Hi Patrick and other noweb gurus --

Since I still can't compile gschem (x_multiattrib) without a noweb
installation on my machine I thought I'd take a look at the
notangle_guile script.  It's a very logical script, and the code is
also well commented, which is good.

It looks to me like you've written the multiattrib widget to
encapsulate it's own functions, instead of instantiating them globally
inside the file x_multiattrib.nw.  By looking at notangle_guile I am
guessing that the script can't deal with the implied hierarchy
(scoping) in the multiattrib widget's noweb code since notangle_guile
doesn't recurse. Is this true?  

If I am correct, it looks to me like one just needs to add another
conditional to tangle-step1 which detects the start of a new scope 
inside a fcn, and then (somehow) build the C source to reflect the new 
scope.  So, if I am correct, do you have any ideas about what this
should look like?  I might try my hand at hacking notangle_guile if I
can figure out what it should do.

Of course, I could be totally wrong . . . . .

BTW: It seems to me that tangle-step1 reads in the noweb file & builds
the C code in the variable current-code-chunk; I guess that you build
a list of current code chunks from the various code chunks you find.
Correct?  It also looks like tangle-step2 takes the chunks and formats
them and outputs them into the C file.  Right?

With some tips from you, I might be able to understand this
thing. . . .   :-)

Happy hacking,

Stuart

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