In GNU/Denemo we have some scheme which has been working in guile 1.8 but which fails (if I have tested correctly) in guile 2.0 Apparently the code originated at: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/dorai/t-y-scheme/t-y-scheme-Z-H-11.html#node_sec_9.2
I wonder if someone could comment on why it should fail? (I am running Debian stable myself so don't have direct access to guile 2.x so my testing is limited). - Richard Shann (define-macro defstruct (lambda (s . ff) (let ((s-s (symbol->string s)) (n (length ff))) (let* ((n+1 (+ n 1)) (vv (make-vector n+1))) (let loop ((i 1) (ff ff)) (if (<= i n) (let ((f (car ff))) (vector-set! vv i (if (pair? f) (cadr f) '(if #f #f))) (loop (+ i 1) (cdr ff))))) (let ((ff (map (lambda (f) (if (pair? f) (car f) f)) ff))) `(begin (define ,(string->symbol (string-append "make-" s-s)) (lambda fvfv (let ((st (make-vector ,n+1)) (ff ',ff)) (vector-set! st 0 ',s) ,@(let loop ((i 1) (r '())) (if (>= i n+1) r (loop (+ i 1) (cons `(vector-set! st ,i ,(vector-ref vv i)) r)))) (let loop ((fvfv fvfv)) (if (not (null? fvfv)) (begin (vector-set! st (+ (list-position (car fvfv) ff) 1) (cadr fvfv)) (loop (cddr fvfv))))) st))) ,@(let loop ((i 1) (procs '())) (if (>= i n+1) procs (loop (+ i 1) (let ((f (symbol->string (list-ref ff (- i 1))))) (cons `(define ,(string->symbol (string-append s-s "." f)) (lambda (x) (vector-ref x ,i))) (cons `(define ,(string->symbol (string-append "set!" s-s "." f)) (lambda (x v) (vector-set! x ,i v))) procs)))))) (define ,(string->symbol (string-append s-s "?")) (lambda (x) (and (vector? x) (eqv? (vector-ref x 0) ',s))))))))))