[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Identifiers beginning with "->" considered useless

[Sam TH]

On 6/5/07, John Cowan <cowan at ccil.org> wrote:

> Submitter: John Cowan
> Email address: cowan at ccil.org
> Issue type: Defect
> Priority: Minor
> Component:  Lexical syntax
> Report version: 5.93
> Summary: Identifiers beginning with "->" considered useless.

Leaving aside the conversion procedures, the identifier `->' is quite
useful.  For example, it's used for function contracts in the PLT
Scheme contract system, and for function types in Typed Scheme.

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sam th
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