[r6rs-discuss] Binary compatibility?

From: Pascal Costanza <pc>
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:04:20 +0200

On 17 Jun 2007, at 14:43, William D Clinger wrote:

> Pascal Costanza wrote:
>> a) Which definition of 'draw will 'main refer to at runtime, if any.
>
> Although separate compilation was a goal for the R6RS,
> the actual semantics of separate compilation is not
> described by the current draft.

That confirms my suspicion.

>> b) Will this be determined at link time, load time or runtime? Is an
>> attempt to use the not recompiled 'main an error?
>
> My personal opinion is that it should cause an error
> at link or load time, and that is what I intend to
> implement.

I agree.


Pascal

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