Re: [Chicken-users] bug using syntax-case in load'ed files

[felix winkelmann]

On 10/24/06, Alejandro Forero Cuervo <address@hidden> wrote:
> In this case, like I said in my original mail, my require-extension
> expresions are scattered across multiple files that get loaded at
> run-time in an unpredictable order and just some of them require
> syntax-case.  Why, even if the ones that require syntax case load it
> before all other extensions, things will very likely still break, is
> left as an exercise to the reader.

If you compile the relevant files which get loaded at runtime,
your problem will go away.
Chicken is a compiler - use it to your advantage.

> In this case, the fix seems to be using (eval '(require-extension
> syntax-case)) from the program that loads the source files, which is
> ugly (since, for all the program knows, in the end it could well be
> that none of the loaded programs really requires syntax-case.

It is not only ugly, it will leave the system in an unexpected state
(for the user).


cheers,
felix


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