Re: [Chicken-users] keyword->string and back

[felix]

Alain MELLAN wrote:
> With (keyword-style #:prefix), I get the following:
>
> (keyword->string :foo)  => "foo"

Well, this is actually intended to be like this.

> (string->keyword "foo") => :foo
>
> Also, a (format "~A" :foo) gives "foo", while (write :foo) gives :foo. 
> It seems only (write) ensures the write/read invariant behavior.

Yes, format should should print ":foo". I'll fix this.

> I would like to have (format "~A" :foo) => ":foo", and (keyword->string
> :foo) => ":foo"  (depending on the keyword-style, of course).
>
> Does that make sense?

Certainly. But I must hold on to keyword->string returning the non-decorated
name. The : is just a marker here (it might be #: or : at the end), so
the "canonical" name of a keyword is the name stripped of all markers.


cheers,
felix