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Re: [Scheme-reports] Three really picky points



On 2012-01-11, at 05:42, Alex Shinn wrote:
> I think this reasoning is flawed.  If we believe the
> names are bad, and that R6RS fixed the names,
> we should go with R6RS, not write an apology.
> 
> R5RS compatibility can be broken in cases, especially
> where R6RS has already paved the way, and names
> are trivial to provide compatibility for since the module
> system allows for renaming.

+1.

A less-desirable alternative is to provide the R6RS names as
synonyms. 

-- vincent

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