Re: [Chicken-users] Order of loading extensions and syntax extensions

[felix winkelmann]

On 6/8/06, Alejandro Forero Cuervo <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Moving 'register-feature!' to the compiled file is best. With it in
> > the syntax file the system "thinks" the extension is already loaded.
>
> This would not solve the problem.  If something causes the compiled
> file to be loaded, the system will still fail to load the syntax in
> those cases when it should (eg. "(use stream-ext) (use srfi-40)").

That's right - we had this already, so:

"register-feature!" should not be used to register extension-names as
system features, period. Otherwise "require-extension" might get confused.

I have spoken.

(if I have done so myself, it was wrong)


(felix)