Hi,
In core/bootstrap/primitives.factor, change this line:
{ "call" "kernel" }
to
{ "(call)" "kernel" }
Then in core/kernel.factor, define a new word;
GENERIC: call ( quot -- )
M: quotation call (call) ;
M: f call drop ;
Then bootstrap. Everything should work.
Slava
On 21-Feb-07, at 10:09 AM, Eduardo Cavazos wrote:
> Slava,
>
> I'd like to experiment with redefining call as a generic word that can
> dispatch on quotations and other kinds of objects such as the
> closures I
> wrote about recently. Do I need to bootstrap a new Factor with my
> complex
> definition for call in place? Basically, I'd like to be able to
> pass closures
> as well as quots to words that currently only accept quots. For
> example, I'd
> like to pass a closure tuple to a button.
>
> If this is possible, it would be a neat demonstration of how
> malleable Factor
> is.
>
> Do you have any advice?
>
> In the past I worked on a couple of lispish interpreters in Factor.
> Being able
> to express closures in Factor makes translating lisp to Factor even
> easier.
> So this is at least one application. ;-)
>
> Ed
>
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