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Patch: Fix case in identifiers starting sentences in doc/r5rs/r5rs.texi

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Message #13 received at 10486 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: Bake Timmons <b3timmons <at> speedymail.org>
Cc: wingo <at> pobox.com, 10486 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10486: Patch: Fix case in identifiers starting sentences in
	doc/r5rs/r5rs.texi
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:30:42 -0500

Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com> writes:

> On Thu 12 Jan 2012 17:11, Bake Timmons <b3timmons <at> speedymail.org> writes:
>
>> The GNU coding standards advise sticking with proper case for
>> identifiers, even if the identifier starts with a lowercase letter and
>> appears at the beginning of a sentence.
>>
>> The Guile manual seems to follow this convention, with the exception of
>> r5rs.texi, hence the attached patch.
>
> Applied, thanks.  Note that as R5RS is a historical document, we
> probably won't be accepting textual changes to this file, though you
> probably knew that already.

Note that according to the R5RS, identifiers are not case sensitive, so
e.g. 'Let*' is no less correct than 'let*'.  In that context, it does
not make sense to say "the identifier starts with a lowercase letter".
Also, as Andy notes, it is an historical document.

I would advocate reverting this patch.

    Thanks,
      Mark

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