<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 9:24 PM, Daniel King <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danking@ccs.neu.edu" target="_blank">danking@ccs.neu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br> <br> I just submitted a bug report on the main racket bug report page; however, I'd<br> like some guidance/assistance as to how to mitigate that problem in the<br> meantime.<br> <br> Along with the three fine gentlemen CC'd (please CC them in later<br> communications), I am working on a senior-year software development project at<br> Northeastern. The project is essentially a reverse image search. In implementing<br> this, we intend to take advantage of Racket's brand new math library and Typed<br> Racket.<br> <br> We also intend to compile-to-executable the entire project. Mainly because our<br> professor requests that the final product be an executable.<br> <br> The essence of the bug is that a program which depends on `math/matrix' and is<br> compiled-to-executable (`raco exe'), will encounter run-time<br> namespace/dependency problems (i.e. it will fail to run).<br> <br> <br> To our problem:<br> <br> - Can someone provide insight as to the pros and cons of compilation (to<br> executable)? </blockquote><div><br></div><div style>The pro is that it is easier to distribute. One con is that your program becomes platform-specific. Well, and bugs as you've found....</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Do we lose a significant amount of performance by not compiling<br> (to executable)?<br> <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>There is no real performance benefit.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> - How does compilation to executable compare to byte-code compilation?<br> <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>The executable is made up of bytecode embedded directly into the executable. The </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> - Any ideas as to avoiding this issue in the first place? Forcing the compiler<br> to include the necessary dependency?<br> <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>You could try putting a require to the affected module in some other file. It may be the case that the compiler cannot "see" that that module is needed at compile time even though it turns out to be needed. (This would be due to a bug -- if this is true, then something is doing a dynamic-require, but not leaving behind information at compile-time for the compiler to find so it can be ready for the dynamic-require in the executable).</div> <div style><br></div><div style>This might not be the bug, tho.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <br> We have to hand in the project on Friday, so worst case we hand in an executable<br> Racket "script" which uses the JIT.<br> <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>(Just in case the above wasn't clear: the bytecode that is embedded into the executable is JIT compiled too. Executable creation is really only about distribution, not performance.)</div> <div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Thanks!<br> <br> <br> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br> From: <<a href="mailto:bugs@racket-lang.org">bugs@racket-lang.org</a>><br> Date: Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:12 PM<br> Subject: Re: [racket-bug] all/13633: The math/matrix library doesn't<br> compile to executable (raco exe) correctly<br> To: <a href="mailto:danking@ccs.neu.edu">danking@ccs.neu.edu</a><br> <br> <br> Thank you very much for your problem report.<br> It has the internal identification `all/13633'.<br> You can check on the status of your problem report at<br> <a href="http://bugs.racket-lang.org/query/?cmd=view&pr=13633" target="_blank">http://bugs.racket-lang.org/query/?cmd=view&pr=13633</a><br> <br> If you wish to provide further information regarding this problem<br> you can do so as a reply to this message. (But please make sure<br> that your mailer replies to both "bugs" and "bug-notification".)<br> <span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br> <br> <br> --<br> Dan King<br> College of Computer and Information Science<br> Northeastern University<br> ____________________<br> Racket Users list:<br> <a href="http://lists.racket-lang.org/users" target="_blank">http://lists.racket-lang.org/users</a><br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div>