From: "Linus Björnstam" <linus.bjornstam@veryfast.biz>
To: "Sam Lee" <samlee746@yahoo.com>, 52218@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52218: Unable to define more than one R7RS library per file
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2021 11:00:46 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aebc490c-621c-4e2a-b232-19c0809e1f59@www.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211201074553.bzuoffwpaxw3da44@localhost>
Hi Sam!
I am not a maintainer , nor a very proficient guile hacker, but I do have some input.
This is in line with the limitations of guile's R6RS implementation. I think this is a long standing, low priority bug. It has to do with the expansion of library (or define-library in this case) not properly resetting the current module.
In the manual there is a section called "R6RS incompatibilities" that mentions this. Maybe an "R7RS incompatibilities" should be added.
Best regards
Linus Björnstam
On Wed, 1 Dec 2021, at 08:45, Sam Lee via Bug reports for GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous Extension Language wrote:
> Guile is unable to handle more than one define-library per file. For
> example, this is "mylibs.sld", which contains two define-library:
>
> (define-library (example mylib)
> (import (scheme base))
> (export f)
> (begin
> (define (f x)
> (+ x 1))))
>
> (define-library (example main)
> (import (scheme base)
> (scheme write)
> (example mylib))
> (export main)
> (begin
> (define (main)
> (display "The answer is: ")
> (display (f 1))
> (newline))))
>
>
> When loading this file into Guile using "guile -l mylibs.sld", or by
> using (load "mylibs.sld"), Guile will show this error:
>
> ;;; note: auto-compilation is enabled, set GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0
> ;;; or pass the --no-auto-compile argument to disable.
> ;;; compiling /home/user/mylibs.sld
> ;;; WARNING: compilation of /home/user/mylibs.sld failed:
> ;;; Syntax error:
> ;;; unknown location: definition in expression context, where
> definitions are not allowed, in form (define (main) (display "The
> answer is: ") (display (f 1)) (newline))
> ice-9/psyntax.scm:2794:12: In procedure syntax-violation:
> Syntax error:
> /home/user/mylibs.sld:14:4: definition in expression context, where
> definitions are not allowed, in form (define (main) (display "The
> answer is: ") (display (f 1)) (newline))
>
>
> The error is always caused by the second define-library. Apparently,
> Guile no longer understands that define-library is a special form by the
> time the second define-library is evaluated. Is it not possible to
> define two R7RS libraries in the same file?
>
> Guile version: 3.0.7
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2021-12-01 7:45 ` bug#52218: Unable to define more than one R7RS library per file Sam Lee via Bug reports for GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous Extension Language
2021-12-01 10:00 ` Linus Björnstam [this message]
2021-12-02 2:55 ` Sam Lee via Bug reports for GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous Extension Language
2021-12-03 14:20 ` Linus Björnstam
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