[racket] Evaluating code written in non-SEXP language

Hi Joe,

Thank you. Actually my goal is to run files that do
not contain the #lang declaration--only pure non-Racket
non-sexp code. Is there a way to (dynamic-require)
a module with an externally preset language? I do not know.

I tried your approach anyway. It works well itself,
but I have failed (as with all the other approaches)
to make a standalone executable from my "interpreter"
program. I wonder if anybody tried that with programs
of this kind.

Best regards,

Dmitry




On 09/11/2013 05:46 PM, Joe Gibbs Politz wrote:
> Hi Dmitry,
>
> I've been using `dynamic-require` for Pyret, a non-SEXP based
> language.  For example, here's part of our command-line interface:
>
> https://github.com/brownplt/pyret-lang/blob/master/src/cmdline.rkt#L116
>
> You can ignore the parameterization under `check-mode`, which is Pyret
> specific.  The point is that `pyret-file` is a filename handed in as a
> command-line argument, and we load the module via `dynamic-require`.
> `dynamic-require` does the work of using the reader/environment
> specified for the #lang declared in the file, and gets things like
> relative module imports right, too (at least I haven't been able to do
> anything too unexpected).
>
> This should work for any language that you want to build a
> file-accepting interface for, not just non-sexp ones.  I'm not sure if
> this is the preferred style or not; if it's not, Pyret should probably
> use whatever better method there is as well.
>
> Cheers,
> Joe P
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Dmitry Pavlov <dpavlov at ipa.nw.ru> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have developed a non-SEXP DSL called SLON, and it works
>> great in DrRacket via "#lang slon" declaration.
>>
>> I have properly set up a lexer, a parser which returns datum
>> or syntax objects, slon/lang/reader.rkt,
>> slon/lang/lang-into.rkt, slon/lang/confugure-runtime.rkt
>> and all the other stuff.
>>
>> Now I need it to work as a stand-alone interpreter
>> which runs files specified by user (outside of DrRacket).
>> How do I do that? The only thing I was able to come up
>> with is using make-evaluator for racket/sandbox:
>>
>> (require slon/slon-parser
>>           racket/sandbox)
>>
>> (call-with-input-file*
>>     "myprogram.slon"
>>     (lambda (port)
>>       (parameterize ((sandbox-input (current-input-port))
>>                      (sandbox-output (current-output-port)))
>>         (call-with-trusted-sandbox-configuration
>>          (lambda ()
>>            ((make-evaluator 'slon/slon-language
>>                             #:allow-read '("/"))
>>             (slon-read port))))))))
>>
>> Is it the correct way to create a stand-alone interpreter?
>> Because I do not really need a "sandbox" of any kind,
>> and also I was forced to specify #:allow-read '("/")
>> because the SLON programs do read arbitrary files.
>>
>> Also I am having a lot of trouble in making that
>> a stand-alone executable; but I will postpone
>> discussing it because I am not sure whether
>> I chose the right way to do the whole thing.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Dmitry
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