[plt-scheme] Problem fetching a URL

From: Robby Findler (robby at cs.uchicago.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 11 11:25:45 EDT 2006

At Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:00:17 -0700 (PDT), Danny Yoo wrote:
> > It looks like current-alist-separator-mode is exactly what I need. 
> > I'll try it out later.
> 
> Just out of curiosity, why is current-alist-separator-mode using 
> semicolons by default rather than ampersands?  I understand that 
> flexibility is nice, but this is the fifth time I've seen people hit this 
> as a roadblock; shouldn't the default be what's most commonly used?

It is my understanding that semi-colons are more standards compliant.
That's why it is the default.

Robby


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