--- "R. Kent Dybvig" <dyb_at_cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
> > I'm thinking that the "once-only" restriction should apply to top-level
> > definitions and expressions as well. Am I correct?
>
> If you mean "top-level program definitions and expressions", yes, or at
> least almost. The once-only would be implied (by the mechanism for
> converting top-level programs to libraries) for the definitions of a
> top-level program and for expressions that come before the definitions.
> The once-only is not implied and not necessary for the expressions that
> follow all definitions.
Kent-
I thought your formal comment was quite cogent. I also truly appreciated your response with
examples to Findler. I think it set the bar for illustrating the problem and the solution with
some simple code.
You've lost me here, though, with the "mechanism for converting top-level programs to libraries"
part. I re-read sections 1.10 and 1.11 and chapters 6 and 7, but I still don't see what you're
talking about. Could you clarify?
Nate T.
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