Re: #1772: importing the same module over and over eats up more and more memory

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#1772: importing the same module over and over eats up more and more memory
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            Reporter:  sjamaan  |      Owner:  (none)
                Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
            Priority:  major    |  Milestone:  5.3
           Component:  unknown  |    Version:  5.2.0
          Resolution:           |   Keywords:
Estimated difficulty:  hard     |
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Changes (by sjamaan):

 * milestone:  5.4 => 5.3


Comment:

 Ah, the optimization mentioned in the description was in `merge-se`, which
 `##sys#import` does *not* use: it uses append, which is a bit of a naive
 way of extending the current environment. It's fine for locally scoped
 `let`s and such, which the compiler and interpreter do all over the place,
 but it's not fine when adding large amounts of identifiers in one go to an
 open-ended environment like `import` does.

 The fix is to call `merge-se`; patch sent to chicken-hackers.  Moving to
 the 5.3 milestone unless anyone objects.

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Ticket URL: <https://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/1772#comment:1>
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