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bug#21944: Error on ordering of define-record-type and define-public in
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Andy Wingo |
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bug#21944: Error on ordering of define-record-type and define-public in a module is unhelpful - possible improvement? |
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Mon, 27 Jun 2016 23:22:29 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) |
On Mon 27 Jun 2016 18:10, Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:
>> * if evaluating an expression throws an error, primitive-load doesn't
>> read the following expressions and so doesn't detect syntax errors;
>> try a file like this:
>>
>> (error "what")
>> )
>>
>> With the interpreter (primitive-load) you will get the "what" error,
>> not a syntax error. (Yes the unclosed paren hurts my eyeballs but I
>> wanted to demonstrate a syntax error. Here's a matching paren:
>> ")".)
>>
>> * Procedural macros won't be able to use bindings defined previously
>> in the file unless they are eval-whenned. Of course this already
>> breaks in the compiler, but it succeeds in the interpreter.
>
> Another problem is that in several places, we assume that if a top-level
> form calls 'set-current-module', the forms that follow in the file will
> now be expanded within that new module. This behavior is needed for
> 'define-module' to work properly, and it's also assumed in boot-9.scm,
> psyntax-pp.scm, and maybe some other places.
I think I fixed this in a reasonable way in master; or, reasonable given
the historical mess that this all is anyway :) Your thoughts welcome
here.
If I did manage to fix that, then the remaining problems are the ones
that I mention, plus reader options which I mentioned in another mail.
I think probably reader options are the only significant issue. WDYT?
Andy