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: syntax-local-binding Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:21:01 +0100 Message-ID: <87ipjyaew2.fsf@pobox.com> References: <874nvw99za.fsf@pobox.com> <87zkdo7uf5.fsf@pobox.com> <87sjjbvs12.fsf@pobox.com> <87sjjaunme.fsf@netris.org> <87r4yurruv.fsf@pobox.com> <87obtyuj4k.fsf@netris.org> <871uqqpfoo.fsf@pobox.com> <87hazmrv15.fsf@netris.org> <87zkdem58t.fsf@pobox.com> <87d3a9mjcy.fsf@pobox.com> <874nvls04f.fsf@netris.org> <87ipk0lrs2.fsf@pobox.com> <87ipk0qzsq.fsf@netris.org> <87liovly44.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1327580109 6287 80.91.229.12 (26 Jan 2012 12:15:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:15:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org To: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 26 13:15:05 2012 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 1RqOEL-0002WG-6V for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:15:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36488 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqOEK-0007jw-E5 for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:15:04 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:57097) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqOED-0007ha-VT for guile-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:15:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqOE8-0006Fr-By for guile-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:14:57 -0500 Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com ([74.115.168.62]:46848 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqOE8-0006Fl-9X; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:14:52 -0500 Original-Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA8707C30; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:14:51 -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:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=wbQQArsaNn8S +iCCttYmMYVw7g4=; b=Br1Lz10CsqY8RCyajr/abarbmz9Nr5/6fcYHuKKLn2VM 4BdnGLYLtVRIFnl9xMiXE2ZIDac9q7fsoDPBARS8GXwT4BV72Wrnmbw/p9xw7qp6 usbcUX7R68ao6hU3QPADjuIjUQGq4mTtOZM/wF6H5kzdKM3ro8DA9UjrGO7/1/M= 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:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=sasl; b=rCFzk7 FUP47MAKntH6IfXgkiXCYdKJXNUmEy0waciJDDXKc0DNzPs6Ieg1sOdHPdyEyKmv HdqzSJNIDQUdutvtFmbmIneFzBkPlYK3A8N0F1559mR5+TAmexU6Q42a0XBDCqyq D5Q82EBhOk52+5iiV27xCNIBmuZEfsL8mmDfs= 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 B471C7C2F; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:14:51 -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 134377C2D; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:14:50 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87liovly44.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s=22'?= =?utf-8?Q?s?= message of "Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:18:03 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 58FCD8DA-4817-11E1-A155-65B1DE995924-02397024!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:13688 Archived-At: Thanks for the feedback, Ludovic. On Wed 25 Jan 2012 14:18, ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > 1. Such as API is desirable for Guile-internal consumption. > > 2. Exposing it to users may restrict our ability to change the > implementation in the future, just like =E2=80=98the-environment=E2= =80=99 did. > > I haven=E2=80=99t fully thought about it, but one possible trade-off woul= d be to > mark =E2=80=98syntax-local-binding=E2=80=99 & co. as internal, somehow ar= range to make > them visible only from some (system ...) module, and document them in > the =E2=80=9CImplementation=E2=80=9D chapter. I have moved the new accessors to (system syntax), and marked them as experimental in the documentation. Cheers, Andy --=20 http://wingolog.org/