mal/impls/lib

This directory contains general-purpose reusable code that does not fit in the process.

The split in small files is motivated by implementations too limited to load a single big file, but MAL has no proper module management.

However, here are some guidelines.

• Begin with an one-line ;; short description

• Describe the restrictions on each parameter in comments.

• Define private symbols in hidden environments when possible. If this is not possible, for example for macros, give them a name starting with an underscore.

If a module provides tests, you may run against an implementation IMPL with these commands.

make IMPL^stepA
cd tests
python ../runtest.py lib/MODULE.mal ../IMPL/run

Users and implementors should use the following syntax in order to ensure that the same file is only loaded once.

(load-file      "../lib/load-file-once.mal")
(load-file-once "../lib/foo.mal")
(load-file-once "../lib/bar.mal")