Good to know about the -m switch. Is there a similar trick to use with DrRacket?
For now I have one module from where I want to demonstrate some functionality running it from DrRacket (with out using the Interactions window). And I would use this same module as a "library" from another one. []'s Rodolfo Carvalho On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 19:51, Robby Findler <[email protected]>wrote: > You can get close if you use 'racket' to run the file; define a main > function that has the code that should only run in standalone and then > use the -m flag on the commandline. > > Robby > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Matthias Felleisen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Not available yet, but thanks for asking: I requested this feature a > month ago on our 'dev' list. > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 2, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Rodolfo Carvalho wrote: > > > >> Sorry if I didn't find it somewhere obvious, but I don't know how to do > the following. > >> > >> I would like a have a file that when run standalone executes some code, > and when "required" by another module just provides some definitions. > >> > >> Example: > >> > >> ;------------------------------------------------------- > >> ; my-lib.rkt > >> (provide make-milk-shake) > >> > >> (define (make-milk-shake flavor) > >> ...) > >> > >> ; run this only when run standalone > >> (magic-thing > >> (make-milk-shake 'banana) > >> > >> > >> ;------------------------------------------------------- > >> ; some-other.rkt > >> (require "my-lib.rkt") > >> > >> (make-milk-shake 'strawberry) > >> ; only make 1 milk shake of strawberry... > >> > >> > >> > >> That is, I am searching for an equivalent idiom for what in Python I'd > write: > >> > >> if __name__ == "__main__": > >> do_things() > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> []'s > >> > >> Rodolfo Carvalho > >> _________________________________________________ > >> For list-related administrative tasks: > >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > For list-related administrative tasks: > > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users > > >
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