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

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: Bake Timmons <b3timmons <at> speedymail.org>, 10486 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10486: Patch: Fix case in identifiers starting sentences in doc/r5rs/r5rs.texi
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:43:06 +0100

Hi,

Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> skribis:

> 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  Note that as R5RS is a historical document, we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 Also, as Andy notes, it is an historical document.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.

Agreed.  I would consider r5rs.texi read-only.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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