The short answer: load really has no place. Use require (and provide). The slightly longer answer: load is simply just reading in expressions and calling eval on them, one at a time. So you really want to know what 'eval' does. There is a section on this in the Guide that is a good starting point (technically the answer to your question is that your variables go into the namespace that find in current-namespace... but that's not so helpful without a bunch of more reading).
hth, Robby On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Richard Cleis <rcl...@mac.com> wrote: > Given a file of "some-scheme.rxt": > > ********************* > ;#lang racket > > (define a-var 'a-val) > ********************* > > and a program in a definitions window: > > ********************* > #lang racket > > (define (f) (load "some-scheme.rkt")) > ;(f) > ********************* > > ... Entering (f) in the interactions window defines a-var. > > If the comment is removed from ;#lang racket, a-var is not defined. Where > did it go? > > If the comment is removed from ;(f), an 'unbound identifier' error is > triggered during the Run. [(f) still works in the interactions window.] Which > identifier is unbound? > > How can I explain where (load) evaluates it's contents? > > Does (load) have a future in racket? > > rac > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users > _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
