From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andy Wingo Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: Anything better for delayed lexical evaluation than (lambda () ...)? Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:34:21 +0100 Message-ID: <8762hkbkwi.fsf@pobox.com> References: <87liqtpsl9.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <874nxdwkbi.fsf@rapitore.luna> <87d3bvfo5d.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <871usaicvi.fsf@netris.org> <87mxaycmlx.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87wra1hcek.fsf@netris.org> <87mxaxihnw.fsf@pobox.com> <87obvclu92.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87aa6wbp0w.fsf@pobox.com> <87fwgolgm5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1323786888 9002 80.91.229.12 (13 Dec 2011 14:34:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:34:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 13 15:34:43 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RaTRJ-0003EF-VD for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:34:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56931 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RaTRJ-0002jF-2V for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:34:41 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:47455) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RaTRD-0002iV-0U for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:34:39 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RaTR7-0003w3-CV for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:34:34 -0500 Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com ([74.115.168.62]:51389 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RaTR5-0003vY-29; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:34:27 -0500 Original-Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52DC18542; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:34:26 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=Bu3UXrGjnmQZgOimnVbplrNM9sw=; b=kJgwuN vIjAmaiKsNQa1+cfXFvEjJrSLiXRVrE29O6gCh8dth7uuH+7t3WlffIgtacn86Kk xR9kzSOPO6vZNz+GFRGikyJtGpF5HgUB23GS06MQrzfi3uNW/ZWKHaf1AIYEoz3D 6OoRw+PzD51hlRNrQl8SXS4YyTQ/kZi+qykVc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=KGM2ZSb822nGLH7lOhgAPKi4o5Fqq4BL iNWCAns/Cg1xD28J6Odh6mNyYzJS+bR1XDDyT7MH9FNiBwyKY8gkHglWwC9KysXo pWyJ80XXtsJLsyOsXtKVc0ZckYprJIDO6Y+85JaCyS7A4MBNenE6S+qm78nNf8ww 321KnKd3rIY= Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C6C18541; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:34:26 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from badger (unknown [90.164.198.39]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B6F368540; Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:34:25 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87fwgolgm5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (David Kastrup's message of "Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:56:50 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 8E819CF4-2597-11E1-AF75-65B1DE995924-02397024!a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-Received-From: 74.115.168.62 X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:13055 Archived-At: Hello David, Let us focus on solutions. If the this realm does have a coin, it is good-will. All participants start with ample deposits, but yours is draining fast. Please listen to what people are saying; they are trying to help you. Specifically: On Tue 13 Dec 2011 14:56, David Kastrup writes: >> I wonder if we could provide some sort of current-bindings syntactic >> form, also. It would require psyntax hooks, but it could work. > > I can't help the impression that a dependable and documented long-term > strategy and corresponding commitment would at the current point of time > be more important than brain-storming about short-lived hacks. Um... what? It sounds like `current-bindings' is the thing you need. But, um... I guess what I want to say is that you are making it pretty hard to work with you. Regards, Andy -- http://wingolog.org/