[Chicken-janitors] #458: Chicken can't profile itself

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#458: Chicken can't profile itself
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 Reporter:  sjamaan                               |       Owner:       
     Type:  defect                                |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  major                                 |   Milestone:  4.7.0
Component:  compiler                              |     Version:  4.6.x
 Keywords:  expander, profiler, self-compilation  |  
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 I tried to run this:

 {{{
 $ gmake PLATFORM=bsd PREFIX=~/chicken-test CHICKEN='chicken -profile'
 DEBUGBUILD=1
 }}}

 And this gives me:

 {{{
 Warning: reference to possibly unbound identifier `g555'

 Error: module unresolved: setup-api
 }}}

 If I then quickly compile this file without profiling info, I get a binary
 which barfs that {{{##sys#error-hook}}} is undefined.

 I think this indicates a deeper problem with the profiler which might also
 occur on some other programs.

 It could be a problem in the expander, or in the code that generates
 profiling info. The undefined g555 occurs somewhere in an expansion of
 {{{lambda}}}, so my hunch is it's a problem with {{{expand-profile-
 lambda}}}.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/458>
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