Re: [Chicken-users] Understanding modules?

2016-05-21 Thread Evan Hanson
Hi Norman, A quick note about units and modules: the two are different things used for different purposes. The former has to do with controlling the compilation and linking of separate application components, whereas the latter is about namespace management. The hunt continues for the best way to

Re: [Chicken-users] Understanding modules?

2016-05-21 Thread John Cowan
Norman Gray scripsit: > A puzzle: in his message John mentioned that 'Use [...] installs the > file and imports it into the current module.' I'm puzzled at this > use of 'install'. It should have been "loads". It's also worth noting that use (or require-extension, which is the same thing) dep

Re: [Chicken-users] Understanding modules?

2016-05-21 Thread Norman Gray
Greetings. On 16 Mar 2016, at 17:01, Norman Gray wrote: Thank you Oleg and John, for these explanations. I won't be back in Chicken-land for a couple of days, but as soon as I can I'll aim to understand this point well enough to offer a draft of additional text for the manual. A little wh