Mike Gran writes:
>>
>> Let's say you had a file "a.data" that contained
>>
>> ("This" "is" "a" "test")
>>
>> Note that there is no initial quote.
>>
>> ...
>>
>> One step up could be
>>
>> (call-with-input-file "a.data" (lambda (p) (display (read p))))
Perfect! I was basically making a mistake with the initial quote.
>> Note that this specifically reads exactly one s-expression from the
>> top of the file, as you requested. It might be simpler to have an
>> "a.data" that contained a bunch of (define) statements, like so
>>
>> (define a '("This" "is" "a" "test"))
>>
>> Then you could (load "a.data") that file, and the defined variables would be
>> available.
Yuk! That would mean that I have two independent pieces of code
which need to agree with each other to work properly, opening the door
for bugs... it also would pollute the top-level environment. I like
your first answer!
>> Hope this helps,
Sure does! Thanks.
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