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On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Marc Feeley wrote: >I took a quick last look and found something unexpected: > > <indexnum> --> <digit 10>+ | <radix R> <digit R>+ > >Why does <indexnum> allow a radix? When is such a thing useful? This >is a problem for Gambit because it allows symbols to start with a "##" >prefix. So for example ##o12# is a symbol, but SRFI-38 would treat >this as if it were #10# . Is there any rationale for this? I didn't think it was useful, but I got a request for allowing it to be formatted with different radixes, etc. Since R5RS doesn't specifically mention symbols starting with # as a possibility, I figured this was the simplest way to handle it. If it will actually break stuff in Gambit, would the person who asked for radix variants, etc, please explain why it's a good idea? Because if nobody convinces me, I'm willing to yank it out. Ray