2016-10-12 20:21 GMT+02:00 Thompson, David <dthomps...@worcester.edu>:
> > My understanding is that these symbols have been part of the default > environment for so long that a lot of code would break if they were > removed, so they will be staying for the foreseeable future. > > On the other hand, the fix would usually be trivial (just one use-modules clause), and besides I don't think that Guile has ever had a tradition of worrying too much about backwards compatibility.