Re: [Axiom-developer] Desired functionality from noweb

[C Y]

>>>> Try
>>>> %---BEGIN aaa.pamphlet
>>>> <<*>>=
>>>> <<X>>
>>>> A
>>>> @
>>>> <<X>>=
>>>> EFG
>>>> @
>>>> <<*>>=
>>>> B
>>>> @
>>>> <<C>>=
>>>> UVW
>>>> @
>>>> %---END aaa.pamphlet
>>>>
>>>> notangle aaa.pamphlet
>>>> EFG
>>>> A
>>>> UVW
>>>> B
>>> Ugh.  I don't think this is a style of LP we should use.
>> Why not? Well, it was just an example, but I don't think that a 
>> continued code junk is a terribly bad idea. I would only require that
>> braces are paired within each chunk.
> 
> Non-unique root node definitions in a file will increase complexity. 
> Ideally all code chunks in a program would have unique chunk names - at
> the very least, anything part of a particular tangle operation should
> have a unique name.  I expect to run tangle once per <<*>> defined, and
> I expect one <<*>> per file (or "project" if you prefer.)  Perhaps
> there are reasons not to do that but I'm not seeing it right now.

Well, amusingly enough, I tried it in cl-web and the code seems to
already exhibits the behavior above ;-).  So if anyone wants to do that
they can.

I think I understand better now what you were saying - as opposed to
breaking a chunk definition down into sub chunks which are included in a
toplevel chunk, you simply have a single chunk with its definition
spread through the file, with the scan identifying where the pieces are
and putting them together.

Cheers,
CY