Re: [PATCH] On Hurd, don't use not implemented madvise()

2017-06-02 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 07:29:03PM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: > Manolis Ragkousis writes: [...] > > Also from my understanding not using madvise() ends up in slower > > performance but it doesn't create problems to the program, right? > > Some pro

[PATCH] Add scm_is_list helper function

2017-06-02 Thread Matthew Keeter
For symmetry with scm_is_number, scm_is_pair, etc, this small patch adds scm_is_list to the C API. I pattern-matched to find all the places it should go (both code and documentation); let me know if I missed anything. -Matt 0001-Add-scm_is_list-helper-function.patch Description: Binary data

Guile-Lib 0.2.5.1 released

2017-06-02 Thread David Pirotte
Hello, We are pleased to announce Guile-Lib 0.2.5.1. This is a maintenance release, the next maintenance release for the 0.2 series. * Guile-Lib Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/guile-lib/ * Guile-Lib release tarball GPG signature [*]: http://download.savannah.gnu.org/relea

Re: [PATCH] On Hurd, don't use not implemented madvise()

2017-06-02 Thread Mark H Weaver
writes: > On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 07:29:03PM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: >> Manolis Ragkousis writes: > > [...] > >> > Also from my understanding not using madvise() ends up in slower >> > performance but it doesn't create problems to the program, right? >> >> Some programs for Guile 2.2 may ta

Re: [PATCH] On Hurd, don't use not implemented madvise()

2017-06-02 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 02, 2017 at 10:00:18PM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: > writes: [...] > > This would at least suggest having a way to query whether madvise is > > available, through some introspection (giving the program a chance > > to adapt its behavior)