Re: defmacro: Null pointer exceptions with compiled files

[Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>]

Chris Dean wrote:

> > ... I have put macros in individual files and compiled them as a
> > separate compilations. The macros do not work if I load the compiled
> > files instead of the .scm files.
>
>
> Try using require instead.  load will not use the separate compilation
> unit that you want.  Write if you want a more detailed example.

True, I do recommend "Files compilation" [as the Kawa manual calls it] 
and (require <module>), rather than "Archive compilation" and (load 
"file"), as the former will integrate better with Java, and provide 
better namespace management, and better optimization.

However, I do want "Files compilation" to work more-or-less 
transparently like other Lisp/Scheme systems that support compilation. 
As far I can tell, your test case *should* work.

Unfortunately, I have don't have time to debug this now.  Could you 
enter it into the Kawa bugzilla, so we don't forget about it?
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