Re: [Chicken-users] Problems with compilation units and modules

[Felix]

From: megane <address@hidden>
Subject: [Chicken-users] Problems with compilation units and modules
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 12:24:19 +0300

> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to define a module in a separate compilation.
> 
> Here's a simple example that I can't get to compile:
> 
> 
> File: src/myutil.scm
> -----
> 
> (module myutil
>  *
>  (import chicken scheme)
> 
>  (define (foo)
>    (print "myutil foo")))
> 
> (define (bar) (print "myutil bar"))
> 
> 
> File: src/main.scm
> -----
> 
> ;; This works
> (bar)
> 
> ;; This doesn't
> (import myutil)
> (foo)
> 
> ;; csc -unit myutil src/myutil.scm -c
> ;; csc -uses myutil src/main.scm src/myutil.o
> 

The second compile doesn't have any syntactic information to resolve
the module. If you want to compile the module separately, try the
"-J" (or "-j") option:

csc -unit myutil src/myutil.scm -c -J

This will generate an "import library" containing everything needed
to make "import" work.


cheers,
felix