2009/12/17 Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org>: > Hi, > > Yi DAI <plm....@gmail.com> writes: > >> I'd like to suggest the following name convention which complies to names >> commonly found in assembly languages. >> >> >> - Replace < (less than) with *_lt*. >> - Replace > (greater than) with *_gt*. > > Changing conventions would mean changing the API or maintaining function > name aliases, and I don’t think it’s worth it.
well, the API is controlled by the scheme steering committee, and a change would affect dozens of scheme implementations, not just guile! So this is an odd request. And any novice scheme programmer can create brand-new predicates of any sort they wish, with any name desired, so I don't understand this request at all. --linas
