We may change Racket CS so that it produces the same results, but in
general the results of `struct->vector` on values that are opaque is
not something that should be relied on.

The describe library is, I believe, unmaintained, and hasn't been
updated in many years.

Sam

On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 1:17 PM Kevin Forchione <lyss...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Sep 15, 2020, at 3:11 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <sa...@cs.indiana.edu> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > This is a difference in behavior between Racket BC and Racket CS, and
> > not something in the describe library:
> >
> > [samth@homer:~/work/teaching/c211 (master) racket-7.8] racket
> > Welcome to Racket v7.8.
> >> (struct->vector 5)
> > '#(struct:fixnum-integer ...)
> >> ^D
> > [samth@homer:~/work/teaching/c211 (master) plt] racket
> > Welcome to Racket v7.8.0.9 [cs].
> >> (struct->vector 5)
> > '#(struct:simple …)
>
>
> Is this going to be the go-forward stance for Racket? Or is this still a work 
> in progress? Will it be left up to the code to determine types through 
> predicate checking?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kevin
>
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