Re: use-syntax: use-reader?

[thi <ttn@mingle.glug.org>]

Mikael Djurfeldt writes:

 > There is currently no way to tell that a module uses another reader.
 > 
 > This is one of the things which will be solved in the new module
 > system.
 > 
 > What should we do until then?
 > 
 > Well, note that we need a scheme reader to parse the module
 > definition, so we should probably make a "proxy module":
 > 
 >   (define-module (my-package my-module)
 >     :use-module (used-package used-module))
 > 
 >   <machinery for loading of forreign code>

See src/thud/scan.scm in the thud distribution for an example of this.
Although procedure `include-th-file' uses the regular Scheme reader, it
could conceivably use something else.  Yes, `scan-dispatch' should be
rewritten w/ syntax magic...

Cheers,
thi