Re: find-versioned-module bugs

[Julian Graham <joolean@gmail.com>]

Hey Andy,


> Thanks! Now, a further request, which you may turn down of course :-).
> This function currently looks in all dirs in the load path for all ways
> that versions can be represented, hence the stat explosion. Instead of
> enumerating the entire set of compatible modules, why not simply stop
> with the first one? I suspect this would respect the user's expectations
> just as well.
>
> What do you think? :)

There's a method to the madness (if I understand the question) -- it
stems from an earlier conversation we (well, Neil and I) had [0] about
wanting to load the most recent version of a library when multiple
matches are available for a partially-specified version reference.  So
just because we've found, say, a module with version (6 1) that
matches our version reference of (6), we might find a module with
version (6 2) further in our search.  Of course, R6RS says:

"When more than one library is identified by a library reference, the
choice of libraries is determined in some implementation-dependent
manner."

So we can certainly change this behavior.  Shall I go ahead and do that?


Regards,
Julian


[0] - http://www.mail-archive.com/guile-devel@gnu.org/msg03655.html