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Re: Definitions in statements allowed?

> From: "Gabor Greif" <gabor@mac.com>
> Subject: Definitions in statements allowed?
> 
> Interestingly Gwydion Dylan dies with an internal error in both cases:
> 
> 
> Error   : Internal compiler error: Can't fer-convert
> {<define-variable-parse> instance}
> 
> Error   : Internal compiler error: Can't fer-convert
> {<define-method-parse> instance}
> 
> 
> [Rob <- this may be your problem]

This is the one. Define method and define variable both give this problem.
The code I'm having trouble with goes similar to this:

define macro problem-definer
  { define problem ?problem-name:name ?problem-body:body end }
    => { 
        define method ?problem-name ()
           ?problem-body
         end method ?problem-name;
        // Add method to table
        }
end macro problem-definer;

Note that the code is expanded to be inside another block, so it isn't at
the top level.

Is there anything I can do about this, other than trying to re-arrange some
fairly deep macro code to try and define functions only at the top level?

- Rob.
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