[Scheme-reports] "It is an error" is misleading

[Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@x>]

The phrase "it is an error" that is used so often in the report is
rather misleading.  Usually, when I read "it is an error" I expect that
the problem will be detected either at compile-time or at runtime.
However the meaning of "it is an error" in R7RS is the same as "it is
unspecified".  I don't understand why the word "error" should be used in
such cases as it has nothing to do with the 'error procedure or
error-objects.

Especially bizarre is the interpretation that implementations can
provide extra functionality by exploiting these "error situations"
without actually raising an exception.

Helmut

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