[plt-scheme] symbols redefined in SRFIs

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Mon Oct 23 21:50:47 EDT 2006

On Oct 24, Dan Muresan wrote:
> 
> Still, do you think any non-contrived example *relies* on map
> raising an error for unequal lists (that is the only difference,
> right)?

The real question is -- put these two benefits on scales:

  * the ability to map functions on (equal) lists of unequal lengths

  * the ability to catch bugs in code that wants to use lists of equal
    length

Which benefit is bigger?

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