in R^4RS: `@' as an ``extended alphabetic character''
  - From: Michael R. Blair <ziggy@martigny.ai.mit.edu>

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