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Re: message primitive
Clark McGrew <mcgrew@ale.physics.sunysb.edu> writes:
> >>>>> "Greg" == Greg J Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu> writes:
>
> Greg> (message "Foo: %S %s" (list "a" "b"))
>
> Greg> Note that this primitive already exists as a C-only
> Greg> function, scm_display_error_message, that we would just need
> Greg> to expose in the API. How do people feel about R[45]RS
> Greg> compatibility issues?
>
> Great! But how about calling it "display-error-message"? I think
> "message" is a little too generic.
But it's *not* got anything to do with errors (except that the error
functionality will *use* it). I think the leading candidates is:
%simple-message
Thanks,
Greg