Hi Mark, On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:57:11 +0000 Mark Carter <mcar...@markcarter.me.uk> wrote:
> I'm a bit confused about how to create extensions. I have the following > files in an mccsl directory: > > mccsl.setup: > (compile -s mccsl.scm) > (install-extension 'mccsl "mccsl.so") > > mccsl.scm: > (module > mccsl ( define-simple-syntax) > (import scheme) > ... ;; lots of definitions > ) > > > I have managed to load and use the library using csi, but creating a > proper extension seems to not work. > > For starters, there is no exe named chicken-setup in Debian, although > there is a chicken-install. The following wiki page suggests that there > should be: > http://wiki.call-cc.org/man/3/chicken-setup#install-program The /3/ part in the path indicates that is the manual for CHICKEN 3.x. chicken-setup is for CHICKEN 3.x only. The tool to install eggs for CHICKEN 4.x is chicken-install. The documentation for the .setup things are here: http://wiki.call-cc.org/man/4/Extensions (if you intend to use the `make' macro, please, use the egg -- http://wiki.call-cc.org/egg/make -- since the core `make' macro is going to be deprecated). > If I type chicken mccsl.setup it creates an mccsl.c file, but not an > mccsl.so file. I'm thinking that's wrong?? To test the installation of your egg, you can just execute chicken-install in your egg directory. If you want to perform some extra tests, you can use salmonella: $ chicken-install salmonella $ cd my-egg # directory where you put your egg code $ salmonella --this-egg In case of errors, you may want to read the log file generated by salmonella: $ salmonella-log-viewer salmonella.log > So, there doesn't actually seem to be a way of installing a home- > brewed extension. chicken-setup doesn't exists, and the install- > extension function doesn't seem to install the extension. Presumably > I'm making some schoolboy errors. Maybe this document can be useful: http://wiki.call-cc.org/eggs%20tutorial Best wishes. Mario -- http://parenteses.org/mario _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
