[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] SRFI-39 should be made an R6RS library

From: John Cowan <cowan>
Date: Tue Feb 20 15:24:53 2007

Michael Sperber scripsit:

> Nice try! However, parameters are neither simple nor general.
> Moreover, the particular design you chose is problematic because it
> destroys modularity. In contrast, dynamic binding as a separate
> mechanism is simple and modular. Combined with thread-local storage
> (less simple and not modular, but still simpler than parameters), you
> can build parameters.

Nice try. But thread-local storage requires threads, which are out of
scope for R6RS.

Can you give an example of the kind of dynamic binding you mean?

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