Re: [Chicken-hackers] Exposing internal APIS

[Felix Winkelmann]

From: Peter Bex <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Chicken-hackers] Exposing internal APIS
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:34:04 +0200

> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 12:31:00PM +0200, Felix Winkelmann wrote:
>> Hello, again!
>> 
>> 
>> If I understand this correctly, then you want to expose the internal
>> threading stuff in scheduler.scm as a module?
> 
> I think we can do the same I did with the compiler modules: simply wrap
> the code in a module form, but not install the import library.  That way,
> it's still an unofficial "hidden" API, but eggs like SRFI-18 can use
> things like chicken.scheduler#schedule.
> 
> And, like Christian said, it will hide the helper functions without
> having to use a HIDE declaration (with all the dangers of forgetting
> to hide one or two identifiers).

Well, ok. But I don't see much of an advantage here, besides adding a
compile-time dependency and catching the odd unbound-variable error.


felix