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Racket v6.12 Released

• nercht12 9y ago
  Out of curiosity, why do alot (all?) of the objects in the built-in library have a % after them? Is that for convention or is that required? It seems like convention (since I see <%> also), but I can't tell for certain.
  • qbrass 9y ago
    It's in their style guide. https://docs.racket-lang.org/style/Textual_Matters.html#%28part._names%29 https://docs.racket-lang.org/style/Textual_Matters.html#%28p... something% is a class. something<%> is an interface
  • gus_massa 9y ago
    It's only convention. You could create your own and name them as you want. More info in http://docs.racket-lang.org/style/Textual_Matters.html#%28part._names%29 http://docs.racket-lang.org/style/Textual_Matters.html#%28pa... Only the things that start with # are special, because it may invoke some special part of the reader. There are too many of them. A few as examples: #o11 ;(octal) ==> 9 #e11 ;(exact) ==> 11 #i11 ;(inexact)==> 11.0