IncludeHowTo

Includes

Include library for the interpreter language

Use the language facilities. For example in Shell:

@ source /path/to/library.sh

or in Perl:

@ require '/path/to/library.pl'

The lines, being part of the intermediate script, should follow the rules of the language.

Include another boa file

Include output of another pre-processed file

In Shell:

@ boa /path/to/file.boa

In Perl:

@ system( "boa", "/path/to/file.boa" );

Include another boa file

Function is being considered for implementation.

Prototype syntax:

@@@ include another.boa @@@

Effects. The content of the file is processed, as if it was part of the main file.

Potential side-effects.

• If included file has interpreter lines in it, it might be hard to predict how it would integrate with the main file.
• To avoid the confusion, the syntax of the magic in the first line, used to set the language, might needs to be changed to be easily distinguishable from the include directive.