On Sat, 2008-03-29 at 07:53 +1100, Tim Josling wrote: > HI this seems to be an error because no FASL is generated. > > I have no problems with this file with SBCL and I am mystified as to > what the problem is. > > gcl 2.6.7 on AMD64 Ubuntu Linux. Switching to the CVS version of gcl is > not feasible for various reasons. > > Thanks, > Tim Josling
Further investigation shows the problem is due to the fact that I have defined a symbol as a constant, then used that symbol as the name of a field in a struct. The log below shows gcl rejects this. You can use a symbol that is non-constant as a field name but not a symbol that is a constant. As far as I can tell this should be legal. Tim Josling gcl GCL (GNU Common Lisp) 2.6.7 CLtL1 Nov 10 2006 14:25:02 Source License: LGPL(gcl,gmp), GPL(unexec,bfd,xgcl) Binary License: GPL due to GPL'ed components: (XGCL READLINE BFD UNEXEC) Modifications of this banner must retain notice of a compatible license Dedicated to the memory of W. Schelter Use (help) to get some basic information on how to use GCL. Temporary directory for compiler files set to /tmp/ >(defconstant aa 1) AA >(defvar bb 1) BB >(defstruct ttt aa) TTT >(defstruct uuu bb) UUU >(make-ttt) Error: AA is not a variable. Fast links are on: do (si::use-fast-links nil) for debugging Error signalled by MAKE-TTT. Broken at MAKE-TTT. Type :H for Help. >>:q Top level. >(make-uuu) #S(UUU BB NIL) >(unintern 'aa) T >(defstruct ttt aa) Warning: structure TTT is changing TTT >(make-ttt) #S(TTT AA NIL) > _______________________________________________ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel
