Re: use-modules: selecting, which symbols not to load

[Thien-Thi Nguyen]

() Panicz Maciej Godek <address@hidden>
() Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:43:16 +0100

   I think it can sometimes be desirable to import the whole public
   interface except certain bindings.

Could you give a non-contrived example?  I can't think of any, myself.
I remember toying w/ the idea when adding ‘#:renamer’, w/ same doubts.

   [...] and require me to change my header as the module changes.

Note that maintaining a blacklist and maintaining a whitelist is still
maintenance.  Better to ‘#:select’ exactly what you need and no more,
i.e., take a purely constructive stance.  That's maintenance, too, but
the eye work is locally concentrated, which builds Quality, rather than
broadly dispersed, which destroys (or, at best, delays) trust.  (IMHO.)

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