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On Thu, 27 Mar 2008, Abdulaziz Ghuloum wrote:
My position is simple: I am not going to break conformance with R6RS
Any rationale for using integers instead of identifiers would have to be compelling to justify breaking with the standard.
At this point, I don't see a rationale beyond the fact that it looks more pleasing to my own eyes, but that is not enough. Andre