Re: [Readable-discuss] Readable version 1.0.2 released!

[Alan M. G. <alm...@gm...>]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:41 AM, David A. Wheeler <dwh...@dw...> wrote:
> Version 1.0.2 of the "readable" package is now available!!
>
> It's a collection of small tweaks and improvements, primarily in the documentation and Scheme implementation.  Having many small improvements is a *good* thing.  In particular, there are no incompatible interface/language changes; I view avoiding incompatible language changes as critically important.
>
> Below is the ChangeLog entry for this version, which describes the highlights.  If you want more detail, "git log -p" will tell all.
>
> --- David A. Wheeler
>
>
> ChangeLog for version 1.0.2:
>         * Various minor Scheme bug fixes, e.g., improve EOF handling during
>           symbol reading, fix detection of unsupported #.
>         * Many portability improvements, especially for Chicken Scheme and
>           rscheme.  E.G., remove all "#:" in source,
>           change "throw" to "raise", rename internal "body" to "read-body".
>           Modify sweet-run so it works unchanged on Mac OS Darwin.
>         * Many changes to eliminate warnings in various Schemes, e.g.,
>           change (cond .. #t) to (cond .. else); either is legal Scheme,
>           but chicken Scheme emits warnings on the former.

(cond ... else) doesn't work in Guile 1.6 (it's why I coded them as
(cond .. #t) in the first place).

>         * Add the following as delimiters: #\' and #\` and #\.
>           These are not required to be delimiters in Scheme, but
>           they can be, and doing so means that we can detect syntax errors
>           of very dodgy constructs.  This means that x'y will be
>           considered an error, not a 3-char symbol.  We can already express
>           that as |x'y|, and (x 'y) or x('y) work for making a list.
>         * Optimize read-digits.
>         * Improve Scheme error reporting when giving "Unexpected text
>           after n-expression" by reporting the next (peeked) character.
>         * Add #!keyword-prefix and #!keyword-suffix support so can handle
>           syntax like STUFF: and :STUFF.
>         * Modify Scheme sweet-run so that it returns the program exit code.
>         * Add type annotations in chicken format, and ensure it does not
>           interfere with other Schemes like guile.
>
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