[R6RS] straw poll tally

[dyb at cs.indiana.edu]

Votes are recorded in the following order:  Clinger, Dybvig, Flatt,
Sperber, van Straaten.

I've marked all upon which we have a concensus Y or N.  Search for
"concensus".

Kent

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6  Applicable record instances
   Should we add them?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, N, N, N, N

7  Additional LAZY primitive for delayed evaluation
   Should we add it?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, M, Y, Y, M

9  backslash-linefeed
   Should we allow <intraline whitespace> between the \ and <linefeed>
     in \<linefeed><intraline whitespace>?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): Y, N, M, Y, M

10 #;<datum> comments useless
   Should we flush?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, N, N, Y, N

11 NaN is not a real number
   Should we make (real? <any NaN>) #f?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): N, N, N, N, N
   concensus: N

12 R6RS library syntax should include a standard format for importing SRFI libraries
   Should we do this?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, M, M, N, M

14 <hex scalar value> should allow only 6 digits
   Should we limit to 6 digits?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, N, N, Y, M
   Should we eliminate restriction on number of digits?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, Y, Y, Y, M

17 "An exception might be raised" considered confusing
   Change to "An exception should not be raised"?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, M, M, N, M

18 String exit codes should be allowed
   Should we allow them?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, M, Y, Y, Y

22 U+0085 is whitespace
   Should we make U+0085 whitespace?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, M, Y, M, Y

25 "forall" and "exists" should use SRFI-1 equivalents
   Should we rename?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): N, N, N, N, M

26 Map and for-each should work even if lists are of unequal length
   Should we make this change?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, N, M, N, M

27 Some generic arithmetic procedures should be put in a library
   Should we do this?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, N, N, M, M

36 Ambiguous call/cc-behaviour of list operations
   Should we make the benavior unambiguous?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, M, M, N, M

38 Position-significance of declarations in scripts
   Should we allow them only at the front of a script body?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): Y, Y, Y, M, Y

39 Script-body differences
   Should we make script bodies like library/lambda bodies?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, Y, M, M, N
   Should we make library/lambda bodies like script bodies?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, N, M, M, M

40 Exactness is orthogonal to type
   Should we eliminate statement that exactness is orthogonal to type?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): N, N, M, Y, M
   Should we eliminate sections 16.5 "exact arithmetic" and 16.6 "inexact arithmetic"
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): Y, M, M, N, M

42 Requirement to detect circular lists
   Should we eliminate this requirement?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, N, M, M, M

45 last-element behavior of for-each
   Specify return value of for-each to be the unspecified value?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): N, N, Y, Y, M

46 LF should not be the only line separator
   Specify larger set of line separators?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, M, N, M, M

47 Add (sort) and (vector-sort!) procedures
   Should we add them?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): Y, M, M, M, M

49 Higher-order procedures should not interfere with exceptions
   Should we prohibit this "interference"?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, N, N, M, M

51 Conflating programs and scripts
   Add a separate notion of program?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, N, N, N, M
   Remove <script header> from scripts?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): M, N, M, N, N

52 Exact-Integer and Real (and Complex) are more useful distinctions than Exact and Inexact
   Adopt SRFI-94 and flush 16.5 "exact arithmetic" and 16.6 "inexact arithmetic"?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): N, M, M, N, M

58 only 'big' and 'little' as endiannness may not be enough
   Should we add others or allow extensions?
   yes/maybe/no (Y/M/N): Y, M, Y, Y, Y