[racket-dev] Release Announcement for v5.0.1 -- final version

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Mon Aug 2 03:42:47 EDT 2010

On Aug  2, Michael Sperber wrote:
> Sorry, I'm just seeing this now:
> 
> Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> writes:
> 
> > Final version, after some edits and reorganization.
> > * The Advanced Student Language now supports hash-table
> >   primitives, `define-datatype' for defining sets of related
> >   structs, and `match' for pattern matching.
> 
> Is it a good idea to advertise `define-datatype', given the
> impending introduction of signatures?  Is it even needed?
> 
> Also, it does not seem to have been merged to the release branch:
> 
> define-datatype: name is not defined, not a parameter, and not a
> primitive name

I don't know of any plan for signatures, but if it would be bad to
advertise it if it's not included...  Jay/Ryan--??

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