Il giorno sab, 28/01/2023 alle 20.10 +0100, randomloo...@riseup.net ha
scritto:
> Il giorno sab, 28/01/2023 alle 14.18 +0100, Maxime Devos ha scritto:
> >
> >
> > > +(define (english-base-ten->number name)
> > > + (match name
> > > + ('zero 0)
> > > + ('one 1)
> > > + ('two 2)
> > > + ('three 3)
> > > + ('four 4)
> > > + ('five 5)
> > > + ('six 6)
> > > + ('seven 7)
> > > + ('eight 8)
> > > + ('nine 9)))
> > > +
> > > +(english-base-ten->number 'six)
> > > +@result{} 6
> >
> > This is a suboptimal example; this would be better done with
> > 'case'.
> > I propose replacing it with another example, or adding a note that
> > one
> > would normally use 'case' for this.
>
> The point of this example is not to proficiently program in scheme
>
> It is to introduce possibly naive people to pattern matching
> effectively
>
> The aim is to be didactic, there's no implication that this is
> idiomatic scheme
>
> I'd pay attention at the curse of knowledge that may be at play, here
>
I just missed the suggestion to add a note
My bad
Adding a note would be perfectly fine
