Re: [Chicken-hackers] importing modules of not yet loaded extensions

[Moritz Heidkamp]

Felix <address@hidden> writes:
> Being able to import a module without requiring the loading of the 
> libary is necessary to allow cross-compilation. Chicken separates this
> and I consider it a feature. 

Right, Christian pointed this out, too. I wonder though: Are modules
which use `require-extension' cross-compilable then at all? Or does the
compiler somehow prevent the actual loading from taking place,
effectively replacing them by just an `import'? If that is indeed the
case, why not make `import' behave like `require-extension' in the first
place? Or am I missing something obvious?

> Remember the mantra:
>
>   If in doubt, use `require-extension'.

Amen!

Good night for now :-)
Moritz