Re: [Chicken-users] Where is parenthesis-synonyms gone?

[Felix]

From: Paul Colby <address@hidden>
Subject: [Chicken-users] Where is parenthesis-synonyms gone?
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:18:14 -0700

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to do some algebra using scheme so I would like to disable the 
> parenthesis-synonyms so
> I may give [] and {} different meanings. I'm running version 4.7.0. In the 
> documentation on 
> "parameters" I was lead to believe that one might disable this feature of the 
> reader by 
> (parenthesis-synonyms #f). Every symbol in the parameters documentation is 
> there except 
> parenthesis-synonyms. Is there a reason this has dropped off the symbol 
> table? I tried "apropos"
> and parenthesis-synonyms is a symbol just not bound to anything.

You can just use "set-read-syntax!" to redefine it (this will override
the default meaning). And you probably invoked "(apropos
'paranthesis-synonyms)" and added the symbol to the symbol-table
yourself.


cheers,
felix