[racket] compile time (file read -> define function)

Please disregard, this makes no sense.  How would the code refer to
functions that may or may not exist?  I forgot the macro was just
converting a call like (get-function 'name) directly into allowing (name),
so ultimately some sort of lookup is needed.


On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Sean Kanaley <skanaley at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have:
>
> 1. a macro to define functions
>
> (define-syntax the-macro
>   ...
>   #'(define (name) ...))
>
> 2. a file filled with "user" definitions in expression form
>
> (this is a definition that shall be passed to the macro)
> (so is this)
> ...
>
> 3. I would like to do something to the effect of
>
> (define-namespace-anchor nsa)
> (with-input-from-file ...
>   (λ ()
>     (eval `(the-macro ,@(read))
>             (namespace-anchor->namespace nsa))))
>
> which works, but then I cannot provide the defined functions as they
> happen at phase runtime compile shift meta 34 (?).  Is there some way to
> sort of pre-run the file reading so the definitions already exist for
> exporting?
>
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