Re: [Scheme-reports] Please make internal BEGIN a splicing form

[John Cowan <cowan@x>]

Andre van Tonder scripsit:

> Requiring that macros precede their use would accomplish the same 
> goal (of making implementation easier and excluding your even/odd 
> example from the set of portable programs) without imposing the   
> restriction that syntax definitions precede ordinary defitions.   

I've always been in favor of requiring macro definitions to precede
their uses.  See "The tale of Professor Simpleton and Dr. Hardcase" at
http://www.mail-archive.com/r6rs-discuss@x/msg04199.html .

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