Re: [Chicken-users] hygienic chicken and load/link/import forms

[Peter Bex]

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:02:57PM +0200, felix winkelmann wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Peter Bex <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > What makes "require" different from "require-library"?
> >
> 
> "require" is a function, which only executes at run-time. "require-library"
> would be a special form and expand differently, depending on whether
> we perform static linking or dynamic linking (and such would expand into
> "(declare (uses ...))" or "require").

What's the use of the distinction?

Not sure if it makes a lot of sense, but how about letting 'require' do
this always, removing require-library?  The functionality of the old
'require' could then be a hidden procedure local to the definition.

Cheers,
Peter
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