[plt-scheme] knowing if dynamic-require will succeed

Your problem is that

  (if (eq? 'unix (system-type))
      (if (overrule)
          ... needs to run in mred
          ... should run in mzscheme)
      must run in mred)

Perhaps you'd be best off writing a tiny launch script that triggers  
the correct executable after gathering enough information.

-- Matthias





On Sep 5, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Lee Spector wrote:

>
> In an earlier thread I was provided with a nice automatic way to  
> make my code run with the plot module and produce graphical output  
> when I run it on my mac in DrScheme, but run without the plot module  
> and without graphical output when I run it on my linux cluster with  
> mzscheme. The final version of this is below. It uses (equal? 'unix  
> (system-type)) to produce a definition that is either void or a  
> plotting routine that uses dynamic-require to refer to the plot and  
> points functions.
>
> I now plan to share this with students, some of whom I imagine may  
> be running it in a graphical unix environment in which plot IS  
> available, or alternatively in a non-unix environment in which plot  
> is NOT available (like maybe in mzscheme under Windows or something  
> like that, I guess).
>
> So what I would ideally like to do is to replace (equal? 'unix  
> (system-type)) with something that asks what I really need to know,  
> which is "Will dynamically requiring plot fail?"
>
> Is there a way to do this?
>
> I did see in the documentation for dynamic-require that there is an  
> optional fail-thunk argument, and I thought that that might provide  
> the solution. The second version of plot-data below is my attempt to  
> use this. But it doesn't work -- when I run it on my cluster it gives:
>
> dynamic-require: unknown module: '#%mred-kernel; need to run in mred  
> instead of mzscheme
>
> My next thoughts were that I might find a solution either in dynamic- 
> wind or by providing an exception handler, but both of these look  
> fairly complicated and I would appreciate any suggestions that any  
> of you have.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Lee
>
>
> ;; works correctly but isn't really basing the decision on the right  
> criterion
> (define plot-data
>  (if (equal? 'unix (system-type))
>      void
>      (lambda (data x-label y-label)
>        ((dynamic-require 'plot 'plot)
>         ((dynamic-require 'plot 'points) (for/list ((i (number-list  
> (length data))))
>                   (vector i (list-ref data i)))
>                 #:sym 'oplus)
>         #:x-min 0
>         #:x-max (length data)
>         #:y-min 0
>         #:y-max (+ 1 (apply max data))
>         #:x-label x-label
>         #:y-label y-label))))
>
> ;; the fail-thunk doesn't prevent an error if the plot module isn't  
> available
> (define plot-data
>  (let* ((plot-module-available #t)) ;; assume it's available, but  
> then check
>    (dynamic-require 'plot 'plot (lambda () (set! plot-module- 
> available #f))) ;; is it really available?
>    (if plot-module-available
>        (lambda (data x-label y-label)
>          ((dynamic-require 'plot 'plot)
>           ((dynamic-require 'plot 'points) (for/list ((i (number- 
> list (length data))))
>                                              (vector i (list-ref  
> data i)))
>                                            #:sym 'oplus)
>           #:x-min 0
>           #:x-max (length data)
>           #:y-min 0
>           #:y-max (+ 1 (apply max data))
>           #:x-label x-label
>           #:y-label y-label))
>        void)))
>
>
> --
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> School of Cognitive Science, Hampshire College
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