[plt-scheme] 'eval' function seems to completely ignore scoping rules.

So let me try to understand this.

>From what you're saying, it is impossible for MzScheme to parse symbolic
data and produce a value from the local environment.
Is this unique to PLT Scheme or will I find this same behaviour in other
Scheme / Lisp implementations?

On Jan 18, 2008 5:04 PM, Grant Rettke <grettke at acm.org> wrote:

> On Jan 18, 2008 10:55 AM, Ran Gutin <manicmessiah at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So why does the 'eval' function completely ignore the current scope and
> > search the global namespace?
>
> This is the expected behavior. Eval only works on the top level
> environment.
>
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