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Re: Where should guile modules store meta data?
Hello,
>> I suppose that a fully paren'ed syntax might have nicer
>> theoretical properties. The current notation has the advantage
>> of being easy on the simple user.
Chris> I prefer the idea of a fully paren'ed syntax. How about we
Chris> put some thought into making the theoretically ideal nice
Chris> for the user, instead of figuring out how to make what's
Chris> nice for the user more clean?
That would be even better. My real point is that the user interface
must be considered.
Chris> What are the issues with paren'ed syntax? One issue is how
Chris> it would work from the command line in interactive
Chris> mode. Perhaps one way it could work is you type...
>> (define-module (my hack)
Chris> and it comes back with the prompt.... (my hack)>
Chris> Now anything you type in is just like at a regular scheme
Chris> prompt except that it is scoped to the module...
I like that idea. That would be achieve almost exactly the same
result so it's better.
Cheers,
Clark