[R6RS] a typo and some lexical issues

Michael Sperber sperber at informatik.uni-tuebingen.de
Fri Sep 1 01:41:32 EDT 2006


William D Clinger <will at ccs.neu.edu> writes:

> #x1A and #X1a are alleged to be the same, but the formal
> lexical syntax doesn't generate #X1a.
>
> #x1AB and #X1ab are alleged to be the same, but the formal
> lexical syntax doesn't generate #X1ab.  This second
> allegation comes only four paragraphs after the previous.
>
> Are #T and #F legal?
>
> Is 3+4i the same as 3+4I?
>
> Are 1E3, 1S3, 1F3, 1D3, 1L3 legal?
>
> Are #E3 and #I3 legal?
>
> Are #B1001, #O1001, and #D1001 legal?

Good catches, all.

I'm assuming these are all legal, and will make the appropriate
changes to the syntax.  (MzScheme and Chez seem to accept all of
these.)

> Presumably "\X97;" is illegal?

I think so.

-- 
Cheers =8-} Mike
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