On Sun, 11 Mar 2007, R. Kent Dybvig wrote:

Okay, here's one example:

 (library (L1)
   (export y get-y set-y!)
   (import (r6rs))
   (define x (call/cc (lambda (k) (list 0 k values))))
   (define y (car x))
   (define z ((caddr x)))
   (define get-y (lambda () y))
   (define set-y!
     (lambda (v)
       (call/cc (lambda (k) ((cadr x) (list v (cadr x) k)))))))

By my reading of the current library description, the program:

 (import (r6rs) (L1))
 (write (list y (get-y))) (newline)
 (set-y! 3)
 (write (list y (get-y))) (newline)

Doesn't the example violate the LETREC* restriction, though?

  One restriction on letrec* is very important: it must be possible to evaluate
  each <init> without assigning or referring to the value the corresponding
  <variable> or the <variable> of any of the bindings that follow it in
  <bindings>.

In particular, the second time the RHS of the (define x ....) binding is
evaluated, you are actually referring (via the (cadr x) in set-y!) to the
value of x itself.  So the example may already be illegal.

Andre

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