Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points
John Cowan 11 Jan 2012 17:31 UTC
Alex Shinn scripsit:
> I think this reasoning is flawed. If we believe the names
> [exact->inexact and inexact->exact] are bad, and that R6RS fixed the
> names, we should go with R6RS, not write an apology.
That would break backward compatibility with IEEE Scheme, a constraint
which did not apply to the R6RS work but is effectively imposed on WG1
by its charter. I would be extremely reluctant to go there.
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