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Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version.
From: |
Bruce Korb |
Subject: |
Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version. |
Date: |
Sun, 04 Aug 2002 13:43:49 -0700 |
Sergey Poznyakoff wrote:
>
> > Just add the following macro at the
> > end of the configure.ac file:
> >
> > http://ac-archive.sf.net/Miscellaneous/ac_create_prefix_config_h.html
>
> Sure, I know about this macro. Still, I don't believe it solves the
> problem, rather, it presents a work-around. The idea behind auto.*
> tools was to generate a configuration file *for a given package*, i.e.
> a private header. However, here the private header is made global
Which is exactly the problem. Guile should *not* be exporting
its config.h header. Further, since Guile should not be doing
it, anyone depending upon the Guile-configured values has mis-
coded their program. On that theory, the config header Guile
exports should be free to prefix all its values. Guile should
do this.
> and as such makes linking Guile to other packages unreasonably
> difficult. Imagine a developer who wishes to use Guile as an extension
> language for his package, he then would need to change almost all his
> configuration suite.
To the contrary. Guile needs to do this.
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., (continued)
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., Rob Browning, 2002/08/01
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., rm, 2002/08/01
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., Sergey Poznyakoff, 2002/08/01
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., Rob Browning, 2002/08/01
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., Sergey Poznyakoff, 2002/08/02
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., Rob Browning, 2002/08/02
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., Sergey Poznyakoff, 2002/08/02
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., Bruce Korb, 2002/08/02
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., Rob Browning, 2002/08/02
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., Sergey Poznyakoff, 2002/08/03
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version.,
Bruce Korb <=
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., Sergey Poznyakoff, 2002/08/04
Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., Rob Browning, 2002/08/01
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., rm, 2002/08/02
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., rm, 2002/08/02
- Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., Rob Browning, 2002/08/02
Re: Release Guile, now ;-) [was:] Re: GC rewrite, first version., Rob Browning, 2002/08/02