[plt-dev] Errors with SRFI-1 in R6RS mode that are not in #scheme mode in PLT 4.1.4.3-svn13feb2009

On Mar  1, Grant Rettke wrote:
> 
> This does not:
> 
> #!r6rs
> 
> (import (rnrs base)
>         (only (srfi :1) split-at take drop))
> 
> (take '(a b c d e)  2) ; => (a b)
> (drop '(a b c d e)  2) ; => (c d e)
> (split-at '(a b c d e)  2) ; => expecting
>                            ;(values (take '(a b c d e)  2) (drop '(a b
> c d e)  2)
> 
> >take: index 2 too large for list (not a proper list): {a b c d e}2
> >drop: index 2 too large for list (not a proper list): {a b c d e}2
> >take: index 2 too large for list (not a proper list): {a b c d e}2
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

Mutable lists are not `list?', so you get the same error as if you did
(take "blah" 2).

(BTW, such messages like this are more fitting to the main list.)

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