question about r5rs (was Re: pack/unpack)

[sen_ml at eccosys dot com]

>On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 01:07:30AM +0900, sen_ml@eccosys.com wrote:
> btw, looking through r5rs, i noticed in 7.6.1:
> 
>     (with-input-from-file string thunk)
>     (with-input-to-file string thunk)
> 
>   String should be a string naming a file, and proc should be a procedure...
> 
> but i don't see any mention of 'proc' -- did the authors mean 'thunk'
> here or am i misunderstanding something?  is there an errata list
> around somewhere?

crayc> A thunk is a procedure that takes no arguments.

ah, thank you for that explanation!  knowing the definition of a thunk
is very helpful.  is there a good glossary of terms around somewhere?
i would also like to learn what a continuation is.  not having had
much college-level (or above) c.s. training, some of these terms are
lost on me.

back to section 7.6.1 of the report...strictly speaking, shouldn't the
report say:

  String should be a string naming a file, and thunk should be a procedure

if what is being referred to is the second argument of
with-input-from-file or with-input-to-file?  i didn't manage to quote
the italics in my posting, but both 'thunk' and 'proc' are in italics
in the report, so they refer to names of things right -- granted the
names are suggestive of what they are referring to?  in the rest of
the paragraph (the one that starts w/ "String should be"), there is no
mention of 'proc', only 'thunk'.  

or am i STILL missing something?

thanks for your patience!