Oh, thank you, it was more trivial than I had realized! 2014-12-16 17:57 GMT+01:00 Doug Coleman <doug.cole...@gmail.com>: > You can call set-global and get-global instead of set and get. The words are > executing in the dynamic scope of the parser and the values getting lost > when parsing returns. > > Doug > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Andrea Ferretti <ferrettiand...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi, I am trying to define some syntax words that should have effect on >> a global (or dynamic) variable. What I am trying to achieve is >> something similar to how the LIBRARY: word affects later occurrences >> of FUNCTION: >> >> The problem is, it does not seem to work. The simplest example I can >> make is up the following. >> >> In package foo >> >> USING: kernel lexer namespaces ; >> IN: foo >> >> SYMBOL: foo >> >> SYNTAX: FOO: scan-token foo set ; >> >> Then in package bar >> >> USING: namespaces foo prettyprint ; >> IN: bar >> >> FOO: hello >> >> foo get . >> >> >> This executes the top level form `foo get .` but prints f instead of >> "hello". The same happens if I use run-file directly. If, instead, I >> make the same declaration >> >> FOO: hello >> >> in the listener, I can check that foo is modified. >> >> Is there a way to make this work? I could also avoi the variable, but >> while parsing I do not have access to the stack, and so I do not know >> how to pass any information among parsing words. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server >> from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards >> with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more >> Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE >> >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >> _______________________________________________ >> Factor-talk mailing list >> Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Factor-talk mailing list > Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk >
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