Re: syntax-rules problem

* William D Clinger [2008-11-21 16:56+0100] writes:

> In R5RS mode, Larceny uses an initial environment in
> which all possible variables are bound to locations,
> most of which contain undefined values.  This semantics,
> which is explicitly permitted by R5RS 5.2.1, avoids many
> of the semantic problems that arise in implementations
> that attempt to treat top-level definition as a binding
> construct.

Ah.. I wasn't aware of this issue.  I guess the sentence in R5RS 4.2
"Note that a define at top level may or may not introduce a binding; see
section 5.2." was there for people like me.

Thank you very much for the explanation.

Helmut.