For GC purposes, if a "prefix" (a closure frame that caprues
top-level or module-level bindings) may refer to syntax objects
that are not used by any reachable closure, in which case the
syntax object can be dropped. This pruning of syntax objects
uses the infrastructure already in place to prune variables.
Syntax objects were not included in the original pruning
implementation, because they are unlikely to create
finalization cycles in the way that global-variable
references can. A syntax object can retain a namespace's
table of module imports, however, which can be substantial
and worth releasing of a closure is only held, say, for
a low-level finalization action.
The handling of `for-template` imports by `namespace-attach-module`
didn't match the docs. The actual handling was to refrain from
attaching instances of a phase-0 module if the instance was reachable
only through a `for-template`. The rationale had to do with such
modules instances being created only through instantiation of
phase-1 modules, and phase-1 module instances aren't attached;
it doesn't work well that way, though, when different modules
are attached with intervening `namespace-require`s on the target
namespace.
The change includes a documentation correction. Previously and still,
only modules at the same phase as the attached module (as opposed to
the same phase or less) are instantiated in the target namespace.
Closes PR 14938
Document and and exploit that any fragment in the Git or GitHub URL
for a package source must name a branch or tag (as opposed to a
commit) to work with clone linking.
If a file or directory delete fails, try adjusting the file or directory
permissions to allow writes, then try deleting again. This process should
provide a more Unix-like experience and make programs behave more
consistently.
A new `current-force-delete-permissions` parameter provides access to
the raw native behavior.
Instead of introducing a subtype of `file-dependency` to imply one new
option, add a subtype that has an options table for easier
extensibility. (Thanks to Sam for pointing out that I shouldn't make
this mistake again.)
If module M in package P imports module N from package Q,
and if N has a `lazy-require` for a module in R that is
triggered during the compilation of M, then P doesn't really
depend on R; P depends on Q, and Q depends on R, and P
shoudn't necessarily know anything about Q. At the same time,
a change to the file in R means that M must be recompiled.
So, continue to track the compilation dependency, but mark
it as "indirect" so that the package-dependency checker can
ignore the dependency.
If the clone directory's checkout includes a target commit, then
use the clone directory directly for staging (i.e., for checking
dependencies and collisions). That way, changes made locally are
used for metadata checks.
The implemented default for `raco pkg update` actually depended on the
way that a package is installed, and it's difficult to reason about or
to implement the default that is suggested by the documentation.
Meanwhile, `search-ask` seems the most sensible always in interactive
mode (now that we have a way to specify batch mode).
If "sqlite3.dll" is installed as a foreign library but shouldn't
be, then `raco setup` cannot simply deleet the file, because
starting `raco setup` opened the DLL. To avoid that problem,
rename the file to start with "raco-setup-delete-", then attempt to
delete the renamed file; the delete won't work, but the file
will be moved out of the way, and a future `raco setup` can
clean up.
The prefix "raco-setup-delete-" thus becomes special on Windows for
the directories that hold foreign libraries, shared files, and
man pages, because `raco setup` will try to delete any file
that starts with "raco-setup-delete-".
It's all very ugly, but I don't have a better idea for the
problems that I keep hitting.
Restore (but in a hopefully better way) a step that installs native
libraries before trying a full `raco setup`, since the libraries
may be needed for the setup proces --- especially on Windows.
* `raco pkg show typed-racket` now shows just the "typed-racket" pkg.
* `raco pkg show --rx typed-racket` shows all packages that match the
regular expression "typed-racket".
* `raco pkg show` now only shows the first 8 characters of checksums
unless you provide the `--full-checksum` argument.
Packages that are installed as other than a link are not meant to be
edited, but work can get lost if a package is edited and then removed
or updated. Avoid that work loss by moving removed or updated packages
to a trash folder.
By default, the trash folder holds up to 512 packages for up to 48
hours. To disable the trash folder (for a given scope), use
raco pkg config --set max-trash-packages 0
(I expect that some variant of Greenspun's rule predicted the eventual
inclusion of "backup" management in the package system.)
