[plt-dev] Apply/List vs Call-with-values/vector->values

On 22 Feb 2010, at 16:18, Carl Eastlund wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Matthias Felleisen
> <matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> So we really need an apply/vector so that Jay can write
>> 
>>  (apply/vector make-prefab-struct v)
>> 
>> And for keywords, perhaps we should have an apply/hash if
>> we can stick keywords into the domain of a hash.
>> 
>> -- Matthias
> 
> I've wanted a dict-based front-end to lambda, keyword-apply, and
> make-keyword-procedure for some time.  Manipulating a pair of lists is
> a less than convenient interface.
> 
> --Carl


I wrote a procedure called keyword-apply* for Unlib, in case that's any use to you:

  http://svn.untyped.com/unlib/trunk/src/keyword-test.ss
  http://svn.untyped.com/unlib/trunk/src/keyword.ss

It's not dict-like but it's pretty friendly.

Cheers,

-- Dave