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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>
Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: (define-module (foo) #:import (...)), a la r6rs
Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:28:51 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lipiw43g.fsf@inria.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87ty5endig.fsf@pobox.com

Hello!

Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> skribis:

> No argument there!  But I rarely use it.  Even #:select is a bit of a
> PITA to use:
>
>   #:use-module ((a) #:select (b c d))
>   #:use-module ((e) #:renamer (symbol-prefix-proc 'p:))
>
> vs
>
>   (import (only (a) b c d)
>           (prefix (e) p:))

Sounds a bit like kill/yank vs. copy/paste.  ;-)

I’m happy with the current form and have a harder time parsing ‘import’,
but I can understand some may prefer ‘import’, in particular anyone who
comes to Guile with an R6RS background.

So if you think it's this worthwhile, go for it!

Thanks,
Ludo’.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-01-08 16:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-28 10:37 (define-module (foo) #:import (...)), a la r6rs Andy Wingo
2011-07-28 21:23 ` Ludovic Courtès
2011-11-09 23:08   ` Andy Wingo
2011-11-09 23:50     ` Ludovic Courtès
2011-12-06 11:30       ` Andy Wingo
2012-01-07  0:23         ` Andy Wingo
2012-01-08 16:28         ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2012-01-08 16:44           ` Andy Wingo
2011-11-10 12:35     ` David Pirotte
2011-07-28 21:40 ` Mike Gran
2011-07-28 21:52 ` Jose A. Ortega Ruiz

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