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Re: dynamic roots and dynamic-wind


mdj@nada.kth.se writes:

> Maybe we could split the current call-with-dynamic-root into a
> call-with-dynamic-root which doesn't rewind the dynwind chain, and a
> new primitive call-with-dynamic-context which unwinds the chain but
> runs under the same root.  (And, maybe, this last primitive isn't
> really needed on the Scheme level.)

I think that would be a good idea, both behaviors are certainly useful
independently. I can hack around it for now in the scwm source.

 - Maciej