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* (un)quoting, evaluation, and environments
@ 2020-08-31 20:31 Stephen Scheck
  2020-08-31 20:59 ` Stephen Scheck
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Scheck @ 2020-08-31 20:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: guile-user

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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* Re: (un)quoting, evaluation, and environments
  2020-08-31 20:31 (un)quoting, evaluation, and environments Stephen Scheck
@ 2020-08-31 20:59 ` Stephen Scheck
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Scheck @ 2020-08-31 20:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: guile-user

> 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?

Hmm ... if I call (make-fresh-user-module) instead of (null-environment 5),
it works ... *shrug* ... but is that the safest way to get an empty
environment for evaluation purposes?


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