[r6rs-discuss] A different take on libraries

[Trent Buck]

On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 12:43:12AM -0500, MichaelL at frogware.com wrote:
> With libraries, though, the syntax is the only layer we get.
>
> I think there's another way to go, though. Imagine, for example, that 
> libraries were designed the way that records are. Imagine that there was a 
> procedural layer, and that the syntax was built on top of the procedural 
> layer.
> 
> With this approach, library syntax would change over time, but the changes 
> would occur on top of a common foundation. And so the changes would be 
> portable--or, at least, they'd have a fighting chance.

+1

This has been worrying me, also.  AFAICT there's no way to portably
extend R5.91RS library syntax.  I'd like this addressed by a formal
comment.
-- 
Trent Buck, Student Errant