1.3 Library Catalogs

Catalog files consist of one or more association lists. In the circumstance where a feature symbol appears in more than one list, the latter list's association is retrieved. Here are the supported formats for elements of catalog lists:

(feature . <symbol>)

Redirects to the feature named <symbol>.

(feature . "<path>")

Loads file <path>.

(feature source "<path>")

slib:loads the Scheme source file <path>.

(feature compiled "<path>" ...)

slib:load-compileds the files <path> ....

(feature aggregate <symbol> ...)

requires the features <symbol> ....

The various macro styles first require the named macro package, then just load <path> or load-and-macro-expand <path> as appropriate for the implementation.

(feature defmacro "<path>")

defmacro:loads the Scheme source file <path>.

(feature macro-by-example "<path>")

defmacro:loads the Scheme source file <path>.

(feature macro "<path>")

macro:loads the Scheme source file <path>.

(feature macros-that-work "<path>")

macro:loads the Scheme source file <path>.

(feature syntax-case "<path>")

macro:loads the Scheme source file <path>.

(feature syntactic-closures "<path>")

macro:loads the Scheme source file <path>.