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I think the new version is almost ready to be finalized. There is one remaining issue which I need more feedback about: Should the "aux", "con", "nul", "prn", etc. file names which are disallowed by Windows be encoded somehow, so that files for libraries with such names are nameable on Windows and are exchangeable between Windows and unixes without renaming? In the current draft, some characters are encoded for the same reason because Windows disallows them, so by the same justification for encoding those characters, should the Windows-disallowed file names also be encoded (e.g. by encoding their first character)? Or is this too ugly and stupid of an issue? Not handling this might help to enrage people to revolt against Windows when such names are used and don't work on Windows. But, if we accept that, should the encoding of characters be flushed altogether (which might help further increase the rage against Windows)? But, not being able to name libraries with the same freedom as with all other symbols (and that freedom is a big thing I love about Scheme), and allowing the flaws of Windows to determine libraries' names, and asking that library-name symbols like 'and-let* be renamed like 'and-let-star, is not acceptable. I'm not sure what to do... -- : Derick ----------------------------------------------------------------