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-rw-r--r--src/interp/database.boot5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/interp/database.boot b/src/interp/database.boot
index e667ab74..1096c3eb 100644
--- a/src/interp/database.boot
+++ b/src/interp/database.boot
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ getConstructorAbbreviationFromDB ctor ==
getConstructorCategory: %Symbol -> %Form
getConstructorCategory ctor ==
getConstructorKindFromDB ctor = 'category =>
- GETDATABASE(ctor,"CONSTRUCTORCATEGORY")
+ db := constructorDB ctor
+ if not dbBeingDefined? db and dbCategory db isnt [.,:.] then
+ loadDBIfNecessary db
+ dbCategory db
getConstructorModemap(ctor).mmTarget
getConstructorKindFromDB: %Symbol -> %Maybe %ConstructorKind