[plt-scheme] Specifics on how display works..

On Apr 24, 2005, at 1:38 AM, Jim Witte wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The following display statement will run, display a complicated list 
> like I want (a representation of an FSM in a program I'm writing"
>
> (display '(["Stop at a B" "AB" 2]
>            [('first [('A 'first 'right)
>                      ('B 'second 'right)])
>             ('second [('A ("Found a B"))
>                       ('B ("Found a B"))])]) )
>
> but this will not, treating part of it as a procedure application, not 
> a list:
>
> (display '[["Stop at a B" "ABC" 2]
>            [('first [('A 'first 'right)
>                      ('B 'second 'right)])
>             ('second [('A ("Found a B"))
>                       ('B ("Found a B"))])]] )
>
>   I thought that the '(; and '[' characters were identical as 
> list-delimiters as far as RSR5 was concerned?  Or is '['  a way to do 
> an application, even within a list structure (similar to an unquote in 
> a backquoted list?)

Please be more specific:  what output do you observe in the evaluation 
of these two expressions?  In DrScheme, for me, these two produce 
identical outputs (well, the first one contains the string "AB" and the 
second one contains the string "ABC").

John
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