I can't agree you more... Linas Vepstas <linasveps...@gmail.com> writes:
> 2009/11/11 Changying Li <lchangy...@gmail.com>: >> in the guile manual: >> -- Scheme Procedure: format dest fmt [args...] >> Write output specified by the FMT string to DEST. DEST can be an >> output port, `#t' for `current-output-port' (*note Default >> Ports::), a number for `current-error-port', or `#f' to return the >> output as a string. >> >> what's the meaning of NUMBER? >> I want to write things to error port, so I write >> (format 1 "hello") >> >> standard input:5:1: In procedure simple-format in expression (format 1 >> "hello"): >> standard input:5:1: Wrong type argument in position 1: 1 >> ABORT: (wrong-type-arg) >> >> >> it work when I use (format (current-error-port) "hello") >> >> Is there something wrong in the guile manual ? > > > That would be my guess. I assume that once upon a time, > an integer was interpreted as a file or socket number, but > that this code was later disabled, and the documentation > was not changed. I guess that supporting fileno would have > made an mswindows version difficult -- besides, raw fileno > numbers are kind of a bad idea in this day and age. > > --linas > > > -- Thanks & Regards Changying Li
