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Re: Functional hashtables
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: Functional hashtables |
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Sat, 16 May 2020 22:42:40 +0200 |
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Hi there!
Christopher Lemmer Webber <address@hidden> skribis:
> There's no separate package of guile-fash available anywhere, but it
> would be easy enough to do if we're just using it with Guix. It's
> desirable to not have to keep copy-pasta'ing fash.scm around at least.
>
> My time in Racket has convinced me that it's an extremely good idea to
> have a well supported functional hashmap type in the language... extra
> points if it's "first class" in syntax (my code has improved
> considerably because of it; no more using alists where they'll bite you
> later just because it "looks prettier").
I’ve never used fash, but I’m all for getting it in Guile proper if Andy
is fine with it. In general, I agree that having more functional data
structures in Guile is desirable.
Would someone be willing to turn it into a proper Guile module with a
section in the manual and some tests?
> Nice to be back in Guile land!
Heh, good to see you back here! :-)
Ludo’.
- Functional hashtables, Christopher Lemmer Webber, 2020/05/05
- Re: Functional hashtables,
Ludovic Courtès <=