leppie scripsit: > In some implementations like IronScheme and I think Chez, > current-output-port and friends are defined as 'parameters'.
That's supposed to always be true in Schemes that support SRFI 39, and likewise in R7RS. > I think the reasoning here was that in case the current-xxx-port was > parameterized or changed, some other part of the application could still > get a default port in case something has changed on it (buffering, colors, > etc). Just so. -- John Cowan [email protected] "Mr. Lane, if you ever wish anything that I can do, all you will have to do will be to send me a telegram asking and it will be done." "Mr. Hearst, if you ever get a telegram from me asking you to do anything, you can put the telegram down as a forgery." _______________________________________________ Scheme-reports mailing list [email protected] http://lists.scheme-reports.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scheme-reports
