World: r4wp

I'm sure it's confusing by design, so that Doc can make a living 
selling single downloads ;-)

Kaj: I might make macros context-sensitive, but I don't see what 
more I can do. The point of #system is to write Red/System code within 
the 'red context, so naming should be done carefully to avoid conflicts. 
But with a few context wrappers, you should be able to solve that, 
no?

As I said, wrapping a binding in a context isn't enough, in the first 
place because #define's remain global. Making them context sensitive 
would help a lot, because they're currently the most primitive construct 
in Red/System

The other big part of the problem is that we have two languages now, 
Red built on top of Red/System, while they're so similar that they 
will often use the same names for slightly different concepts. With 
the bindings, one builds a world on top of Red/System, but the biggest 
parts of them should also be usable in the world one builds on Red, 
without making them look butchered when programming in Red/System

It's fair enough that #system code runs within the RED context, to 
be able to extend it and write the application code - although as 
I said, it's hard to know which names from Red's internal implementation 
will conflict. However, I need another place to import the core part 
of the bindings, outside the RED context so they won't conflict

I should be able to find a solution for that need tonight.

That would be great. Otherwise I don't have a presentation :-(

I know...

You fixed the cast arithmetic in master. Thanks, but I need it in 
dyn-lib-emitter

Ah, you should have said that in the ticket, I copied the fix in 
v0.3.0 thinking that's where you needed it. :-)

Done.

I referred to it in our private chat on our secret project, but thanks 
:-)

Actually, I don't need it, you need it :-)

hehe :)

Ok, I've added (not pushed yet) a new directive for including Red/System 
libs outside of 'red context. Example:

	#system-include [%tests/hello.reds]


will load and compile the hello.reds script. Notice that relative 
include paths are resolved from Red/System root folder (%Red/red-system/).

Does that cover your need Kaj?

It should solve one big part of the problem. The other big part are 
the context sensitive #define's

I also need #include's to work the same as in Red/System: relative 
to the source the path is in

The only #include right now are Red/System includes.

Yes, those I mean

#system-include just inserts them outside of 'red context.

Or do you mean paths in #system-include?

The included file paths are left unchanged.

They are just inserted at beginning of intermediary script passed 
to Red/System.

I meant the ticket I have open

The path of the source file they came from is lost

Does such include work fine with %rsc.r?

Yes, I use them everywhere

(I mean just #include %../C-library.reds)

By the way, I think we should eventually have a search path for includes, 
but that's for the future

Yes, I use relative include paths of that form in all my bindings 
and examples

I need them to be able to install my Fossil repositories side by 
side in one main directory and then #include between them without 
changing paths

I've pushed #system-include addition, but there's probably more path-related 
patches to apply I'm afraid.

context-sensitive #define: seems to be a complicated change as it 
is the heart of the preprocessor...but context are created only during 
compilation (so after preprocessing).

It would be easer if #system-include would be like #system so that 
you could wrap an extra context around Red/Sytsem code, without introducing 
an extra wrapper file. Would that be hard?

No, trivial, I would then just remove #system-include and add an 
option to #system to have the code loaded outside of 'red context...but 
semantically, it will be a bit inconsistent with barebone #system, 
as it means "inline the Red/System code here"...Maybe I should just 
rename #system-include to solve that.

It works as it is now, but then I run into the #define problem

This form of #system-include is probably still handy

Why does it require a block?

I've changed it to #system-global, work exactly as #system but loads 
outside and before 'red context, should I push it?

Please

Done.

Works with #include with an absolute path

There's an extra problem when I wrap the C binding in a context, 
but that seems unrelated

An #enum isn't prefixed with the context

For the defines, I think the best option (and cheapest) would be 
that I prefix the one I use internally for Red.

It should IIRC.

It's worse than that. The first error I get is on one of my #define's 
that's a struct! later in Red

I guess you'll have to prefix (or suffix) them.

Which one is conflicting?

That would really butcher all my bindings. And it's too much work 
just to do temporarily for the demo