Name: %%BOOTSTRAP-METAHTML

Section: Primitive Operators

Synopsis:

<%%bootstrap-metahtml &optional [CALL-INITIALIZER?]

Description:

Bootstrap the user defined functions which are compiled into Meta-HTML. This loads the definitions into the inpterpreter, and then calls <bootstrapper::system-initialize>.

When CALL-INITIALIZER? is non-empty, this function also calls <bootstrapper::initialize>.

The one obvious use for this function is in mhc programs which are run with the `-z' flag (which prevents bootstrapping from taking place). Such programs may read some files in order to define a set of functions, remember those functions (by calling <package-vars *user-functions*>), and then instantiate the standard set of Meta-HTML functions for further processing.

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