Re: [Scheme-reports] Bitwise operations on bytes Alex Shinn (29 Mar 2012 14:03 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Bitwise operations on bytes John Cowan (29 Mar 2012 16:15 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Bitwise operations on bytes Alan Watson (29 Mar 2012 16:40 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Bitwise operations on bytes John Cowan (29 Mar 2012 17:40 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Bitwise operations on bytes Per Bothner (29 Mar 2012 19:13 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Bitwise operations on bytes Aaron W. Hsu (29 Mar 2012 20:18 UTC)
Re: Bitwise operations on bytes Arthur A. Gleckler (29 Mar 2012 20:20 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Bitwise operations on bytes Aaron W. Hsu (29 Mar 2012 20:44 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Bitwise operations on bytes John Cowan (29 Mar 2012 20:30 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Bitwise operations on bytes Per Bothner (29 Mar 2012 20:44 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Bitwise operations on bytes Aubrey Jaffer (29 Mar 2012 17:56 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Bitwise operations on bytes John Cowan (29 Mar 2012 18:15 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Bitwise operations on bytes Alan Watson (29 Mar 2012 18:26 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Bitwise operations on bytes Aubrey Jaffer (29 Mar 2012 19:56 UTC)

Re: [Scheme-reports] Bitwise operations on bytes John Cowan 29 Mar 2012 16:15 UTC

Alex Shinn scripsit:

> We did strongly consider incorporating bitwise operations as in (srfi
> 33) / (rnrs arithmetic bitwise), and decided to leave it to the large
> language.  There was no question of it being controversial or of
> limited use, it's simply one place we decided to draw the line between
> large and small.

What would be very helpful is to develop a document showing the
similarities and differences between SRFI 33 and (rnrs arithmetic
bitwise), particularly highlighting any inconsistencies.  This would be
valuable input for WG2.

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John Cowan    cowan@ccil.org    http://ccil.org/~cowan
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