Re: defining new character names?

[Marius Vollmer]

Rob Browning <address@hidden> writes:

> 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.

Yep, I have changed my mind already.

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