Loading tk.jl

[SeanWhipple]

I'm not sure if this is a loading issue or if I'm simply not understanding something in Julia. I'm trying to use Window from tk.jl for example

First I use:

load("tk.jl")

At this point Window is still not defined. Then I do:

import Tk.*

Now Window is defined (why is this part necessary, why doesn't the load() do it? ) but it also says that there is a line missing in basic.jl

As a side note, also when I go to load "tk.jl" I occasionally get seg faults and the core is dumped

[JeffBezanson]

What is basic.jl?

[SeanWhipple]

Great question, I can't re-create anymore because now when I do try to load it I get a seg fault and the core is dumped

[SeanWhipple]

Sorry there was a typo that I didn't realize, it's base.jl. I figured out my issue here but I still don't understand why a load and import are both necessary. And why tk.jl produces segfaults on occasion when loading

[pao]

A partial answer to your first question is that loading code from an external file via load() predates modules, and indeed, the contents of the file don't need to be a module at all. The rest of that answer is hopefully answered in the commit message for 8d7f53c.

[JeffBezanson]

Ah, I've found that connecting to the machine with ssh -Y fixes the segfault. It's probably related to not being able to access X resources without that.