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From: | Felix Winkelmann |
Subject: | Re: [Chicken-users] that module system... |
Date: | Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:33:03 +0100 |
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Peter Keller wrote:
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:39:28PM +0100, felix wrote:I'm currently playing with the idea of dumping the module system (i.e. `define-module', etc.) for good. It's implementation is hackish and it doesn't integrate well with the rest of the system. Besides, nobody seems to use it anyway. So, if nobody gives a damn, I might as well throw it out.Are you going to replace it with something else?
In fact, no. A *proper* way of doing it would be to integrate it right with respect to macros. And that would need a re-implementation of the macro-system as a whole (perhaps like the new PLT system). Batch-compilation and macros (especially hygienic) are a bit of a problem. cheers, felix
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