Re: [Chicken-users] need idea for read-syntax

[Felix Winkelmann]

Am Thu, 20 Nov 2003 06:24:34 +0000 hat Category 5 <address@hidden> 
geschrieben:

> Felix Winkelmann <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > > How about this:
> > >
> > >     statement sequence:  #{ ... }#
> > >     typed value:         #{[c-string] var}#
> >
> > Yes, that's going to be it, I guess. But I'm also tending to leave it
> > out entirely...
>
> Yeah, I think we're starting to strain the cramped bounds of ASCII a
> bit.  Hmmn.  My current feeling is that #{ ... }# is a good idea for
> statements but that the typed case should be left out.  I think I'd be
> happier just seeing a (define-foreign-variable ...) and a decent naming
> convention in that case.

That's basically, what `foreign-code' does (it's in the current CVS HEAD):

(foreign-code " ... ")
(foreign-code "var" c-string)


cheers,
felix