[R6RS] Unspecified question

William D Clinger will at ccs.neu.edu
Sat May 13 16:39:47 EDT 2006


Mike wrote:
> There's also the initial values used by `make-vector' and
> `make-string'.  I suggest that these be the unspecified value and NUL,
> respectively.  Objection, anyone?

I have no objection to using the unspecified value for make-vector,
but I'd rather use #\space as the default for make-string.  I think
#\space is less confusing and more useful than NUL, and I think
#\space has just as strong a precedent.

Will



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