On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 3:17 AM, William D Clinger wrote:
> > I am trying to compile R7RS libraries that contain a (direct) cyclic
> dependency.
> > If I use compile-stale from the shell, this enters a recursion running
> out of
> > mmap space.
> > compile-library from the REPL
Alex Shinn wrote:
> Where does R6RS state it forbids cyclic libraries?
That's a consequence of R6RS Section 7.3, and is stated
a bit more directly in the (never-ratified) R6RS Rationale
Section 7.
What I'm about to quote is easier to understand if you recall
that, in the absence of macros, all