Re: Bug: csc does not recognize user defined character names

> On Jun 26, 2026, at 10:44=E2=80=AFAM, Hern=C3=A1n Ibarra Mejia via =
Chicken-users <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> char-name is not handled correctly by csc.

runtime syntax extensions will not be recognized by the reader at =
compile time. the compile time environment must be extended before =
source read.

try the csc `-extend=E2=80=99 option.=20

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> In mwe.scm:
> ```
> (char-name 'any #\x)
> (display #\any)
> ```
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> In the shell:
> ```
> % chicken-csc mwe.scm
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> Error: (line 2) unknown named character: "any"
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> Error: shell command terminated with non-zero exit status 17920: =
'/usr/bin/chicken' 'mwe.scm' -output-file 'mwe.c'
> ```
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> csi handles it fine:
> ```
> % chicken-csi -s mwe.scm
> x
> ```
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> Kind regards,
> Hern=C3=A1n
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> ### About my setup
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> Arch Linux x86_64
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> ```
> % chicken-csc -version
> CHICKEN
> (c) 2008-2022, The CHICKEN Team
> (c) 2000-2007, Felix L. Winkelmann
> Version 5.4.0 (rev 1a1d1495)
> linux-unix-gnu-x86-64 [ 64bit dload ]
> ```
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