Re: The new patch, slightly cleaned up, with (I hope) a proper Changelog

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

David Feuer wrote:
> Attached is a patch that might be more controversial than the one I
> just submitted (it goes on top of that one, and is pretty small). 
> This one creates a Scheme macro for using str4 in format calls.  I
> don't know if you'll think it's great or just plain ugly.  I'm not
> sure what I think of it myself.  Let me know.

I think this is a good intention, but the wrong way to go about this 
problem. Why not write a wrapper around "format"? Isn't it more logical 
to write

  ~4

for a 4 digit precision? There already is ~$ for two digit precision.

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