[plt-scheme] to define, or to let

On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 10:26:42PM -0500, Eli Barzilay wrote:
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> On Mar 20, Richard Cleis wrote:
> > Syntax: <Bindings> should have the form ((<variable1> <init1>) ...),
> > 
> > One restriction on letrec is very important: it must be possible to
> > evaluate each <init> without assigning or referring to the value of
> > any <variable>. If this restriction is violated, then it is an
> > error.
> 
> Section 1.3.2:
> 
>   When speaking of an error situation, this report uses the phrase "an
>   error is signalled" to indicate that implementations must detect and
>   report the error.  If such wording does not appear in the discussion
>   of an error, then implementations are not required to detect or
>   report the error, though they are encouraged to do so.  An error
>   situation that implementations are not required to detect is usually
>   referred to simply as "an error."

Which is why it's dangerous and non-portable to rely on the
initialization order.
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Bradd W. Szonye
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