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On Apr 12, Marc Feeley wrote: > > Most Scheme systems allow separate compilation (think of "load"). > If one file contains: > > (define (f #!key (x 11) (y 22)) (+ x y)) > (define (g z) (f y: z)) > > and the other contains: > > (set! f (lambda (#!key (y 33) (z 44)) (* y z))) > > You have the same problem. So it doesn't suffice for the function > definition to be global. IIUC, John's proposal can be implemented using modules in PLT as follows: (define (foo x #!key y z) ...) is translated to (define (hidden-foo x y z) ...) (define-syntax (foo stx) ... analyze stx for keyword syntaxes, and construct a call for ... hidden-foo with plain arguments) where hidden-foo is an identifier that is not accessible outside the macro. When I wrote our library, I considered this approach, but it seems like it's much less useful, basically a completely different mechanism for only named arguments. It didn't take us long to reach exactly this conclusion: > The way I see it you are forbidding the use of higher-order functions > in combination with named optional parameters. That would be a > serious limitation for a functional language like Scheme. -- ((lambda (x) (x x)) (lambda (x) (x x))) Eli Barzilay: http://www.barzilay.org/ Maze is Life!