GNU bug report logs - #17418
#:select gives access to private variables

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Package: guile;

Reported by: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 08:49:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
Cc: 17418 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17418: #:select gives access to private variables
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 10:08:28 +0200

Hi, Mark!

Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> skribis:

> Perhaps we should consider making #:select issue a warning when it
> imports private bindings,

Yes, sounds like a good idea.

> and also adding a mechanism to import private bindings without a
> warning.

I’m unsure about this.  Normally we don’t want to allow that, because
that defeats the purpose of modules.  OTOH, in practice we occasionally
need this ability; I typically use @@ for that, but it’s not as nice as
a real import.

Any idea what other schemes do?

Ludo’.
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