On 1/6/19 1:07 PM, tantalum wrote: > i dont know if it is possible, but the source code of srfi-37 is > available, on my machine it is at > /usr/share/guile/2.2/srfi/srfi-37.scm. i didnt see an option for the > "--name value" case at first glance. > > apparently the --name=value syntax is to allow for long options with > optional values. otherwise "--name value" and "value --name" might be > ambiguous. > https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Argument-Syntax.html > > from the linked code: > ;; seed - What is the seed??? > > seed is the initial value for what is "loads" in the code. it is the > initial value for what eventually becomes the result of the call to > args-fold. like the init parameter of fold.
I was wondering about that. So it's just that a fold needs an initial value to work with. The names seed and loads are a bit difficult to make sense of immediately, but I understand now. Thanks! Zelphir
