6.2.4 Configure Module Catalog

The SLIB module catalog can be extended to define other require-able packages by adding calls to the Scheme source file mkimpcat.scm. Within mkimpcat.scm, the following procedures are defined.

Function: add-link feature object-file lib1 …

feature should be a symbol. object-file should be a string naming a file containing compiled object-code. Each libn argument should be either a string naming a library file or #f.

If object-file exists, the add-link procedure registers symbol feature so that the first time require is called with the symbol feature as its argument, object-file and the lib1 … are dynamically linked into the executing SCM session.

If object-file exists, add-link returns #t, otherwise it returns #f.

For example, to install a compiled dll foo, add these lines to mkimpcat.scm:

        (add-link 'foo
                  (in-vicinity (implementation-vicinity) "foo"
                               link:able-suffix))

Function: add-alias alias feature

alias and feature are symbols. The procedure add-alias registers alias as an alias for feature. An unspecified value is returned.

add-alias causes (require 'alias) to behave like (require 'feature).

Function: add-source feature filename

feature is a symbol. filename is a string naming a file containing Scheme source code. The procedure add-source registers feature so that the first time require is called with the symbol feature as its argument, the file filename will be loaded. An unspecified value is returned.

Remember to delete the file slibcat after modifying the file mkimpcat.scm in order to force SLIB to rebuild its cache.