Re: Module unloading

[Zeeshan Ali]

Hello,

> >    I'll try to test it here as well but i'll have to convert it to an
> > equivalent C code first.
> 
> Out of interest, why is that?  (It's easy enough to call Scheme-defined
> code from C, isn't it?)

    Yes! I think i my mind is stuck in the world of C. :(

> That sounds more complex and magic than it needs to be, to me - where by
> "complex" I mean your infrastructure code using undefine, and by "magic"
> I mean that it requires plugin authors to follow a non-code-enforced
> convention about the names of the variables.

   I know my design sucks and that is why i am so desperate to hear
new ideas. Let's hear yours:

>  Why not use a registration
> API instead?  In other words, instead of this:
> 
> (define (do-plugin-thing-1 ...) ...)
> (define (do-plugin-thing-2 ...) ...)
> ...
> 
> do this:
> 
> (let ()
>    (define (do-plugin-thing-1 ...) ...)
>    (define (do-plugin-thing-2 ...) ...)
>    ...
>    (register-plugin do-plugin-thing-1
>                     do-plugin-thing-2
>                     ...))
> 
> This way there is no magic, and the visibility of the plugin bindings is
> under the control of the plugin author.  Also, this way you could stay
> pure-R5RS if you like, as you don't really need any features of the
> module system.

   Sounds pretty cool. I'll give it a try. Thanks a lot.

Regards,

Zeeshan Ali