Re: [TS 19859]--Re:creating code that writes other code ...
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- Subject: [mg68555] Re: [TS 19859]--Re:creating code that writes other code ...
- From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name>
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 04:20:35 -0400 (EDT)
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I am not sure that I would want to write the definition to the present working directory. However, perhaps I should write it to $UserBaseDirectory/Applications/$Input (since $Input only becomes a *relative* path [the context] if Get is executed on a context). Perhaps it is good to be forced to decide between writing to the user directories or writing to the installation directories. On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 05:00:00 UT, mathgroup <mathgroup at smc.vnet.net> wrote: > -- Wolfram Research Technical Support -- > > This is a response to your email. > The reply to your question can be found at the bottom of this message. > Our classification number for this message is: [TS 19859] > Please give this number in any future correspondence > related to this question. If you leave this number in > the Subject: [mg68555] header in the form [TS 19859], it will > automatically be reassigned to the original technician. > > From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 11:41:27 -0500 > Subject: [mg68555] creating code that writes other code ... > To: mathgroup <mathgroup at smc.vnet.net>,"support at wolfram.com" <support at wolfram.com> > > L3079-4978 > > In building a package, I need to have some code, "generate.m", that is > able to (expensively) generate a function definition and put it in a > file, "target.m". When loading normally, my "Package.m" file should > just use the stored definition from the "target.m" file. When I want > to re-derive "target.m", "Package.m" should execute "generate.m". I am > sure WRI already has an internal system for this or something similar, > but I don't know what that system looks like. > > I have also already come up with a system for doing this, but it > requires Wolfram Workbench (which conveniently sets $Path[[1]] to the > current Project's directory). I would like to avoid that requirement. > > The idea is that a person could do > > Package`expensiveCalculation=True > <<Package` > > to recalculate the polynomial on loading or just > > <<Package` > > to use the stored definition in "target.m". > > The problem that I am running into is that Get *does not* change > $Input to the *full path* of the input file if Get's argument is a > context. Furthermore, Get searches $Path, so finding the exact copy of > the Package.m that is being executed could be a pain (or impossible if > the user has changed the name of the .m file and/or its directory). > > So, how may this task be done? > > -- > http://chris.chiasson.name/ > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Hello Chris, > > Thank you for the email. Perhaps DumpSave could do the trick. Using > DumpSave export the file to the Directory you are working in and use Get > using the Path option. > Get[name, Path->{"a", "a", ? }] > Note that you could Append to the $Path variable, using > > $Path=AppendTo[$Path, "dir"] > > Please let me know if this works out for you, or if I have missed some part > of your question. > > Sincerely, > > Pratik Desai > Technical Support > Wolfram Research, Inc. > support at wolfram.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > If this issue is resolved, please consider taking a few minutes > to give us some feedback on your experience. Please visit > http://support.wolfram.com/survey/?trackingnumber=19859 > and give your honest answers to these three short questions. > Thanks for taking the time to help us improve. > -- http://chris.chiasson.name/