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-<div class="paragraph"><p>Everything is an expression.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>This sentence carries profound meaning. We will invoke it many

-times over the course of these articles.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>If everything is an expression, then the language shouldn&#8217;t have

-any problem with me defining two modules in the same source file.</p></div>

-<div class="listingblock">

-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8

-by Lorenzo Bettini

-http://www.lorenzobettini.it

-http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->

-<pre><tt><span style="color: #FF6600">mod</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">first_module</span>

-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">begin</span></span>

-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>

-

-<span style="color: #FF6600">mod</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">second_module</span>

-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">begin</span></span>

-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span></tt></pre></div></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>Likewise, it shouldn&#8217;t have any problem with me defining a

-module inside another module.</p></div>

-<div class="listingblock">

-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8

-by Lorenzo Bettini

-http://www.lorenzobettini.it

-http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->

-<pre><tt><span style="color: #FF6600">mod</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">out_module</span>

-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">begin</span></span>

-    <span style="color: #FF6600">mod</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">in_module</span>

-    <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">begin</span></span>

-    <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>

-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span></tt></pre></div></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>Of course, in the context of the Erlang VM, these two snippets

-are equivalent; there is nothing preventing you from calling the

-<code>in_module</code> module from any other module. The <code>mod</code>

-instruction means a module should be created in the Erlang VM,

-with no concept of scope attached.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>Still we need to handle both. To do this we will add a step

-between the parser and the code generator that will walk over the

-abstract syntax tree, from here onward shortened as <em>AST</em>,

-and transform the AST by executing it where applicable.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>What happens when you execute a <code>mod</code> instruction?

-A module is created. Since we are compiling, that simply means

-the compiler will branch out and create a module.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>If everything is an expression, does that mean this will allow

-me to create modules at runtime using the same syntax? Yes, but

-let&#8217;s not get ahead of ourselves yet.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>For now we will just iterate over the AST, and will compile

-a module for each <code>mod</code> found. Modules cannot contain

-expressions yet, so there&#8217;s no need to recurse over it at this

-point. This should solve the compilation of our first snippet.</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>compile/1</code> function becomes:</p></div>

-<div class="listingblock">

-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8

-by Lorenzo Bettini

-http://www.lorenzobettini.it

-http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->

-<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">compile</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>

-        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">io:format</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"Compiling ~s...~n"</span>, [<span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>]),

-        {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Src</span>} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">file:read_file</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>),

-        {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Tokens</span>, <span style="color: #990000">_</span>} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">xerl_lexer:string</span></span>(<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">binary_to_list</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Src</span>)),

-        {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Exprs</span>} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">xerl_parser:parse</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Tokens</span>),

-        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">execute</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Exprs</span>, [])<span style="color: #990000">.</span>

-

-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">execute</span></span>(<span style="color: #990000">_</span>, [], <span style="color: #009900">Modules</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>

-        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">io:format</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"Done...~n"</span>),

-        {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">lists:reverse</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Modules</span>)};

-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">execute</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>, [<span style="color: #009900">Expr</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> {<span style="color: #FF6600">mod</span>, <span style="color: #990000">_</span>, {<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">atom</span></span>, <span style="color: #990000">_</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Name</span>}, []}|<span style="color: #009900">Tail</span>], <span style="color: #009900">Modules</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>

-        {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, [<span style="color: #009900">Core</span>]} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">xerl_codegen:exprs</span></span>([<span style="color: #009900">Expr</span>]),

-        {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, [{<span style="color: #009900">Name</span>, []}]} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">core_lint:module</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Core</span>),

-        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">io:format</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"~s~n"</span>, [<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">core_pp:format</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Core</span>)]),

-        {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #990000">_</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Beam</span>} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">compile:forms</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Core</span>,

-                [<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">binary</span></span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">from_core</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">return_errors</span>, {<span style="color: #FF6600">source</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>}]),

-        {<span style="color: #FF6600">module</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Name</span>} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">code:load_binary</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Name</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Beam</span>),

-        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">execute</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Tail</span>, [<span style="color: #009900">Name</span>|<span style="color: #009900">Modules</span>])<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>Running this compiler over the first snippet yields the following

-result:</p></div>

-<div class="listingblock">

-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8

-by Lorenzo Bettini

-http://www.lorenzobettini.it

-http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->

-<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Compiling</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">test</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">mod_SUITE_data</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #FF6600">two_modules</span><span style="color: #990000">.</span><span style="color: #FF6600">xerl</span><span style="color: #990000">...</span>

-<span style="color: #FF6600">module</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">'first_module'</span> [<span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">0</span>,

-                       <span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span>]

-    <span style="color: #FF6600">attributes</span> []

-<span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">0</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span>

-    <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">fun</span></span> () <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>

-        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">call</span></span> <span style="color: #FF6600">'erlang'</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="color: #FF6600">'get_module_info'</span>

-            (<span style="color: #FF6600">'first_module'</span>)

-<span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span>

-    <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">fun</span></span> (<span style="color: #009900">Key</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>

-        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">call</span></span> <span style="color: #FF6600">'erlang'</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="color: #FF6600">'get_module_info'</span>

-            (<span style="color: #FF6600">'first_module'</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Key</span>)

-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>

-<span style="color: #FF6600">module</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">'second_module'</span> [<span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">0</span>,

-                        <span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span>]

-    <span style="color: #FF6600">attributes</span> []

-<span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">0</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span>

-    <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">fun</span></span> () <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>

-        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">call</span></span> <span style="color: #FF6600">'erlang'</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="color: #FF6600">'get_module_info'</span>

-            (<span style="color: #FF6600">'second_module'</span>)

-<span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span>

-    <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">fun</span></span> (<span style="color: #009900">Key</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>

-        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">call</span></span> <span style="color: #FF6600">'erlang'</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="color: #FF6600">'get_module_info'</span>

-            (<span style="color: #FF6600">'second_module'</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Key</span>)

-<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>

-<span style="color: #009900">Done</span><span style="color: #990000">...</span>

-{<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>,[<span style="color: #FF6600">first_module</span>,<span style="color: #FF6600">second_module</span>]}</tt></pre></div></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>Everything looks fine. And we can check that the two modules have

-been loaded into the VM:</p></div>

-<div class="listingblock">

-<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8

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-http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->

-<pre><tt><span style="color: #993399">9</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">m</span>(<span style="color: #FF6600">first_module</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span>

-<span style="color: #009900">Module</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">first_module</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">compiled</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #009900">Date</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #009900">February</span> <span style="color: #993399">2</span> <span style="color: #993399">2013</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Time</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #993399">14.56</span>

-<span style="color: #009900">Compiler</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">options</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span>  [<span style="color: #FF6600">from_core</span>]

-<span style="color: #009900">Object</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">file: test</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">mod_SUITE_data</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #FF6600">two_modules</span><span style="color: #990000">.</span><span style="color: #FF6600">xerl</span>

-<span style="color: #009900">Exports</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span>

-         <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">module_info</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">0</span>

-         <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">module_info</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span>

-<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>

-<span style="color: #993399">10</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">m</span>(<span style="color: #FF6600">second_module</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span>

-<span style="color: #009900">Module</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">second_module</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">compiled</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #009900">Date</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #009900">February</span> <span style="color: #993399">2</span> <span style="color: #993399">2013</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Time</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #993399">14.56</span>

-<span style="color: #009900">Compiler</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">options</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span>  [<span style="color: #FF6600">from_core</span>]

-<span style="color: #009900">Object</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">file: test</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">mod_SUITE_data</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #FF6600">two_modules</span><span style="color: #990000">.</span><span style="color: #FF6600">xerl</span>

-<span style="color: #009900">Exports</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span>

-         <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">module_info</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">0</span>

-         <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">module_info</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span>

-<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span></tt></pre></div></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>So far so good!</p></div>

-<div class="paragraph"><p>What about the second snippet? It brings up many questions. What

-happens once a <code>mod</code> expression has been executed at

-compile time? If it&#8217;s an expression then it has to have a result,

-right? Right. We are still a bit lacking with expressions for now,

-though, so let&#8217;s get back to it after we add more.</p></div>

-<div class="ulist"><ul>

-<li>

-<p>

-<a href="https://github.com/extend/xerl/blob/0.2/">View the source</a>

-</p>

-</li>

-</ul></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>Everything is an expression.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>This sentence carries profound meaning. We will invoke it many
+times over the course of these articles.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>If everything is an expression, then the language shouldn&#8217;t have
+any problem with me defining two modules in the same source file.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #FF6600">mod</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">first_module</span>
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">begin</span></span>
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
+
+<span style="color: #FF6600">mod</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">second_module</span>
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">begin</span></span>
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Likewise, it shouldn&#8217;t have any problem with me defining a
+module inside another module.</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #FF6600">mod</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">out_module</span>
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">begin</span></span>
+    <span style="color: #FF6600">mod</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">in_module</span>
+    <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">begin</span></span>
+    <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Of course, in the context of the Erlang VM, these two snippets
+are equivalent; there is nothing preventing you from calling the
+<code>in_module</code> module from any other module. The <code>mod</code>
+instruction means a module should be created in the Erlang VM,
+with no concept of scope attached.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Still we need to handle both. To do this we will add a step
+between the parser and the code generator that will walk over the
+abstract syntax tree, from here onward shortened as <em>AST</em>,
+and transform the AST by executing it where applicable.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>What happens when you execute a <code>mod</code> instruction?
+A module is created. Since we are compiling, that simply means
+the compiler will branch out and create a module.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>If everything is an expression, does that mean this will allow
+me to create modules at runtime using the same syntax? Yes, but
+let&#8217;s not get ahead of ourselves yet.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>For now we will just iterate over the AST, and will compile
+a module for each <code>mod</code> found. Modules cannot contain
+expressions yet, so there&#8217;s no need to recurse over it at this
+point. This should solve the compilation of our first snippet.</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The <code>compile/1</code> function becomes:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">compile</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">io:format</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"Compiling ~s...~n"</span>, [<span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>]),
+        {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Src</span>} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">file:read_file</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>),
+        {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Tokens</span>, <span style="color: #990000">_</span>} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">xerl_lexer:string</span></span>(<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">binary_to_list</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Src</span>)),
+        {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Exprs</span>} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">xerl_parser:parse</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Tokens</span>),
+        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">execute</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Exprs</span>, [])<span style="color: #990000">.</span>
+
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">execute</span></span>(<span style="color: #990000">_</span>, [], <span style="color: #009900">Modules</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">io:format</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"Done...~n"</span>),
+        {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">lists:reverse</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Modules</span>)};
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">execute</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>, [<span style="color: #009900">Expr</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span> {<span style="color: #FF6600">mod</span>, <span style="color: #990000">_</span>, {<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">atom</span></span>, <span style="color: #990000">_</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Name</span>}, []}|<span style="color: #009900">Tail</span>], <span style="color: #009900">Modules</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+        {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, [<span style="color: #009900">Core</span>]} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">xerl_codegen:exprs</span></span>([<span style="color: #009900">Expr</span>]),
+        {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, [{<span style="color: #009900">Name</span>, []}]} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">core_lint:module</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Core</span>),
+        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">io:format</span></span>(<span style="color: #FF0000">"~s~n"</span>, [<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">core_pp:format</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Core</span>)]),
+        {<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>, <span style="color: #990000">_</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Beam</span>} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">compile:forms</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Core</span>,
+                [<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">binary</span></span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">from_core</span>, <span style="color: #FF6600">return_errors</span>, {<span style="color: #FF6600">source</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>}]),
+        {<span style="color: #FF6600">module</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Name</span>} <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">code:load_binary</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Name</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Beam</span>),
+        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">execute</span></span>(<span style="color: #009900">Filename</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Tail</span>, [<span style="color: #009900">Name</span>|<span style="color: #009900">Modules</span>])<span style="color: #990000">.</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Running this compiler over the first snippet yields the following
+result:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #009900">Compiling</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">test</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">mod_SUITE_data</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #FF6600">two_modules</span><span style="color: #990000">.</span><span style="color: #FF6600">xerl</span><span style="color: #990000">...</span>
+<span style="color: #FF6600">module</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">'first_module'</span> [<span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">0</span>,
+                       <span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span>]
+    <span style="color: #FF6600">attributes</span> []
+<span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">0</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span>
+    <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">fun</span></span> () <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">call</span></span> <span style="color: #FF6600">'erlang'</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="color: #FF6600">'get_module_info'</span>
+            (<span style="color: #FF6600">'first_module'</span>)
+<span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span>
+    <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">fun</span></span> (<span style="color: #009900">Key</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">call</span></span> <span style="color: #FF6600">'erlang'</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="color: #FF6600">'get_module_info'</span>
+            (<span style="color: #FF6600">'first_module'</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Key</span>)
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
+<span style="color: #FF6600">module</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">'second_module'</span> [<span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">0</span>,
+                        <span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span>]
+    <span style="color: #FF6600">attributes</span> []
+<span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">0</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span>
+    <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">fun</span></span> () <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">call</span></span> <span style="color: #FF6600">'erlang'</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="color: #FF6600">'get_module_info'</span>
+            (<span style="color: #FF6600">'second_module'</span>)
+<span style="color: #FF6600">'module_info'</span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span> <span style="color: #990000">=</span>
+    <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">fun</span></span> (<span style="color: #009900">Key</span>) <span style="color: #990000">-&gt;</span>
+        <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">call</span></span> <span style="color: #FF6600">'erlang'</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span><span style="color: #FF6600">'get_module_info'</span>
+            (<span style="color: #FF6600">'second_module'</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Key</span>)
+<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
+<span style="color: #009900">Done</span><span style="color: #990000">...</span>
+{<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>,[<span style="color: #FF6600">first_module</span>,<span style="color: #FF6600">second_module</span>]}</tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>Everything looks fine. And we can check that the two modules have
+been loaded into the VM:</p></div>
+<div class="listingblock">
+<div class="content"><!-- Generator: GNU source-highlight 3.1.8
+by Lorenzo Bettini
+http://www.lorenzobettini.it
+http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
+<pre><tt><span style="color: #993399">9</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">m</span>(<span style="color: #FF6600">first_module</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span>
+<span style="color: #009900">Module</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">first_module</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">compiled</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #009900">Date</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #009900">February</span> <span style="color: #993399">2</span> <span style="color: #993399">2013</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Time</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #993399">14.56</span>
+<span style="color: #009900">Compiler</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">options</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span>  [<span style="color: #FF6600">from_core</span>]
+<span style="color: #009900">Object</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">file: test</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">mod_SUITE_data</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #FF6600">two_modules</span><span style="color: #990000">.</span><span style="color: #FF6600">xerl</span>
+<span style="color: #009900">Exports</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span>
+         <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">module_info</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">0</span>
+         <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">module_info</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span>
+<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span>
+<span style="color: #993399">10</span><span style="color: #990000">&gt;</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">m</span>(<span style="color: #FF6600">second_module</span>)<span style="color: #990000">.</span>
+<span style="color: #009900">Module</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">second_module</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">compiled</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #009900">Date</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #009900">February</span> <span style="color: #993399">2</span> <span style="color: #993399">2013</span>, <span style="color: #009900">Time</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span> <span style="color: #993399">14.56</span>
+<span style="color: #009900">Compiler</span> <span style="color: #FF6600">options</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span>  [<span style="color: #FF6600">from_core</span>]
+<span style="color: #009900">Object</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">file: test</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">mod_SUITE_data</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #FF6600">two_modules</span><span style="color: #990000">.</span><span style="color: #FF6600">xerl</span>
+<span style="color: #009900">Exports</span><span style="color: #990000">:</span>
+         <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">module_info</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">0</span>
+         <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000080">module_info</span></span><span style="color: #990000">/</span><span style="color: #993399">1</span>
+<span style="color: #FF6600">ok</span></tt></pre></div></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>So far so good!</p></div>
+<div class="paragraph"><p>What about the second snippet? It brings up many questions. What
+happens once a <code>mod</code> expression has been executed at
+compile time? If it&#8217;s an expression then it has to have a result,
+right? Right. We are still a bit lacking with expressions for now,
+though, so let&#8217;s get back to it after we add more.</p></div>
+<div class="ulist"><ul>
+<li>
+<p>
+<a href="https://github.com/extend/xerl/blob/0.2/">View the source</a>
+</p>
+</li>
+</ul></div>
 
 </article>
 </div>
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