[plt-scheme] dots

Thanks for your clear answer. Sorry for misinterpreting your posting. Jos Koot
 
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From: "Robert Nikander" <nikander at nc.rr.com>
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Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [plt-scheme] dots


> On Jun 10, 2007, at 1:27 PM, Jos Koot wrote:
>> Yes, I thought of using a readertable too, but did not succeed, not  
>> even with another character for the dot. How do you put "(dot " in  
>> font of the a of a.b when the readertable-procedure for the period  
>> is invoked? (and after the a has already been parsed) If you have a  
>> solution that does not force me to parse all identifiers myself, I  
>> am very curious to hear about it.
> 
> 
> No, I don't have a solution that would work with a readertable.  I  
> should have mentioned that my reader peeked ahead to see if the next  
> datum was a dot.
> 
> 
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Nikander"  
>> <nikander at nc.rr.com>
>>
>>> I've experimented with writing Scheme interpreters, and I once  
>>> added  dot support at the reader level, similar to quote:
>>>
>>> 'a  --> (quote a)
>>> a.b --> (dot a 'b)
>>>
>>> Different types could implement the dot lookup however they  
>>> wanted.   Maybe it's just a slippery slope to syntax hell, or  
>>> maybe it's worth  it.  I had to pick another character for  
>>> improper lists, but that was  fine with me.
> 
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