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>>>>> "Olin" == Olin Shivers <shivers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Olin> A reviewer has spotted a consistency problem between SRFI-13 & SRFI-1 Olin> that needs to be fixed. SRFI-13's procedure Olin> (STRING-TABULATE proc len) -> string Olin> takes it arguments backwards from SRFI-1's Olin> (LIST-TABULATE len proc) -> list Olin> As future SRFIs may also introduce by-index TABULATE constructors for other Olin> aggregate data structures (e.g., vectors), it's important to be consistent. Olin> There are three possibilities: Olin> 1. Change SRFI-1 to Olin> (LIST-TABULATE proc len) -> list Olin> This would be consistent with all the other higher-order iterators Olin> such as MAP, FOR-EACH, ANY, EVERY, etc. This is a *very* widely-maintained Olin> convention. Olin> My preference is option 1. This is not an option. SRFI 1 is final. Olin> Send them to srfi-1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx That mailing list has long been disabled because of the above reason. -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla