Function

Summary

Sends output to a fasl file on disk.

Package

hcl

Signature

with-output-to-fasl-file ( stream pathname &rest options ) &body body => nil

Arguments

stream

Stream corresponding to the fasl file to be created.

pathname

Name of the fasl file to be created.

body

Forms, some of which may be dumped.

Values

Returns nil .

Description

with-output-to-fasl-file is used in conjunction with dump-form to dump selected forms.

Supply an appropriate fasl extension in pathname . A simple way to achieve this is by calling compile-file-pathname . A complete list of fasl extensions for supported platforms may be found in compile-file.

A fasl file created using with-output-to-fasl-file must be loaded only by load-data-file, and not by load .

Example

SYSTEM 5 > (with-output-to-fasl-file (s "/tmp/foo.fasl")

     (dump-form '(print 'hello) s)) 

0 

NIL

SYSTEM 6 > (load "/tmp/foo.fasl") 

; Loading fasl file /tmp/foo.fasl

HELLO 

#P"/tmp/foo.wfasl"

See also

dump-form
dump-forms-to-file