Re: [Chicken-users] define not using define

[Graham Fawcett]

On Jan 25, 2008 5:19 AM, minh thu <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to register symbols in Chicken, just as a global
> (define ...) would do from arbitrary code?
>
> I'd like to be able to write (setting 'color '#f32(1 0 0 0)) and have
> the same effect
> than a (define color (make-parameter '#f32(1 0 0 0)) unless the color 
> procedure
> already exists.

How about runtime evaluation? Something like

(define (setting symbol value)
  (eval `(set! ,symbol ,value)))

G