Module manager

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:21 pm

I added a module manager, uh, module, to Artful Code. It lets you define dependencies between modules so that they are only loaded once. All of the Artful Code modules' dependencies are added as well (http://static.artfulcode.net/newlisp/dependencies.lsp).

http://static.artfulcode.net/newlisp/nlmod.lsp.html

Tim Johnson · Post by **Tim Johnson** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:13 am

Haven't had time to look at it thoroughly, and won't for a couple of days,
but have been using something similar since I started using newlisp.
(blocks accidental redundant loads) - I consider blocking of redundant loads
to be absolutely essential, and I also wrote (do mod reload) to
cause an explicit reload......
I'll look at your code soon, I know there is a bug in mine...
thanks
tim

ale870 · Post by **ale870** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:27 pm

I think that is a great improvement for newLisp.
I will try to check it as soon as possible. If it works well, I think it could be even included in the official newLisp distribution!

tom · Post by **tom** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:32 am

oops, replied to the wrong thread, sorry.

Tim Johnson · Post by **Tim Johnson** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:19 pm

The link below is literally the first working code that I wrote in newlisp.
http://www.johnsons-web.com/demo/newlisp/init.lsp
Two public functions are:
modules
do
'modules loads a list of libraries, can be symbols, if so - coerced
to a string and ".lsp" appended.
Theoretically :-) a library can be only loaded once, blocking
redundant loads. - If one does not use 'load
'do can override this by passing a 'reload argument that evaluates
to true.
Comments welcome, haven't had time to check out Jeff's work, I think
that he takes a more sophisticated approach.
thanks
tim