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Re: A useful syntax for regexps and other things

Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com> writes:

> As much as I hate to say it, I think the here string stuff should
> go into boot-9.scm, so it's part of Guile, not just part of the SCSH
> port.

But wait a minute.

Should this syntax really be part of guile-core at all?

Is it really useful enough to motivate extending the syntax?

I think the ordinary string notation has enough power.

One observation is that this extended syntax won't contribute to the
portability of Guile code.

/mdj