Re: [Scheme-reports] Draft 3 Comments: Chapter 6
John Cowan 04 Aug 2011 03:46 UTC
Alex Shinn scripsit:
> The initial (or "top level") Scheme environment is empty, and
> bindings must be introduced with import.
>
> which could indeed be worded better - the implication of the
> second clause is that `import' is provided. The initial
> environment is indeed empty of everything other than `import'.
However, the "initial environment" is *not* the environment in effect
when the REPL starts up. That includes at least the base and optionally
whatever the implementation wishes to provide.
In fact, I do not know what "initial environment" means at all.
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