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guile.texi section on ice-9 match

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From: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>
To: Matt Wette <matthew.wette <at> verizon.net>
Cc: 22601 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22601: guile.texi section on ice-9 match
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2016 13:38:52 +0200

On Mon 08 Feb 2016 22:04, Matt Wette <matthew.wette <at> verizon.net> writes:

> One problem I have with the ref’ manual is the section on (ice-9
> match).  The grammar has terms like “string” where I don’t know if
> this means the literal term “string” or a string literal.  It would be
> nicer to have a grammar where the literal term “string” is in
> code-case and a string literal is described by “string” in italics.  I
> have worked on rewriting the match match grammar as @example and as
> @table.
>
> Does either of these look better to you?  See the PDF attached.  I am
> willing to complete the whole mess in another format, but I need to
> know which one is preferred, if any, and someone has to verify that
> the new grammar specification is accurate.

Would you mind attaching a .texi diff?  I am having trouble getting
context here.  Thanks :)

Andy

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