Re: What's with `symbol-set!' is deprecated. Use the module system instead.

2012-01-07 Thread David Kastrup
Andy Wingo writes: > Hi, > > On Mon 05 Dec 2011 15:54, Andy Wingo writes: > >> On Mon 05 Dec 2011 09:11, David Kastrup writes: >> >>> David Kastrup writes: >>> > (symbol-set! #f (string->symbol name) value) (module-define! (current-module) (string->symbol name) value) >> >> Indeed, th

Re: What's with `symbol-set!' is deprecated. Use the module system instead.

2012-01-06 Thread Andy Wingo
Hi, On Mon 05 Dec 2011 15:54, Andy Wingo writes: > On Mon 05 Dec 2011 09:11, David Kastrup writes: > >> David Kastrup writes: >> (symbol-set! #f (string->symbol name) value) >>> (module-define! (current-module) (string->symbol name) value) > > Indeed, the module system needs better docume

Re: What's with `symbol-set!' is deprecated. Use the module system instead.

2011-12-05 Thread Andy Wingo
Hello David, On Mon 05 Dec 2011 09:11, David Kastrup writes: > David Kastrup writes: > >>> (symbol-set! #f (string->symbol name) value) >> (module-define! (current-module) (string->symbol name) value) Indeed, the module system needs better documentation. >> Is this somebody's idea of a joke?

Re: What's with `symbol-set!' is deprecated. Use the module system instead.

2011-12-05 Thread David Kastrup
David Kastrup writes: > David Kastrup writes: > >> The module system documentation provides _no_ _clue_ _whatsoever_ about >> how something like >> (symbol-set! #f (string->symbol name) value) >> could be replaced. In fact, the module system documentation provides >> _no_ _clue_ _whatsoever_ ho

Re: What's with `symbol-set!' is deprecated. Use the module system instead.

2011-12-04 Thread David Kastrup
David Kastrup writes: > The module system documentation provides _no_ _clue_ _whatsoever_ about > how something like > (symbol-set! #f (string->symbol name) value) > could be replaced. In fact, the module system documentation provides > _no_ _clue_ _whatsoever_ how to actually access module vari

What's with `symbol-set!' is deprecated. Use the module system instead.

2011-12-04 Thread David Kastrup
The module system documentation provides _no_ _clue_ _whatsoever_ about how something like (symbol-set! #f (string->symbol name) value) could be replaced. In fact, the module system documentation provides _no_ _clue_ _whatsoever_ how to actually access module variables short of calling eval on li