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Re: [PATCH] Don't mix definitions and expressions in SRFI-9


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't mix definitions and expressions in SRFI-9
Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:26:40 +0100
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Hi Andreas,

Andreas Rottmann <address@hidden> writes:

> The expansion of `define-inlinable' contained an expression, which made
> SRFI-9's `define-record-type' fail in non-toplevel contexts ("definition
> used in expression context").

SRFI-9 says “Record-type definitions may only occur at top-level”, and
I’m inclined to stick to it.  If we diverge, then people could write
code thinking it’s portable SRFI-9 code while it’s not.

How about adding a ‘let-record-type’ or similar in (srfi srfi-9 gnu)?

Thanks,
Ludo’.




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