I see, thanks for the explanation!

On Monday, January 6, 2020 at 10:28:21 PM UTC-5, Matthew Flatt wrote:
>
> The problem is that `namespace-require` has to first resolve the 
> `racket` module path, and the module name resolver uses the current 
> namespace as determined by `current-namespace` --- which means that the 
> resolver loads the `racket` module into the wrong namespace. 
>
> I doubt that we can change that behavior without breaking something. 
> Probably this will need to be addressed with a documentation 
> improvement that discourages providing a namespace directly except in 
> limited cases. 
>
> At Mon, 6 Jan 2020 19:09:44 -0800 (PST), Yongming Shen wrote: 
> > Hi, I have encountered a counterintuitive behavior of namespace-require 
> and 
> > wonder if it is a bug. 
> > Basically, namespace-require behaves differently when the target 
> namespace 
> > is passed by parameterizing current-namespace, compared to when the 
> > optional namespace parameter is used. 
> > 
> > For example, this works: 
> > 
> > (define ns (make-base-empty-namespace)) 
> > (parameterize ([current-namespace ns]) (namespace-require 'racket)) 
> > 
> > But this gives an error about unknown module: 
> > 
> > (define ns (make-base-empty-namespace)) 
> > (namespace-require 'racket ns) 
> > 
> >     require: unknown module 
> >     module name: #<resolved-module-path:"/Applications/Racket 
> > v7.3/collects/racket/main.rkt"> 
> > 
> > Am I doing something wrong in the second case? 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > Yongming 
> > 
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