[r6rs-discuss] Proposed features for small Scheme, part 1: a stake in the ground

[David Van Horn]

William D Clinger wrote:
> John Cowan wrote:
>> Procedure introspection is something that historically Scheme has lacked.
>> It's an interesting idea, but would need to be worked out further before
>> it was ripe for standardization.  Consider writing a SRFI.  I'm told
>> that Chez, MIT Scheme, and Scheme48 are relevant prior art.
> 
> Starting at
> 
>     http://larceny.ccs.neu.edu/doc/user-manual.html#id2536543
> 
> Skip down to the "Note".  There you find lightly edited text from
> my "straw proposal" of 13 years ago.

I think procedure arity inspection is ripe (and long overdue) for a SRFI 
proposal.  I'm willing to review the implementations and write up a 
proposal.  If anyone would like to contribute to that effort, just send 
me email.

David