[plt-scheme] .rkt not found

From: Laurent (laurent.orseau at gmail.com)
Date: Fri May 21 12:45:54 EDT 2010

hem, my bad, works fine with 5.0.0.1 (couldn't use 4.2.5 because of another
bug).
Sorry for taking your time.

Laurent

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 15:51, Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote:

> The current version looks for ".rkt" first, but it should use a ".ss"
> if the ".rkt" doesn't exist. (The error message should be better and
> report the files that it actually tried, instead of just the main one.)
>
> We still use a lot of ".ss" files in places outside of the main Racket
> tree, so I think the ".rkt" -> ".ss" conversion must usually work. Can
> you send me an example and instructions to replicate the problem that
> your seeing?
>
> Thanks,
> Matthew
>
> At Wed, 19 May 2010 17:59:03 +0200, Laurent wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Using Racket 4.2.5.16 , I added a library path so that I can use my own
> > files without having to specify the full path (which was crashing in the
> > previous release).
> > So one of my programs looks like this:
> >
> > #lang scheme
> >
> > (require ATHENS/board2)
> >
> > where the file is named board2.ss.
> > This was working perfectly fine in good old PLT Scheme, but it seems that
> > the current version is looking for a .rkt file instead, and will not
> > execute:
> >
> > open-input-file: cannot open input file:
> > "C:\Users\orseau\Documents\Projets\Scheme\ATHENS\board2.rkt"
> >
> > It seems that the old .ss naming does not even work:
> > (require "../ATHENS/board2.ss")
> > fails to execute, and also asks for a .rkt file.
> >
> > You are probably already aware of that, but what can I do to make things
> > work properly? (preferably not specifying the full path, and not having
> to
> > rename all my files)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Laurent
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