Re: [Chicken-hackers] ##sys#double->number gone; intetional?

[Peter Bex]

On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 03:32:52PM +0100, Moritz Heidkamp wrote:
> Hi Jörg,
> 
> Jörg F. Wittenberger <address@hidden> writes:
> > I found that ##sys#double->number is gone from library.scm .
> >
> > Still it's there in chicken.h .  Mistake or intended?
> > At least I'd consider it worth a news item.
> 
> the ##sys# API is not even documented so I don't think it needs to be
> mentioned in the NEWS. In fact, AFIUI the point of identifiers having
> that prefix (and ##core#) is that those can be changed without
> considering backwards compatibility. Otherwise they could just be
> exported without the prefix.

+1; you mess with internals, you get burned :)

Cheers,
Peter
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