Re: defining new character names?

[Rob Browning]

Marius Vollmer <address@hidden> writes:

>> (string-index line #\paren-close)
>>
>> [...]
>> I've looked in libguile/chars.{c,h} and the guile docs, but
>> didn't find any obvious way to do this.  Is it possible?
>
> Not currently, but I think it's a good idea.

I'm not so sure I agree, at least not as a mechanism intended for
general use or unless we're planning to do it as part of a new SRFI.
It seems like the added benefit here (syntax hilighting or
readability?)  over just binding the char to a suitably named variable
isn't often likely to justify the immediate loss of code portability.

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Rob Browning
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