Re: [Scheme-reports] Proposal to add fexprs

[Vassil Nikolov <vnikolov@x>]

musicdenotation@x wrote:

> Why is static analysis a problem? The compiler can tell whether
> something is a function or a macro by looking at it's source code. If
> it's from a library, look at the source code of a library or the
> library should flag whether a procedure is a function or a macro.

  For example, how would something like

    (define (c f x) (f x))

  be compiled?

  Also, perhaps more importantly, how
  would (apply f x) work when f is a fexpr?

  ---Vassil.


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Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов | <vnikolov@x>


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