Yes, It is exactly what ypsilon doing. :-)
-- fujita

On May 12, 4:36 pm, Abdulaziz Ghuloum <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 12, 2009, at 10:23 AM, Michele Simionato wrote:
>
> > Uhm ... so it looks like I was wrong again!
> > I will let Fujita explain how Ypsilon is working,
> > since I am obviously confused :-(
>
> It looks very simple, but Fujita can correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> When starting ypsilon with a script, the following happen in sequence:
>    1. All imported libraries are loaded
>    2. The script body is expanded
>    3. The expanded body is evaluated.
>
> [in debug, expand-r6rs does 1 and 2 while run-r6rs does 1, 2, and 3.]
>
> To load a library, first map its name to file names (source and
> precompiled) then, depending on the result:
>   * If it's not precompiled:
>        1. All imported libraries are loaded
>        2. The library body is expanded
>        3. The expanded body is evaluated
>        4. The results of the expansion (list of imported libraries,
>           expanded syntax definitions, variable definitions, and
>           initialization expressions) is compiled to some form and
>           serialized to disk.
>   * If it is precompiled:
>        1. All imported libraries are loaded
>        2. Precompiled library code (syntax definitions, variable
>           definitions, and initializing expressions) is evaluated.
>
> Aziz,,,

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