Scheme language standardization process
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 4:06 PM, John Cowan <cowan@x> wrote: > Andre van Tonder scripsit: > >> Requiring that macros precede their use would accomplish the same >> goal (of making implementation easier and excluding your even/odd >> example from the set of portable programs) without imposing the >> restriction that syntax definitions precede ordinary defitions. > > I've always been in favor of requiring macro definitions to precede > their uses. See "The tale of Professor Simpleton and Dr. Hardcase" at > http://www.mail-archive.com/r6rs-discuss@x/msg04199.html . This seems reasonable, I'll make the change, but for now still disallow a BEGIN that contains both internal definitions and expressions. -- Alex _______________________________________________ Scheme-reports mailing list Scheme-reports@x http://lists.scheme-reports.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scheme-reports