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[R7RS] Guile does not accept library name parts that are non-negative exact integers

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From: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> igalia.com>
To: Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen <marc.nieper <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 40371 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40371: [R7RS] Guile does not accept library name parts that are non-negative exact integers
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:05:37 +0200

In the concrete case of the SRFI modules, importing e.g. (srfi 9) works
AFAIU.  Does this not work for you?

I think that allowing numbers as module name components, beyond the SRFI
modules, is not currently a good idea for Guile.  I had a look at it and
it's a bit too intrusive.

Andy

On Wed 01 Apr 2020 12:47, Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen <marc.nieper <at> gmail.com> writes:

> An R7RS library name consists of parts, where each part is either a symbol or
> a non-negative exact integer. Guile doesn't support the latter ones.
>
> This is unfortunate as the implementation of a SRFI NNN is usually delivered
> in form of a library named (srfi NNN).
>
> When this is corrected, for interoperability, it would be great if Guile offers
> the included SRFIs not only under the name (srfi srfi-NNN) but also under
> (srfi NNN).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marc

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