[r6rs-discuss] "Unspecified"

[Abdulaziz Ghuloum]

On Oct 2, 2006, at 4:27 AM, Anton van Straaten wrote:

> Trent Buck wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 01:41:50AM +0000, John Cowan wrote:
>>> Summary:  Editors, "the unspecified value" won't fly.  Pick something
>>> else and insist on it.
>>> I had proposed "the content-free value" earlier; I would also propose
>>> "the useless value".
>> Seriously, my personal preference is for `the meaningless value'.
>
> It was pointed out that such a value has meaning

Seriously though, why are we discussing an unspecified, content-free,
useless, and meaningless value, when we have the option of not having
a value at all to begin with?  What's so wrong with having vector-set!
return no value?

Aziz,,,