From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: tb@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: :export vs. define-public Date: 04 Sep 2002 17:33:42 -0700 Sender: guile-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87lm6hl1g9.fsf@becket.becket.net> References: <200209050041.RAA18955@morrowfield.regexps.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031185840 5269 127.0.0.1 (5 Sep 2002 00:30:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 00:30:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17mkXe-0001Mj-00 for ; Thu, 05 Sep 2002 02:30:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17mkZE-0001b0-00; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 20:32:16 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17mkYt-0001WV-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 20:31:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17mkYr-0001WI-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 20:31:55 -0400 Original-Received: from vp190174.reshsg.uci.edu ([128.195.190.174] helo=becket.becket.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17mkYr-0001WE-00 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 20:31:53 -0400 Original-Received: from tb by becket.becket.net with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17mkad-0002Lh-00; Wed, 04 Sep 2002 17:33:43 -0700 Original-To: Tom Lord X-Reply-Permission: Posted or emailed replies to this message constitute permission for an emailed response. X-PGP-Fingerprint: 1F0A1E51 63 28 EB DA E6 44 E5 5E EC F3 04 26 4E BF 1A 92 X-Tom-Swiftie: "I like sun cartridge tapes," Tom said quickly In-Reply-To: <200209050041.RAA18955@morrowfield.regexps.com> Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: guile-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:1281 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:1281 Tom Lord writes: > Those two approaches (:export vs. define-public) to public v. private > module contours are isomorphic, so what's the big deal? There is no big deal. What makes you think there is? Only define-public is documented. :export is not, nor is the more local (export ...) form that Marius recently mentioned. > Historically, I suspect that some module system changes made after the > Cygnus releases were motivated in part because they made the Guile > module system look more like S48 or some other famous schemes. And as > we all know, those other systems reek of the scent of perfection (or > at least, a perfection-style cologne). But that's just speculation, > on my part. I'm aware that module system changes were originally > argued (vaguely) for in terms of support for compilation. I like perfection. I have access to many many "just do it, screw perfection" systems. I'm tired of them. _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel