[plt-scheme] attaching object names to values

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Robby Findler <robby at cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
> I think there isn't one, but if you see how to make one, please let me know.

It seems like a procedure that just changes the `object-name' of value
would be valuable.

> FWIW, provide/contract does a better job than just `contract' and I
> believe would do what you want.

Unfortunately, this is in the implementation of a `require/contract'
form, so I can't use `provide/contract'.

Thanks,
sam th

>
> Robby
>
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Sam TH <samth at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>> The contract system uses the `object-name' of predicates to print out
>> their names in error messages.  But this can be useless if the
>> predicate itself is wrapped in a contract.  This program shows the
>> problem pretty well:
>>
>> #lang scheme
>>
>> (define x? (contract (-> any/c boolean?) (lambda (x) #t) 'here 'there))
>>
>> (define my/c (-> x? x?))
>>
>> (contract my/c 5 'foo 'bar)
>>
>>
>> It gives a contract error referencing "unsaved-editorx:y:z", instead
>> of "x?".  Unfortunately, there seems to be nothing that I can do to
>> change the object-name of the contract value (except eta-expand).
>> Notably, the inferred-name syntax property doesn't work, since the
>> actual lambda expression isn't available (it's in the contract
>> library). Is there a solution here I'm missing?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> sam th
>> samth at ccs.neu.edu
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