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On 12-Apr-06, at 6:49 AM, Michael Sperber wrote:
We've received many very useful suggestions that helped us improve the R6RS Records SRFI. Many thanks! In the current state, the only changes we have in the queue that we want to make before withdrawal are cosmetic in nature. (This doesn't mean no changes will be made after withdrawal as part of the R6RS process; specifically, a number of open issues remain.) Therefore, we intend to withdraw in about a week. If there is anything you want to say that hasn't been said on the mailing list, please do so now.-- Cheers =8-} MikeFriede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla
The record SRFI should not be withdrawn yet because there is a possible interaction with SRFI 88 and SRFI 89 that have just appeared (i.e. Keyword objects and Optional parameters). I think there are good reasons to consider the use of named optional parameters and keywords in the record SRFI. It can help simplify the syntax for defining new record types (i.e. make it less verbose, and more extensible) and it can also provide a convenient way of constructing records with lots of parameters and/or with optional parameters (the required fields would be required parameters of the constructor, and the optional fields would be named optional parameters). There is a brief example of this in SRFI 88 to give an idea of the possibilities. However a detailed discussion and proposal for SRFI 76 should wait for the discussion on SRFI 88 and SRFI 89 to stabilize.
Marc