Re: scsh in PLT Scheme?

[Robert Bruce Findler <robby@cs.rice.edu>]

At 8:37 PM -0600 3/26/02, Richard Cobbe wrote:
>This is probably off-topic, but I will mention one thing that I really
>like about scsh, or rather Scheme48: some of the features of the module
>system make unit-testing much easier.  In particular, at the REPL you
>can `switch your perspective,' if you will, into a particular module.
>Once you've done this, you have access to *all* of the module's
>definitions, including those that are not exported.  This is obviously
>not something you want to do in a running program, but it does make
>unit-testing the module easier, as you can test the module-private
>functions directly.

The `module' language in DrScheme achieves some of this 
functionality. You cannot switch views in a single program, but if 
you Execute a module the REPL is "inside" the module -- that is, all 
of the bindings available at the top-level of that module are 
available in the REPL.

Robby