[racket-dev] New error messages for *SL

On Jul 11, 2011, at 6:32 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:

> I'd much prefer eliminating such function calls.

What harm do they do?  You can't call any library function with the  
wrong number of arguments, and you can't define a zero-argument  
function.  The only way this affects a BSL student is if the student  
is using a library that provides a zero-argument function, which it  
presumably does because the library author thinks BSL students NEED a  
zero-argument function.

I wouldn't draw attention to the existence of zero-argument functions  
in the docs, but I don't see that we need to overrule the judgment of  
every library author who ever provides one.

Stephen Bloch
sbloch at adelphi.edu



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