[plt-scheme] rest-like keyword arguments

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Sun Jun 1 20:45:28 EDT 2008

On Jun  1, Henk Boom wrote:
> Hi, I guess I was one of the few people who actually used pre-400's
> keyword library. In the document describing the changes in v4, I see
> the following:
> 
> http://pre.plt-scheme.org/plt/doc/release-notes/mzscheme/MzScheme_4.txt
> >   "Rest"
> >   arguments, such as the `x' in `(lambda x 10)', do not capture
> >   keyword-based arguments; keyword arguments are completely separate
> >   from by-position arguments, and a separate "rest"-like facility is
> >   provided for accepting all provided keyword arguments.
> 
> Where can I find this rest-like facility for keyword arguments? I
> don't see any mention of it at
> http://pre.plt-scheme.org/docs/html/reference/lambda.html .

http://docs.plt-scheme.org/reference/procedures.html#(def._((collects._scheme._base..ss)._make-keyword-procedure))

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