Re: Loading code from standard input Lassi Kortela 26 May 2020 18:06 UTC

> By "script" I mean a program that is executed by a REPL even though it
> comes from a file.  From R7RS section 5.7, last paragraph:
>
> An implementation may provide a mode of operation in which the REPL
> reads its input from a file. Such a file is not, in general, the same as
> a program, because it can contain import declarations in places other
> than the beginning.

Right. I didn't realize "REPL from a file" is specified separately. Is
this the mode that (load "file.scm") uses?

> Whether expressions appearing in such a script are printed or not is
> left open.  "chibi-scheme <foo" treats the file foo as a script, whereas
> "chibi-scheme foo" treats it as a program.

It might be worth to de-facto standardize this after the fact, but
that's probably out of scope for SRFI 193. What should we do in 193?

Code read from standard input cannot be a "script" in 193's current
terminology since it doesn't have a filename. ("/dev/stdin" is not
appropriate since it's non-portable and not a regular file.)

I guess it can be a "command" though that would be a bit bizarre.