Re: [Larceny-users] cyclic library dependency

2016-01-31 Thread Alex Shinn
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

Re: [Larceny-users] cyclic library dependency

2016-01-31 Thread William D Clinger
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