[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] SRFI import format

[Peter Gavin]

On 9/20/06, Dave Herman <dherman at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
> Submitter's name: Dave Herman
> Submitter's email address: dherman at ccs.neu.edu
> Type of issue: Enhancement
> Priority: Major
> R6RS component: Libraries
> Version of the report: 5.91
> One-sentence summary of the issue: R6RS library syntax should include a
> standard format for importing SRFI libraries.
>
> RATIONALE
>
> In the interest of portability, programmers should be able to rely on a
> common format for importing SRFI's from any implementations that support
> them.
>

One question:  Is a new SRFI sequence going to be started for R6RS, or
is the original sequence going to be kept?  I'm just wondering because
it seems that R6RS will obsolete most of the original SRFIs.

Pete