[racket-dev] #true and #false

At Sun, 10 Oct 2010 01:03:57 -0400, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> > An even more common use of `write', I think, is to print code. If we
> > switch to `#true' and `#false' as the default forms of the constants, I
> > think we want all those uses of "~.s" that you recently fixed up to
> > print with `#true' and `#false'.
> 
> Sounds like this is a core question

Yes. I suppose it was implicit in my mind with changing the way that
true and false values print, but I should have made it explicit:

What if we switch to using `#true' and `#false' in our code?

> then: I'd like to keep coding with
> #t and #f, so I prefer seeing them in "~.s" messages.  Two points that
> I see as emphasizing this: (a) it's a change that is motivated by the
> teaching languages, (b) it contradics the gradual shift to avoiding
> verbosity when possible (which is a direction that I very much like,
> and I get the feeling that I'm not alone).

I would like to try using `#true' and `#false' and I think I will like
it for the reason in my original message.

So, that's two (conflicting) votes so far. Any other opinions?