Re: [Scheme-reports] REPL

[Helmut Eller <eller.helmut@x>]

On Wed, Nov 14 2012, Alex Shinn wrote:

>     Then why can you say that a REPL "should" support redefinition?
>     (Without defining what redefinition means.)
>
> This refers to redefining variables and syntax in general.
>
> For the specific case of redefining record types we could
> add a note that existing instances may or may not be
> mapped to the new type according to some unspecified
> semantics, but I'm not sure if such a note adds anything.

Just figured out that neither include nor load can be used to
define/redefine libraries.  So libraries are immutable and there is no
portable way to "add" new libraries, right?

Helmut

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