On Fri 16 Dec 2011 16:27, Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> writes: > To my mind, top-level (module) variables are conceptually part of every > lexical environment placed within that module.
Agreed. > (define foo 'module-a) > (define-syntax alt-environment > (syntax-rules () > ((_) (the-environment)))) > and then evaluate the following within module B: > (define foo 'module-b) > (local-eval 'foo (alt-environment)) > What should the result be? > My guess is that it should return 'module-a, because I think > conceptually it should act as though the local-expression passed to > `local-eval' were put in place of (the-environment), wherever that Dunno, I could make an argument either way :) Another question is how would local environments relate to procedural macros. Andy -- http://wingolog.org/
