Re: [Chicken-users] Autoloading optional dependencies

[Felix]

From: Alaric Snell-Pym <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Chicken-users] Autoloading optional dependencies
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:40:06 +0100

> On 09/13/10 07:52, Felix wrote:
> 
>> When the toplevel variable passed to `autoload' refers to a module
>> binding, then you have to import it, otherwise it refers to an
>> undecorated toplevel variable.
> 
> I've just taken a look at how autoload works. Basically:
> 
> (autoload foo bar)
> 
> expands into something roughly like:
> 
> (define bar (lambda args
>       (require foo)
>         (let ((tmp (global-ref foo#bar)))
>              (set! bar tmp)
>              (apply tmp args))))
> 

Oh, it already seems to take care of the module prefix.
In that case, everything is fine, then. Sorry for the noise.


cheers,
felix