Re: [Scheme-reports] Formal Comment: Change syntax of symbols from |<symbol element>*| to #"<string element>*" Andy Wingo (09 Apr 2012 19:02 UTC)

Re: [Scheme-reports] Formal Comment: Change syntax of symbols from |<symbol element>*| to #"<string element>*" Andy Wingo 09 Apr 2012 19:00 UTC

On Sun 08 Apr 2012 18:09, Alex Shinn <alexshinn@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Alan Watson <alan@alan-watson.org> wrote:
>> * There are two mechanisms to write difficult symbols. [...]
>
> Note we have voted to allow only the |...| symbols, freeing up \
> outside of pipes.

FWIW, Guile currently supports arbitrary symbols via #{#} (or is it #{}#
?) and R6RS hex escapes, but not |...|.

Andy
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