[Chicken-janitors] #1142: CR: remove queues, mmap, evict and binary search from core libraries

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#1142: CR: remove queues, mmap, evict and binary search from core libraries
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 Reporter:  felix           |       Owner:         
     Type:  change request  |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  minor           |   Milestone:  someday
Component:  core libraries  |     Version:  4.9.x  
 Keywords:                  |  
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 As a first step towards reducing the size of the core libraries I propose
 to deprecate a number of core procedures and move them to eggs. These are:

 * All procedures related to the {{queue}} data type (unit {{data-
 structures}})

 * {{binary-search}} (unit {{data-structures}})

 * memory-mapped files (unit {{posix}})

 * object eviction (unit {{lolevel}})

 Some of these are seldom used, obscure or have dependencies that are not
 needed ({{object-evict}} needs {{srfi-69}} - moving this into an egg would
 subsequently allow to eggify that unit as well).

 I have prepared eggs, including {{.types}}, {{.inline}} files and wiki
 documentation. The respective core procedures should be deprecated and
 later removed.

 This change is mostly backwards compatible. The only requirement on code
 using this functionality is the appropriate {{use}}/{{import}} clause and
 adding the new egg to the {{.meta}} file.

 The voting period will start at 3th of August 2014.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/1142>
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