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Re: eval-case and toplevel prohibitions
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Neil Jerram |
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Re: eval-case and toplevel prohibitions |
Date: |
Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:31:11 +0000 |
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Andy Wingo <address@hidden> writes:
> So I was thinking: why do we have this fetish for prohibiting certain
> forms in a non-toplevel context? I am of a mind to replace eval-case
> with eval-when, which is actually more expressive, as it allows us to
> discriminate the different phases in non-toplevel contexts as well.
I recall that Marius added the checks, but unfortunately not why.
Sorry! Does googling help?
Neil