initIface* usage in plugins

[Joshmeredith2008]

 Hi Ben,
  

  
Yes, I have a solution. For reference, I was unaware that method instances are named with local variables in expression ASTs, while instances and other top-level bindings are - so the solution is to add those Ids to the environment before loading the expression, which isn’t necessary for other top-level bindings that are sourced from the CgGuts cg_binds.
  

  
Cheers,
  
Josh
  
  

  
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> On Feb 27, 2021 at 7:34 am,  <Ben Gamari (mailto:ben at smart-cactus.org)>  wrote:
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> Josh Meredith writes:  >  Hi,  >  I'm trying to use initIfaceLoad and initIfaceLcl to lookup core `Name`s  >  within a plugin. My understanding is that functions such as  >  `lookupIfaceTop` are used for this, but I'm running into an issue that I  >  suspect is caused by some `Name`s being inappropriate for this function, so  >  they fail with the error `Iface id out of scope: ...`.  >   >  Is there a robust way to select which `Name` lookup function to use based  >  on a core binding/expression?  >  Josh, did you ever get an answer here? Cheers, - Ben
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