[racket-dev] docs don't make sense

From: Robby Findler (robby at eecs.northwestern.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 2 18:13:40 EDT 2010

I've pushed local fixes. Please feel free to push a better revision if
you have the energy.

Robby

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Shriram Krishnamurthi <sk at cs.brown.edu> wrote:
> http://docs.racket-lang.org/drracket/extending-drracket.html?q=teachpack#(part._teachpacks)
>
> -----
> As an example, the following teachpack provides a lazy cons
> implementation. To test it, be sure to save it in a file named
> "lazycons.ss".
>
> ...
>
> Then, in this program:
>
> ...
>
> the list all-nums is bound to an infinite list of ascending numbers.
> -----
>
> 1. It's not clear why one must "be sure to" save it in that particular name.
>
> 2. The above docs don't say to actually *install* the Teachpack.
>
> Presumably #2 meant to reference "lazycons.ss".  But the "be sure to"
> is misleading (the name is meaningless).
>
> Also, the .ss should probably be .rkt.
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