On 9 February 2014 09:21, Ralf Hemmecke <r...@hemmecke.org> wrote: >> Thanks Ralf, it seems that you are getting close to a solution to this >> problem. > > No. I have no idea which code generates the respective lines and how I > can fix this. > >> But my question remains: Why is there a difference between compiling >> a SPAD file with some name and an Aldor file with some other name? In >> SPAD the name of the library has no relation to the name of the source >> file but in Aldor we are fixing the name to be the same as the source >> file. Is this a good idea? > > For SPAD you are right, but instead the filename is encoded into the > )abbrev stuff. Pretty ugly, if you ask me. I don't want to write those > )abbrev lines. >
I think that it does not have to be ugly like )abbrev which I agree is very ugly. It could instead be a well defined part of the language in both SPAD and Aldor. > Since Aldor is only used to translate the .as file into an .lsp file. > That file must have some name. The original filename is the best guess > one can have for a unique filename. (It actually doesn't matter much > what it actually is as long as it is unique, since it's generated stuff > anyway.) > > Ignoring the filename case is obviously not the best idea, but I guess > there was some reason why it's done that way. > Maybe. But it seems queer to embed the file name or some modified version of it into the generated code. > Since the code is generated into the .lsp file, I think that the fix > must go to the lisp generated of the Aldor compiler. > > Probably into that file, but I'm not sure. > https://github.com/pippijn/aldor/blob/master/aldor/aldor/src/genlisp.c > OK. >> If it is a good idea, is it possible to >> make SPAD also work this way, i.e. give all SPAD source files long >> names? > > Probably. But I don't think that's high priority at the moment. > Understood. >> Also I think that in SPAD it is possible to compile more that >> one category/domain in the same source file, each into separate >> libraries. How could we do that with Aldor in FriCAS? > > Why would you need that? > Hmmm... for resolving mutual dependencies? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to fricas-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to fricas-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fricas-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
