>>>>> "thi" == Thien-Thi Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
thi> From: Neil Jerram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
thi> Date: 08 Mar 2002 23:53:35 +0000
thi> I'd say it's a bug, and that it would be better to squash it now than
thi> to support strange expectations through 1.6.x.
thi> it's also a bug in the sense that side-effects on load (except for
thi> `define') are usually considered antithetical to clean modular design,
thi> especially since the module system does not (and might never) support
thi> "instantiable modules". this would be a good check to add to the
thi> linter.
thi> on the other hand, loading modules serves to extend the basic system in
thi> other ways (e.g., syntax), so it might seem natural in a similar fashion
thi> to piggyback turning on the debugging evaluator when loading (ice-9
thi> debug).
A compromise fix would be to make (top-repl) autoload (ice-9 debug)
rather than using it directly. Then the loading of (ice-9 debug)
would turn on debugging the first time that someone uses `trace',
which is quite intuitive.
Neil
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