[plt-dev] Re: problem with optimistic compilation

Perhaps I am naive, but could mzscheme just automatically compile  
files when it finds that compiled/ is out of date? or use the source  
file instead?


On Aug 12, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Robby Findler wrote:

> I see a few possibilities. I think that this is a problem specific to
> people who work regularly with SVN, so we can expect such people to
> have extra sophistication:
>
>   - (IMO, the second best option and one that is available now):
> instead of saying "mzscheme file.ss", say "mzc file.ss && mzscheme
> file.ss".
>
>   -  (IMO the best option): mzscheme should get a commandline option
> that amounts to doing the above for you automatically. So intead of
> "mzscheme file.ss" yo'd say "mzscheme --compile-zo file.ss" or
> something.
>
>   - disable automatic compilation in drscheme.
>
>   - (the saddest option): by default, have automatic compilation in
> drscheme turned off by default
>
> Robby
>
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Matthias  
> Felleisen<matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Now that drscheme compiles things behind my back, I am  
>> encountering a new
>> problem al the time.
>>
>> 1. I have a fair number of scripts. Usually I run them with  
>> mzscheme ... or
>> mred ... or it may even have the right Unix incantations in the file.
>>
>> 2. I also tend to use auxiliary files and my own small private  
>> collects of
>> auxiliaries.
>>
>> 3. On some occasion (I thought it was rare but it happens often  
>> enough since
>> the switch for me to notice) I open these scripts in drs and run  
>> them. Now
>> the aux files are compiled.
>>
>> 4. I regularly update my plt installation from source (say 3-4  
>> times per
>> week; usually every day).
>>
>> 5. Oops, I can no longer run the scripts because the compiled  
>> files are
>> version n-1.
>>
>> I'll just stick to describing the problem here, just in case  
>> there's an
>> obvious solution. -- Matthias
>>
>>