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Eager expansion of definitions’ right-hand sides can be detected #472

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usaoc opened this issue Jan 28, 2024 · 1 comment
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Eager expansion of definitions’ right-hand sides can be detected #472

usaoc opened this issue Jan 28, 2024 · 1 comment

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usaoc commented Jan 28, 2024

For example, this program

#lang rhombus
block:
  def a:
    b
  def b = #false
  #false

makes the reference to b a syntax error, while this program

#lang rhombus
block:
  def a:
    #false
    b
  def b = #false
  #false

is a run-time exception, like the Racket counterpart.

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mflatt commented Jun 18, 2024

Just for the record, this trade-off is also described at https://github.com/mflatt/rhombus-prototype/blob/rhombus/rhombus/0000-rhombus.md#propagating-static-information. I think the current choice has worked ok in practice, but it seems like it will always be an issue.

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