I have a program written entirely in guile's scheme and I use autotools to distribute it.
Is there a guide to distribute guile programs? I know that some languages have, but I can see any in the guile docs. My biggest concern is about the .scm files that makes up my program. For those who know autotools, I'm using pkgdata to install the files and them I use (load "/path/to/.scm") from a simple executable script. But it got me thinking that the .scm files are not exactly data. I was thinking that the 'module' facility of guile could be the solution. I install them where guile's modules are installed and use (use-modules) to load. But then again, my .scm are not exactly modules because they are not, in any way, made for general purpose use. I recently learn a technique where, during 'make', one 'cat' all the sources files together, forming a big, single executable script. Doing so, there is no need to install the .scm files, because they are all inside the same executable file. This technique needs a little care, but is definitely doable, as I did a scratch of it and it works, although I felt that the bigger file made my application take a little more time to start than separate loaded files. I didn't do any benchmark, so don't take my word on it. So, what do you guys think? Is there a proper way to distribute and install scheme only programs? -- Diogo F. S. Ramos
