compiler frontend without writing tcl-files

frontend/convertDynamics.dcl

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ definition module convertDynamics
 import syntax, transform, convertcases
 
 
-convertDynamicPatternsIntoUnifyAppls :: {! GlobalTCType} !{# CommonDefs} !Int !*{! Group} !*{#FunDef} !*PredefinedSymbols !*VarHeap !*TypeHeaps !*ExpressionHeap !*File {# DclModule} !IclModule /* TD */ [String]
-			-> (!*{! Group}, !*{#FunDef}, !*PredefinedSymbols, !*{#{# CheckedTypeDef}}, !ImportedConstructors, !*VarHeap, !*TypeHeaps, !*ExpressionHeap, !*File)
+convertDynamicPatternsIntoUnifyAppls :: {! GlobalTCType} !{# CommonDefs} !Int !*{! Group} !*{#FunDef} !*PredefinedSymbols !*VarHeap !*TypeHeaps !*ExpressionHeap (Optional !*File) {# DclModule} !IclModule /* TD */ [String]
+			-> (!*{! Group}, !*{#FunDef}, !*PredefinedSymbols, !*{#{# CheckedTypeDef}}, !ImportedConstructors, !*VarHeap, !*TypeHeaps, !*ExpressionHeap, Optional !*File)
 
 /*
 convertDynamicPatternsIntoUnifyAppls :: {! GlobalTCType} !{# CommonDefs} !*{! Group} !*{#FunDef} !*PredefinedSymbols

frontend/convertDynamics.icl

@@ -65,14 +65,23 @@ write_tcl_file main_dcl_module_n dcl_mods=:{[main_dcl_module_n] = main_dcl_modul
 	= (True,tcl_file) 
 //---> ("dcl",size main_dcl_module.dcl_common.com_type_defs, "icl", size common_defs.com_type_defs);
 			
-convertDynamicPatternsIntoUnifyAppls :: {! GlobalTCType} !{# CommonDefs} !Int !*{! Group} !*{#FunDef} !*PredefinedSymbols !*VarHeap !*TypeHeaps !*ExpressionHeap /* TD */!*File {# DclModule} !IclModule /* TD */ [String]
-			-> (!*{! Group}, !*{#FunDef}, !*PredefinedSymbols, !*{#{# CheckedTypeDef}}, !ImportedConstructors, !*VarHeap, !*TypeHeaps, !*ExpressionHeap, /* TD */ !*File)
+convertDynamicPatternsIntoUnifyAppls :: {! GlobalTCType} !{# CommonDefs} !Int !*{! Group} !*{#FunDef} !*PredefinedSymbols !*VarHeap !*TypeHeaps !*ExpressionHeap /* TD */ (Optional !*File) {# DclModule} !IclModule /* TD */ [String]
+			-> (!*{! Group}, !*{#FunDef}, !*PredefinedSymbols, !*{#{# CheckedTypeDef}}, !ImportedConstructors, !*VarHeap, !*TypeHeaps, !*ExpressionHeap, /* TD */ (Optional !*File))
 convertDynamicPatternsIntoUnifyAppls global_type_instances common_defs main_dcl_module_n groups fun_defs predefined_symbols var_heap type_heaps expr_heap /* TD */ tcl_file dcl_mods icl_mod  /* TD */ directly_imported_dcl_modules
+
 	// TD ...
-	# (ok,tcl_file)
-		= write_tcl_file main_dcl_module_n dcl_mods icl_mod.icl_common tcl_file /* TD */ directly_imported_dcl_modules
-	| not ok
-		= abort "convertDynamicPatternsIntoUnifyAppls: error writing tcl file"
+	# tcl_file
+		= case tcl_file of
+			No
+				-> No
+			(Yes tcl_file)
+				# (ok,tcl_file)
+					= write_tcl_file main_dcl_module_n dcl_mods icl_mod.icl_common tcl_file /* TD */ directly_imported_dcl_modules
+				| not ok
+					-> abort "convertDynamicPatternsIntoUnifyAppls: error writing tcl file"
+					-> Yes tcl_file
+
+				
 	// ... TD
 	
 	# ({pds_module, pds_def} , predefined_symbols) = predefined_symbols![PD_StdDynamics]

frontend/frontend.dcl

@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ import checksupport, transform, overloading
 	|	FrontEndPhaseConvertModules
 	|	FrontEndPhaseAll
 
-frontEndInterface :: !FrontEndPhase !Ident !SearchPaths !{#DclModule} !{#FunDef} !(Optional Bool) !*PredefinedSymbols !*HashTable !*Files !*File !*File !*File !*File !*Heaps
-	-> ( !Optional *FrontEndSyntaxTree,!.{# FunDef },!Int,!Int,!*PredefinedSymbols, !*HashTable, !*Files, !*File, !*File, !*File, !*File, !*Heaps) 
+frontEndInterface :: !FrontEndPhase !Ident !SearchPaths !{#DclModule} !{#FunDef} !(Optional Bool) !*PredefinedSymbols !*HashTable !*Files !*File !*File !*File (!Optional !*File) !*Heaps
+	-> ( !Optional *FrontEndSyntaxTree,!.{# FunDef },!Int,!Int,!*PredefinedSymbols, !*HashTable, !*Files, !*File, !*File, !*File, !Optional !*File, !*Heaps) 

frontend/frontend.icl

@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ frontSyntaxTree cached_functions_and_macros n_functions_and_macros_in_dcl_module
 		)
 
 //frontEndInterface :: !FrontEndPhase !Ident !SearchPaths !{#DclModule} !{#FunDef} !(Optional Bool) !*PredefinedSymbols !*HashTable !*Files !*File !*File !*File !*File !*Heaps -> ( !Optional *FrontEndSyntaxTree,!.{# FunDef },!Int,!Int,!*PredefinedSymbols, !*HashTable, !*Files, !*File !*File, !*File, !*File, !*Heaps) 
-frontEndInterface :: !FrontEndPhase !Ident !SearchPaths !{#DclModule} !{#FunDef} !(Optional Bool) !*PredefinedSymbols !*HashTable !*Files !*File !*File !*File !*File !*Heaps
-	-> ( !Optional *FrontEndSyntaxTree,!.{# FunDef },!Int,!Int,!*PredefinedSymbols, !*HashTable, !*Files, !*File, !*File, !*File, !*File, !*Heaps) 
+frontEndInterface :: !FrontEndPhase !Ident !SearchPaths !{#DclModule} !{#FunDef} !(Optional Bool) !*PredefinedSymbols !*HashTable !*Files !*File !*File !*File (!Optional !*File) !*Heaps
+	-> ( !Optional *FrontEndSyntaxTree,!.{# FunDef },!Int,!Int,!*PredefinedSymbols, !*HashTable, !*Files, !*File, !*File, !*File, !Optional !*File, !*Heaps) 
 
 frontEndInterface upToPhase mod_ident search_paths dcl_modules functions_and_macros list_inferred_types predef_symbols hash_table files error io out tcl_file heaps 
 	# (ok, mod, hash_table, error, predef_symbols, files)

frontend/main.icl

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ compileModule mod_name ms
 loadModule mod_ident predef_symbols hash_table ms=:{ms_files,ms_error,ms_io,ms_out,ms_paths}
 	# heaps = { hp_var_heap = newHeap, hp_expression_heap = newHeap, hp_type_heaps = { th_vars = newHeap, th_attrs = newHeap }}
 	# (optional_syntax_tree,_,_,_,predef_symbols, hash_table, ms_files, ms_error, ms_io, ms_out,_,_)
-		=	frontEndInterface FrontEndPhaseAll mod_ident {sp_locations = [], sp_paths = ms_paths} {} {} No predef_symbols hash_table ms_files ms_error ms_io ms_out stderr heaps
+		=	frontEndInterface FrontEndPhaseAll mod_ident {sp_locations = [], sp_paths = ms_paths} {} {} No predef_symbols hash_table ms_files ms_error ms_io ms_out No heaps
 	# ms = {ms & ms_files=ms_files, ms_error=ms_error,ms_io=ms_io,ms_out=ms_out}
 	= case optional_syntax_tree of
 		Yes {fe_icl={icl_functions}, fe_dcls, fe_dclIclConversions, fe_iclDclConversions}