On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:24:56 +0200 (CEST) Felix <fe...@call-with-current-continuation.org> wrote:
> With the most recent commits (4.4.4), chicken is now consistent in the > way core forms are handled. There are no hard-coded special forms and > everything can be redefined, reexported and modified on import. Syntax > may now also expand into module forms (if at toplevel, local or nested > modules are still not available and not strictly necessary). > > So, the transition to hygienic macros and a real module system is > hereby complete, not taking into account the bugs that will still lurk > everywhere and the low performance of the expander, which will be > worked on. Fantastic, Felix. Thanks a lot. By the way, 4.4.4 runs the quickdoc.scm script in ~2.5s on the same machine it takes ~7s with 4.4.0. I suppose that's the result of "slightly better expansion performance" as mentioned in the NEWS file. Just amazing! Best wishes. Mario _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
