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Re: why is use-modules a macro?

To: guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
Subject: Re: why is use-modules a macro?
From: "C. Ray C." <crayc at tomcramer dot org>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 13:59:50 -0600
References: <20000314124039.A26812@206.31.63.15> <p2twvn5jpln.fsf@apfel.zrz.tu-berlin.de>

On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 08:53:08PM +0100, Jost Boekemeier wrote:
> "C. Ray C." <crayc@tomcramer.org> writes:
> 
> > Why not just define the procedure as use-modules in the first place? 
> 
> It simply doesn't (and shouldn't!) evaluate its arguments.  The
> module language is only syntactic shugar for some more low level
> mechanisms which are not accessible to module users.

Oh, duh <slaps forehead>. I didn't notice the extra ' there.

References:
- why is use-modules a macro?
  - From: C. Ray C.
- Re: why is use-modules a macro?
  - From: Jost Boekemeier

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