Re: [Chicken-users] Cleaning up SRFI support claims

[Kon Lovett]

On May 26, 2011, at 10:46 AM, Jim Pryor wrote:

> Hi Kon, thanks for your reply.
>
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:06:26AM -0700, Kon Lovett wrote:
> > > 3. This page <http://wiki.call-cc.org/man/4/Getting%20started>  
> > > lists a
> > > variety of SRFIs Chicken allegedly supports.
<snip>
> > > each of these SRFI covers; this is just a bulk report.)
> >
> > -7 was never supported TMK. Where is this SRFI referenced?
>
> At the link at the start of the above quotation.

Ahh, as part of the "SRFIs ..., 6-19, ...". Yes, this is wrong.

>
<snip>
> Why don't we just remove these srfi numbers from the list at the  
> linked wiki
> page?

The <http://wiki.call-cc.org/man/4/Getting%20started>  page should  
probably only mention the builtin SRFIs. Or provide a link to the <http://wiki.call-cc.org/supported-standards 
> page.

> > > 4. The SRFI-modules egg, at least according to its documentation at
> > > <http://wiki.call-cc.org/eggref/4/srfi-modules>, neglects to  
> > > provide an
> > > import library for SRFIs 61, 62, 88, yet these are part of my base
> > > install. Perhaps 46 also, though that came in a later version of  
> > > Chicken
> > > than I have installed.
> >
> > -61 would export `cond'?
>
> It doesn't need to export anything, I guess, since the => syntax for
> cond is already in the base chicken install. I admit I'm not too clear
> on the purpose of this srfi-modules egg. I was just confused because
> this egg seems to provide a list of SRFIs supported in the base  
> install
> but it doesn't include 61, 62, 88, or 46. Perhaps a
> explanatory mention on the egg's docpage would be useful.

Felix could probably delegate this.

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