Hello! Neil Jerram <n...@ossau.uklinux.net> writes:
> Mike Gran <spk...@yahoo.com> writes: > >> Why do strings use hex for unnamed control characters while >> characters use octal? > > I don't know. Ludo might know more, from his work on the reader. I don't know either, I guess it's "always" been this way. The "String Read Syntax" node existed before 2004. >> Also, r6rs likes hex characters. Is that something that might be >> added to Guile? > > Would that be the same as the \x... format that Guile uses in string > output? I don't see why not, if so. Same for me, provided things are backward compatible. Also, many Scheme implementations support `\XYZ' where XYZ is an octal number (see http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.scheme.snow/153), so it might be a good idea to follow them here. Thanks, Ludo'.
