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doc: Inconsistent parentheses in "(guile) sxml-match"

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Package: guile;

Reported by: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>

Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2018 05:16:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
Cc: 30920 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#30920: doc: Inconsistent parentheses in "(guile) sxml-match"
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 22:34:35 +0100

Hi Arun,

Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net> skribis:

> All examples in "(guile) sxml-match" use square parentheses around each
> match clause. However, in the subsection "Guards in Patterns" alone, the
> example has round parentheses. I think it would be nice to use round
> parentheses consistently in all examples so that sxml-match and match
> have the same syntax. But, I have no strong opinions. If you can
> recommend which way to go, I can provide a patch for the same.

That documentation comes from Racket-land IIRC, hence the style.

I agree with you that consistency would be nice and a patch in that
direction would be welcome!

Ludo’.
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