Library names describe APIs

[Lassi Kortela]

Arne wrote:

> Additionally we’d have to ask whether these should actually be in
> (guile ...). (ice-9 match) is actually from chibi-scheme, just with
> three shims added so the upstream code runs unmodified. Calling that
> (guile ...) would falsely imply that it is implementation specific.
>
> The deeper I look into it, the less I think that a (guile ...) module
> would be a good idea.

IMHO, a library name fundamentally specifies an API.

(import (scheme ...)) and (import (rnrs ...)) are stuff that is 
API-compatible with the Scheme reports. (import (srfi ...)) is similar.

(import (guile ...)) and (import (chibi ...)) would import stuff where 
the Guile and Chibi communities, respectively, are responsible for the 
API. Even when other Scheme implementations provide a library by that name.

I have more to say about this, but since this thread is massive as it 
is, I'll leave that for later.