For my money, always use require, never use include. A module that you require is a separate unit of compilation, and its meaning is fixed. Every program that requires that module gets the same thing. An include, on the other hand, just copy/pastes code into your program. The code thus becomes context-dependent. Every program that includes a file gets a separate copy, which depending on local bindings may do/mean something completely different.
Carl Eastlund On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 3:05 PM, prad <p...@towardsfreedom.com> wrote: > i have a base program which is applied in different situations and so > uses auxiliary scripts. > > i've turned these scripts into modules which are 'required' by the base > program. it seems to me that i could have just as easily done an > include. > > when should require vs include be used? > > -- > in friendship, > prad ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
