Modules

A module is a part of a program that can be imported from another part.

Module creation

A source file is a module, where its relative path is its module name. The path is relative to the execution location of ChocLet.

// mods/test.clt
def foo () {
    println ("Foo");
}

$ tree
.
└── mods
    └── test.clt

$ java -jar choclet.jar
> import mods.test;
> foo ();
Foo

Module execution

All the instruction in the global part of a module are not executed at importation.

// mods/test.clt
println ("ici");

> import mods.test;
>

To execute the global part of a module you need to pass the file as an argument of the ChocLet jar.

$ java -jar choclet.jar mods/test.clt
$ ici

The option -I will give the hand on the interactive part just after the execution of the module.

$ java -jar choclet.jar -I mods/test.clt
$ ici
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