[Chicken-janitors] Re: #19: define-syntax on imported syntax redefines that syntax in the original module

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#19: define-syntax on imported syntax redefines that syntax in the original
module
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Reporter:  ashinn  |        Owner:  felix   
    Type:  defect  |       Status:  closed  
Priority:  minor   |    Component:  compiler
 Version:  4.0.1   |   Resolution:  wontfix 
Keywords:          |  
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Changes (by felix):

  * status:  assigned => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix


Comment:

 As the module system does merely rename identifiers (and does not
 instantiate environments), this behaviour is actually consistent:
 redefinition of a global value binding changes that value globally.
 Redefinition of a syntax binding changes the meaning of the syntax in the
 compiler-run or interpreter session. One can still consider this a bug
 (and I'm not overly happy with this, since users will probably expect
 something else), but the current behaviour is, technically, the proper
 thing to do.

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Ticket URL: <http://www.irp.oist.jp/trac/chicken/ticket/19#comment:2>
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