[MIT-Scheme-devel] Use of 'runtime.pkg'

[Matt Birkholz]

> From: Amit Saha <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:44:47 +0530
> 
> Hello,
> 
> What is the 'runtime.pkg' used for? Is it the repository of all the
> exported symbols ?

It is The Source for all package information -- package names, imports
and exports, etc.  It is used by runtime.sf, which runs
(cref/generate-constructors "runtime" 'ALL), which analyzes the named
files, reports on free/undefined variables, and produces a .pkd file
to direct the construction of the actual package environments at
runtime.

I do not see any User Manual sections about the package system, but it
is pretty straightforward, and there are plenty of examples like
runtime.pkg and runtime.sf.