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> Marc> (parameterize ((write-shared #t) > Marc> (write-radix 16) > Marc> (write-prettily #t)) > Marc> (write X)) > > Except your old code doesn't know anything about the presence of all > these flags. In fact, every new feature controlled via these > parameters might break the old code. Could you explain why? I explicitly said: "But this will not happen if you code your calls to write in this style: ...", meaning that only "write" is in the scope of the parameterize. There is no old code affected by the parameterize! Marc