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

[Kon Lovett]

On Jun 13, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Peter Bex wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 01:18:10PM -0700, Kon Lovett wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > 'require' is useful since it handles the package search.
>
> From what I understood of Felix's description, so does require- 
> library.

Yes, but 'require-library', like 'require-extension', doesn't evaluate  
its' arguments. Also, not sure what 'require-library', when not at the  
top-level, means - especially if static linkage is used. Whereas  
'require' is suitable for runtime, regardless of linkage mode.

> Cheers,
> Peter
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Best Wishes,
Kon