Re: [Scheme-reports] 5. Program Structure

[John Cowan <cowan@x>]

Andy Wingo scripsit:

> I think the division of valid kinds of declarations as "variable
> definitions, syntax definitions, or record-type definitions" is pretty
> nasty.  I don't see why record-type definitions can't be defined as a
> sequence of variable and syntax definitions.  

The (IMHO ill-conceived) distinction between primitive and derived
syntax maintained by the R5RS has not been introduced into definitions,
library declarations, or procedures.  It's true that a record type
definition MAY be expanded to a sequence of syntax definitions and
variable definitions, but there is no requirement that this be so:
it may be treated as a co-equal primitive form.

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John Cowan      <cowan@x>       http://www.ccil.org/~cowan
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