Sebastian Tennant wrote:
Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ludovic Courtès):
Dynamic binding definition is compilation-unfriendly. Kjetil's
proposed `define-lotsof' macro is more appropriate, as it can be fully
evaluated at compile-time (should a compiler be used, that is),
whereas the `module-define!' trick requires that compilation and
execution be the one and same phase.
Ah, interesting. Noted. Thanks again (to Kjetil also).
Furthermore, the lack of separation between what is compiled and what is
executed causes problems with defining a module system that understands
hygiene. It took me a while to understand this, but finally sitting
down and grokking Matthew Flatt's paper "Compilable and Composable
Macros: You Want it When?" got it through my skull.
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.11.4008
Regards,
Jon
