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Re: defining new character names?
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Marius Vollmer |
Subject: |
Re: defining new character names? |
Date: |
01 Sep 2002 18:49:58 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 |
Rob Browning <address@hidden> writes:
> Marius Vollmer <address@hidden> writes:
>
> >> (string-index line #\paren-close)
> >>
> >> [...]
> >> I've looked in libguile/chars.{c,h} and the guile docs, but
> >> didn't find any obvious way to do this. Is it possible?
> >
> > Not currently, but I think it's a good idea.
>
> I'm not so sure I agree, at least not as a mechanism intended for
> general use or unless we're planning to do it as part of a new SRFI.
> It seems like the added benefit here (syntax hilighting or
> readability?) over just binding the char to a suitably named variable
> isn't often likely to justify the immediate loss of code portability.
Yep, I have changed my mind already.
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