20 minutes ago, Shriram Krishnamurthi wrote:
> I like it.
>
> I'm afraid I just don't understand Eli's response to this...
It's unrelated to the name: you see `as-thread' and `thread',
`as-future' and `future', and you learn the difference. Then you see
`as-delay' and you get surprised that `delay' is not expecting a
thunk.
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Matthew Flatt <mfl...@cs.utah.edu> wrote:
> > How about an `as-' prefix?
> >
> > (as-thread ....)
> > (as-future ...)
> > (as-delay ...)
BTW, two more points: `dynamic-wind' (probably a non-issue given that
what's really needed is a better form). But the other point is
`with-output-to-file', which is probably the #1 of these forms that I
still trip over. (It's actually the main reason I've generally
switched to the less confusing `call-with-' forms.)
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