v is for "value" I believe. Robby
On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 8:01 PM Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <[email protected]> wrote: > That page actually suggests they're inherited from Common Lisp, which > seems very likely (and probably from some other Lisp before that). > > Sam > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 8:59 PM Sorawee Porncharoenwase > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I had this question too. It looks like they are inherited from Scheme. > > > > ~a = any > > ~s = s-expression > > > > See http://wiki.call-cc.org/eggref/5/format#documentation. > > > > There's no ~v. IIUC, there's no `print` in Scheme. > > > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 5:50 PM primer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> I'm reading the documentation about formatted output where it says: > >> ~a or ~A displays the next argument > >> ~s or ~S writes the next argument > >> ~v or ~V prints the next argument > >> > >> I can't help thinking these would be more intuitive if they were > spelled ~d, ~w, and ~p. > >> > >> Perhaps I can remember them better if someone could explain where the > letters come from. Can anyone explain? > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Racket Users" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/979731d3-0a48-484c-8269-f10a807fe6aan%40googlegroups.com > . > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Racket Users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CADcuegvoXQCZDCJhwZa9rfvJrfWWw6OfvMy9atpvpx2vggnJDA%40mail.gmail.com > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAK%3DHD%2BZ-bHkLApiKSKmSH_4gEDBKM-Oe6eTe2wh8Vm2%2Bc8SRZw%40mail.gmail.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAL3TdOMvFxgx0R9urZ7vW1yONS6k_b2ybJ584DbfTKzDzmYMKg%40mail.gmail.com.
