Re: Keywords

Alain MELLAN (alain.mellan@st.com)
Mon, 9 Feb 1998 13:10:57 +0100

Jim> I think that per-module syntax, combined with a universally
Jim> available (but perhaps clumsy) syntax, ought to give
Jim> programmers the options they want, as well as the options
Jim> they need.

Sure. Does guile already use keywords in its boot files?
What I just need is the ability to support postfixed keywords
globally. The only library I use is SLIB, which doesn't use keywords.

Jim> However, I haven't any experience with systems
Jim> that support many variant syntaxes. I'd be interested to
Jim> hear others' experiences.

The Bigloo compiler supports postfixed keywords (<ident>:), and I'm
working on making it understand prefixed (:<ident>) keywords. I don't
have any keyword-related problem with it.

-- alain.