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diff --git a/src/interp/sys-utility.boot b/src/interp/sys-utility.boot
index 3a3bda71..e3e99724 100644
--- a/src/interp/sys-utility.boot
+++ b/src/interp/sys-utility.boot
@@ -38,8 +38,15 @@ import vmlisp
namespace BOOT
module sys_-utility where
+ eval: %Thing -> %Thing
probleReadableFile : %String -> %Maybe %String
+
+++ Evaluate an OpenAxiom VM form. Eventually, this function is
+++ to be provided as a builtin by a OpenAxiom target machine.
+eval x ==
+ EVAL expandToVMForm x
+
--%
$COMBLOCKLIST := nil
@@ -256,15 +263,15 @@ bitior(x,y) ==
++ compile a function definition, augmenting the current
++ evaluation environement with the result of the compilation.
COMPILE_-DEFUN(name,body) ==
- EVAL body
+ eval body
COMPILE name
++ Augment the current evaluation environment with a function definition.
EVAL_-DEFUN(name,body) ==
- EVAL MACROEXPANDALL body
+ eval MACROEXPANDALL body
PRINT_-AND_-EVAL_-DEFUN(name,body) ==
- EVAL body
+ eval body
PRINT_-DEFUN(name,body)