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

[David A. W. <dwh...@dw...>]

Drat.  What do you suggest?



On June 24, 2014 5:28:39 PM EDT, Alan Manuel Gloria <alm...@gm...> wrote:
>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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