[plt-scheme] Renaming of contract names

From: Jens Axel Søgaard (jensaxel at soegaard.net)
Date: Sat Apr 28 12:24:49 EDT 2007

Robby Findler skrev:
> On 4/28/07, Jens Axel Søgaard <jensaxel at soegaard.net> wrote:
>> Robby Findler skrev:
>> > Yeah, that's supposed to happen. "any" is a local keyword for -> and
>> > only works in the range position. Use it when you want to make sure
>> > your function remains tail-recursive. The actual any contract is
>> > any/c, so you wanted this, I think:
>> >
>> > (provide/contract [empty? (-> any/c boolean?)])
>>
>> I suppose that means the any version is faster than the any/c ?
> 
> It is slightly faster, but the important thing is the space savings
> (well, if it matters at all). Of course, any/c can be used anywhere a
> contract is expected, but any can only be used in the result position
> of function contract combinators.

Thanks,
Jens Axel




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