[r6rs-discuss] [Formal] Allow compilers to reject obvious violations

[Joe Marshall]

I agree with Matthias on this.

On 2/24/07, William D Clinger <will at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>
> The current draft already mandates hundreds of runtime
> exceptions whose whimsical purpose is to make programs
> that violate the requirements of the R6RS less likely
> to run to completion.  Why should that kind of whimsy
> be limited to run time?

I'm less concerned about running to completion (as I have been
known to write programs that don't), as I am with running from
initiation.  I'd like to get as far as *starting* my program even
if it won't finish.

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~jrm