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

That's a bit, how should I say, peculiar?

The SICP implementation of 'eval' includes a second argument which stores
the current environment. Is it possible to make this second input implicit?

And if not that, is it possible to reference the current environment through
a pointer similar to 'this' or 'self' in OO-land?

On Jan 18, 2008 6:15 PM, Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote:

> At Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:09:15 +0000, "Ran Gutin" wrote:
> > From what you're saying, it is impossible for MzScheme to parse symbolic
> > data and produce a value from the local environment.
>
> Yes.
>
> > Is this unique to PLT Scheme or will I find this same behaviour in other
> > Scheme / Lisp implementations?
>
> You'll find the same behavior in most Scheme implementations.
>
> Matthew
>
>
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