when and when not to use define-module

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"mcmurchy1917-gnucash at yahoo.co.uk" <mcmurchy1917-gnucash at yahoo.co.uk>
writes:

> Why is it that that a custom report needs this definition 
>
> (define-module (gnucash report a-module)) 
>
> when installed as a 'proper' report in /usr/share/gnucash/guile-modules/gnucash/report
>
> but needs to be commented out when installed in the users .gnucash directory

It's due to the method that the code is loaded.  GnuCash loads the files
in the 'reports' section as modules so it expects to be declared as
one.  Whereas when you "load-file" directly it is not expecting a module
and bombs out if you find one.

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-derek

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