[plt-scheme] A new version of Typed Scheme

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On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Shriram Krishnamurthi <sk at cs.brown.edu> wrote:
> Why does this revised guide repeatedly say "typed-scheme" instead of
> "typed/scheme"?
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <samth at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>> In the current SVN version, and in the next release, Typed Scheme now
>> has a new name.  Typed modules should now use the language
>> `typed/scheme', or `typed/scheme/base', like this:
>>
>> #lang typed/scheme
>> (: x Number)
>> (define x 7)
>>
>> The `typed/scheme' language is like `scheme', but checked, and
>> `typed/scheme/base' is like `scheme/base'.  I hope to add `typed/'
>> versions of additional languages in the future.
>>
>> This change also brings with it a refactoring of the numeric hierarchy
>> in Typed Scheme.  Numbers are now given more precise types, and
>> several functions (such as `vector-ref') require more precise types.
>> The existing `typed-scheme' language will continue to work as it did
>> previously.
>>
>> Finally, the new release comes with a rewritten version of the guide
>> to Typed Scheme, available soon at
>> http://pre.plt-scheme.org/docs/html/ts-guide/.  I'm very interested in
>> feedback on the new guide.
>> --
>> sam th
>> samth at ccs.neu.edu
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