module/system/base/language.scm

   1 ;;; Multi-language support
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5 ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   6 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   7 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   8 ;; any later version.
   9 ;;
  10 ;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  11 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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  13 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
  14 ;;
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  18 ;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  19
  20 ;;; Code:
  21
  22 (define-module (system base language)
  23   :use-syntax (system base syntax)
  24   :export (define-language lookup-language))
  25
  26 \f
  27 ;;;
  28 ;;; Language class
  29 ;;;
  30
  31 (define-record (<language> name title version reader printer read-file
  32                            (expander (lambda (x e) x))
  33                            (translator (lambda (x e) x))
  34                            (evaluator #f)
  35                            (environment #f)
  36                            ))
  37
  38 (define-macro (define-language name . spec)
  39   `(define ,name (,<language> :name ',name ,@spec)))
  40
  41 (define (lookup-language name)
  42   (let ((m (resolve-module `(language ,name spec))))
  43     (if (module-bound? m name)
  44         (module-ref m name)
  45         (error "No such language:" name))))