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From: soo <tilde@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: a preface Date: 25 Mar 2004 21:33:24 +0900 > * From: David Van Horn <dvanhorn@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> |And further, why are you allowed to pass in only display or write? > > FMT needs only display and write. I might want to pass write-with-shared-structure (srfi-38), in case if object has circular reference. Or to pass my own version of write, which uses special formatting for certain objects, suitable for my application. I don't see what fmt gains by limiting <show> parameter to display and write. --shiro