From: Stephen Scheck <singularsyntax@gmail.com>
To: guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: (un)quoting, evaluation, and environments
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:31:46 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKjnHz0DucSH00E+nW+BJJjXtE+RZ-e5E8WyrKOtiJOutRkfog@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Hello,
I'm puzzled by what is going on here:
scheme@(guile-user)> (eval-string "`(foo ,b)")
ERROR: In procedure %resolve-variable:
Unbound variable: b
Entering a new prompt. Type `,bt' for a backtrace or `,q' to continue.
scheme@(guile-user) [1]> ,q
scheme@(guile-user)> (define b 'bar)
scheme@(guile-user)> (eval-string "`(foo ,b)")
$1 = (foo bar)
scheme@(guile-user)> (null-environment 5)
$2 = #<interface (#{ g298}#) 7f4447df16e0>
scheme@(guile-user)> (eval-string "`(foo ,b)" $2)
$3 = (foo (unquote b))
scheme@(guile-user)> (eval-string "`(foo ,b)" (current-module))
$4 = (foo bar)
scheme@(guile-user)> (module-ref (current-module) 'b)
$5 = bar
scheme@(guile-user)> (module-ref $2 'b)
ERROR: In procedure scm-error:
No variable named b in #<interface (#{ g298}#) 7f4447df16e0>
Entering a new prompt. Type `,bt' for a backtrace or `,q' to continue.
scheme@(guile-user) [1]> ,q
scheme@(guile-user)> (module-define! $2 'b 'bar)
scheme@(guile-user)> (module-ref $2 'b)
$6 = bar
scheme@(guile-user)> (eval-string "`(foo ,b)" $2)
$7 = (foo (unquote b))
Why does b get evaluated in the default environment (current module), but
gets unquoted for one passed as an argument to eval-string? What is
different about these environments? Is there a correct way to use a
different environment, such that the result is the same?
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