[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Dropping rename and add-prefix from libraries

From: Eli Barzilay <eli>
Date: Thu Nov 16 01:54:21 2006

On Nov 15, Abdulaziz Ghuloum wrote:
>
> The import form of R6RS libraries should be simplified by removing
> the rename and add-prefix forms since these two facilities are an
> artifact of the lack of scope control in current R6RS libraries.

Even with local library use, there is still place for prefixes: the
common practice in some languages to use the same names in different
modules, like List.length and Array.length.

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