[Scheme-reports] the features function

[Per Bothner <per@x>]

About the features function, draft 7 states:
"Returns a list of the feature identifiers which cond-expand
treats as true."

Kawa has an open-ended set of feature identifiers, in that
class-exists:CLASSNAME is true if the java class CLASSNAME exists
in the compile-time environment.  This functionality has similar uses
as the new library clause, and could perhaps be replaced by the latter.
Still, it is unclear if an implementation with a feature-set pattern
like class-exists:CLASSNAME is strictly conformant.  Perhaps I could
just say class-exists:CLASSNAME is not a feature-name, but a
different kind of extension to cond-expand.

What are the use cases for the features function, except perhaps
informational, for humans?
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	--Per Bothner
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