Re: unknown location: definition in expression context in subform optname-from of "_^"

[Bruce Korb]

On 01/25/12 20:22, Mike Gran wrote:
> > From: Bruce Korb<address@hidden>
>
> > >   unknown location: definition in expression context in subform optname-from
> > of "_^"
> > >   Scheme evaluation error.  AutoGen ABEND-ing in template
> > >           /old-home/ROOT/usr/local/share/autogen/aginfo.tpl on line 163
> > >   Failing Guile command:  = = = = =
> > >
> > >   (define opt-name       "")
> > >   (define extra-ct       0)
> > >   (define extra-text     "")
> > >   (define optname-from   "A-Z_^")  ;;<<<=== is something
> > wrong here?  What, exactly?
> > >   (define optname-to     "a-z--")
> > >   (make-tmp-dir)
> >
> > what is the message trying to say?
>
> For some reason, it thinks that you're not at the top level, but
> instead in the middle of some expression.
>
> It might be saying that you've missed a close parenthesis
> on a define somewhere above.

The answer, then, is "I don't know".  The text handed off to the read/process
loop is exactly what you see above, modulo I added the comment.
Since an entire s-expression is read before processing, there cannot
have been a left-open s-expression from another call to
ag_scm_eval_expression_from_file_line.  I'd have choked there.

I tried it twice last night and it failed this way both times.
I just retried it and it worked correctly.  It is an inexplicable
transient error.  An irreproducible result.  Thank you!

Cheers - Bruce