Re: What if...

[James Knight <jknight@xxxxxxxx>]

On 18 Sep 2002, Eric Kidd wrote:
>  I don't like introducing
> special forms with "/" in the name unless absolutely necessary--it seems
> to be "code smell" indicating that I haven't found the right abstraction
> to cover two special cases.

Agreed - I'm the one who first added a /'d use function (for use/export
- reexport all imported bindings), and it has unfortunately become a
trendy thing to do now with the new functions use/mangle use/include
and use/library as well. I don't see them as anything but hacks and
they should go away as soon as a real use syntax is implemented. 

James