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Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Remove ##sys# prefix from lambda-info name


From: Felix Winkelmann
Subject: Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Remove ##sys# prefix from lambda-info names of library procedures
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:25:02 +0200 (CEST)

From: John Cowan <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] Remove ##sys# prefix from lambda-info 
names of library procedures
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 08:02:59 -0400

> Peter Bex scripsit:
> 
>> I'm not sure deprecating the prefixed versions is worth the hassle,
>> there are quite a few eggs using ##sys#error and ##sys#warn.
> 
> They should be fixed: the ##sys# API is undocumented and eggs that use
> it are depending on something that's explicitly subject to change
> without notice.  I see no reason to have identical ##sys# and regular
> versions of things: +1 to deprecating the ##sys# versions.

They can't be deprecated, as these procedures are used internally.
But user/egg code should still not use it, of course. 


felix



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