A language can now introduce a `configure-runtime' submodule that
is `dynamic-require'd before the enclosing module.
This new submodule protocol provides a more general and
easier-to-understand way of configuring the run-time environment for
a module's language, as compared to the `module->language-info'
path (through a `get-info' function, via a 'configure-runtime value,
and finally loading the specified module).
The `module->language-info' path remains in place, and it is
checked after a `configure-runtime' submodule is run, since
that order is likely to be the most backward compatible.
Make the installed-package database lock reentrant, change some
functions to take the lock, and fix the documentation on when a
lock is expected to be taken outside of functions.
Instad of `(dynamic-require .. #f)', use `(dynamic-require .. 0)', which
has the effect of making compile-time code "available" (see docs) in
case the loaded module uses `eval' on syntax objects that refer to
non-kernel syntax.
This is, afaict, a completely backwards compatible way to add this
functionality in the sense that any of the non-error command-line
arguments passed to raco test before still do precisely the same
things
This convention makes it easier to deal with a set
of ".rkt" files that implement tests, while a `test'
module implements a `main'-like split for some of the
files.
This addition triggered several other changes:
* -k for a Mac OS X embedding is now relative to the __PLTSCHEME
segment (which means that executables won't break if you strip
them, for example)
* the command-line no longer has a limited size for Mac OS X
launchers and embedding executables
* Mac OS X GUI and Windows launchers record the creation-time
collection path, unless they are created as "relative" launchers
Although the ".plt" format is going to be replaced, the format is
currently viable for distributing collections, and I have wanted
a raw `unpack' command for a while. It was useful today to fix
problems with `raco pack' and collection links.
