Re: SRFI 29 doesn't allow for reordering

[Per Bothner <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Arthur A. Gleckler wrote:
> Because it relies on FORMAT, SRFI 29 can't accomodate language ordering 
> variations.  In other words, it can't model the fact that one language 
> may require substitutions in a different order than another. 
> ...
> I would like to recommend changing SRFI 29 to support reordering in a 
> similar manner.

The full Common Lisp format provides re-ordering.  So do some
Scheme implementations of format, include the one in Slib and
the one in Kawa.

#|kawa:1|# (format "Here are ~1@*~a and ~0@*~a!" 'jim 'john)
Here are john and jim!

I suggest that SRFI-28 be extended to support ~N@*.  Alternatively,
one coudl have SRFI-29 require this extension.
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