Re: [Chicken-users] that module system...

[Felix Winkelmann]

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