Re: [Scheme-reports] diff between R6RS and the R7RS small language draft

[John Cowan <cowan@x>]

Alex Shinn scripsit:

> > Implementations may (and some will) support the even/odd example,
> > however.  I hope that such an implementation will still be deemed a
> > compatible Scheme system.
> 
> Yes, of course.  R7RS does not in general explicitly prevent extensions.

The general principle is fine, but the application in this case is not.
If a syntax keyword is bound in an outer scope and referenced before it
is rebound in the current scope, R7RS presumably requires that the
outer binding be employed.  We can't equivocate on matters of scope.

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