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Re: (load) Question
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Andreas Rottmann |
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Re: (load) Question |
Date: |
Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:13:33 +0100 |
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Egil Moeller <address@hidden> writes:
>> Why nuisance? Load reads a whole file which may contain zero
>> or more definitions and zero or more expression. Choseing
>> one that gets returned would be kind of arbitrary, and then
>> what do you do if there are no expression?
>
> What is the retun-value of a function? A function might contain multiple
> definitions and expressions, too. The value is the value of the last one.
> Why not have the same deifinition for load? And if there are not
> expressions, then, just let the value returned be undefined or whatever.
> As (load) is defined in teh standard to return an undefined value, this
> could very well be specified as an extenssion, without breaking the
> standard. Perheaps as an SRFI?
>
I would second that, as I have hacked up a modified version of load
for use in my code (at the C level) that does exactly that.
Regards, Andy
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