Re: [Scheme-reports] Fwd: Symbol escapes - clarification Shiro Kawai (09 Jan 2012 19:56 UTC)
Re: [Scheme-reports] Fwd: Symbol escapes - clarification John Cowan (10 Jan 2012 02:11 UTC)

Re: [Scheme-reports] Fwd: Symbol escapes - clarification John Cowan 10 Jan 2012 02:10 UTC

Shiro Kawai scripsit:

> If '|' delimits the symbol, can the following prose in 7.1.1 be improved?
> That's also the source of confusion.
>
>   Identifiers, dot, numbers, characters, and booleans are terminated
>   by a <delimiter> or by the end of the input.
>
> I can't come up with a good wording, but it needs to say something about
> vertical-bar-escaped identifiers delimits itself (is it a correct English?)
>
> It may also be possible to add '|' to <delimiter>, which makes it clear
> that (123|a|.|b|) reads (123 a . b), for example.

Fixed on trunk.

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