Re: [Scheme-reports] R7RS 7th draft available

[John Cowan <cowan@x>]

Alan Watson scripsit:

> OK, but if I understand you correctly, this changes the behavior. For
> example, if "foo" contains "1 2", then
> 
> (+ (include "foo"))
> 
> is (+ (begin 1 2)) with the original behavior and (+ 1 2) with the
> splicing behavior.

Quite so.

> Similarly, in a library, 

This language applies only to `include` the primitive syntax, not `include`
the library declaration.

> the file should contain a series of <command or definition> (which
> will be wrapped in a begin to form a library declaration), 

Indeed.

> I think it would be helpful to define "outermost" by reference to the
> syntax in §7.1.

Can you suggest something?

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