Re: guile-vm .go files in GUILE_LOAD_PATH

2008-09-18 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm pretty sure the case of not using the already installed system > .scm files while building is handled now. I'm thinking more along the > lines of some user wanted to override a system file for some > reason. This issue came up for me when I wanted to use a n

Re: guile-vm .go files in GUILE_LOAD_PATH

2008-09-18 Thread Andy Wingo
Heya Dale, On Thu 18 Sep 2008 22:49, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm pretty sure the case of not using the already installed system .scm > files while building is handled now. It is, but only because the uninstalled dirs are before the installed dirs. I committed a patch to the vm branch to r

Re: [PATCH] Use Gnulib's `strftime'

2008-09-18 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi Neil, "Neil Jerram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm just a bit confused about %Z, because it seems to me that the > documentation contradicts the test. > > Here's the doc change: > >> +Note that @samp{%Z} always ignores the @code{tm:zone} in @var{tm}; >> +instead it prints just the current z

Re: guile-vm .go files in GUILE_LOAD_PATH

2008-09-18 Thread dsmich
Andy Wingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu 18 Sep 2008 00:57, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Basically, a .go file will be preferred over a .scm file even if the > > .scm file is earlier in the load-path. I think that the file earlier > > in the load-path should win. > > A f

Re: guile-vm .go files in GUILE_LOAD_PATH

2008-09-18 Thread Andy Wingo
Hi, On Thu 18 Sep 2008 00:57, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Basically, a .go file will be preferred over a .scm file even if the > .scm file is earlier in the load-path. I think that the file earlier > in the load-path should win. A few thoughts: (1) Guile shouldn't have installed paths (its s

Re: [PATCH][VM] Fix first-time compilation

2008-09-18 Thread Andy Wingo
On Tue 16 Sep 2008 23:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > The attached patch fixes first-time compilation, by ensuring SRFI > modules are built before "guile-tools compile" is ever run. Merged, thanks. I wish that all of the C could be compiled before all of the scheme, though. Perh

Re: RFD: drop the GH interface.

2008-09-18 Thread Bruce Korb
Ludovic Courte`s wrote: Hi, Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Do we have a consensus? Yes, fine by me, but no rush. ;-) From a Guile-user and not developer perspective, the sequence needs to be: 1. the most retrograde platform must have all the GH capabilities in the SCM int

Re: array handles and non-local exits

2008-09-18 Thread Ludovic Courtès
"Neil Jerram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2008/9/18 Ludovic Courtès <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I would suggest that we drop that mention of dynwinds from the manual. Just to clarify: I'm suggesting fixing the manual so that it conforms to the implementation, not the opposite. > In my view, this

Re: RFD: drop the GH interface.

2008-09-18 Thread Ludovic Courtès
"Neil Jerram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2008/9/18 Ludovic Courtès <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Yes, fine by me, but no rush. ;-) > > Do you mean anything specific by "no rush" here? I just meant I'm not gonna do it Right Now but that's fine by me if somebody else does. Thanks, Ludo'.

Re: array handles and non-local exits

2008-09-18 Thread Neil Jerram
2008/9/18 Ludovic Courtès <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I submitted this bug: > > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?24292 That's great, thanks. > I would suggest that we drop that mention of dynwinds from the manual. In my view, this part is still useful: "You must take care to always unreser

Re: RFD: drop the GH interface.

2008-09-18 Thread Neil Jerram
2008/9/18 Ludovic Courtès <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Do we have a consensus? > > Yes, fine by me, but no rush. ;-) Do you mean anything specific by "no rush" here? I think we should do it before we forget that we have a consensus. :-) Han-We

Re: call-with-values compilation!

2008-09-18 Thread Neil Jerram
2008/9/17 Andy Wingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed 17 Sep 2008 21:42, "Neil Jerram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> 2008/9/16 Andy Wingo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> This new instruction, mv-call, takes three byte arguments, and at least >>> two stack arguments. The byte arguments are the number of ar

Re: array handles and non-local exits

2008-09-18 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, "Neil Jerram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: and (2) I don't know of any other function that does a dynwind behind the scenes (IOW, let's not break the "rule of least surprise"). >> >> I meant "I don't know of a function that does a `dynwind_begin' >> *alone*" (of course there are plen

Re: RFD: drop the GH interface.

2008-09-18 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, Han-Wen Nienhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Do we have a consensus? Yes, fine by me, but no rush. ;-) Ludo'.

Re: guile-vm .go files in GUILE_LOAD_PATH

2008-09-18 Thread Neil Jerram
2008/9/18 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Basically, a .go file will be preferred over a .scm file even if the .scm > file is earlier in the load-path. I think that the file earlier in the > load-path should win. > > Thoughts? I agree. I think that's what Emacs does, and Emacs is a good example to fol