[plt-scheme] dots

Of course, well, ':' would also be ok?

--Hans

Richard Cobbe schreef:
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 07:35:16PM +0200, Hans Oesterholt-Dijkema wrote:
>   
>>  I don't understand the reason to  deviate from the standard
>>  prefix notation in scheme.
>>
>>  Why not use
>>
>>  (. a b)
>>
>>  ??
>>     
>
> You'd have to implement a custom reader, as the default reader treats the
> token "." specially.  (And I'm only mostly certain that a custom reader
> would do the trick, though the Algol & Honu languages would seem to
> indicate that custom readers are indeed powerful enough.)
>
> Richard
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