Re: When was scm_sizet deprecated?

[Bruce Korb]

On 05/31/11 11:42, Andy Wingo wrote:
> On Tue 31 May 2011 17:41, Bruce Korb<address@hidden>  writes:
>
> > which version:  1.6? 1.7? 1.8?
>
> The NEWS seems to indicate 1.6.  In general for deprecations, the NEWS
> is the best record, apart from git history.

Thank you.  It has always seemed somewhat difficult for me to rely on.

> $ grep -E -n -i '(^Changes in |scm_sizet|scm_listofnull)' 
> ~/tools/guile/guile-2.0.0/NEWS
> 8:Changes in 2.0.0 (changes since the 1.8.x series):
> <<< scm_listofnull needs to be added here -- someone pointed me at it.... >>>
> 1954:Changes in 1.8.8 (since 1.8.7)
> 1963:Changes in 1.8.7 (since 1.8.6)
> 1993:Changes in 1.8.6 (since 1.8.5)
> 2044:Changes in 1.8.5 (since 1.8.4)
> 2111:Changes in 1.8.4 (since 1.8.3)
> 2165:Changes in 1.8.3 (since 1.8.2)
> 2188:Changes in 1.8.2 (since 1.8.1):
> 2232:Changes in 1.8.1 (since 1.8.0):
> 2302:Changes in 1.8.0 (changes since the 1.6.x series):
> 4331:** New function: scm_c_read (SCM port, void *buffer, scm_sizet size) 
> <<=====+
> 4339:** New function: scm_c_write (SCM port, const void *ptr, scm_sizet size) 
> <<=+
> 4612:** Deprecated typedef: scm_sizet 
> <<=========================================+
> 6791:*** Function: SCM scm_make_smob_type (const char *name, scm_sizet size)
> 6811:                                 scm_sizet (*print) (SCM,
> 6955:Changes in Guile 1.3 (released Monday, October 19, 1998):
> [...]

But it looks like there has been a lot more rigor since 1.8.0.
Anyway, it looks like I should just always use "size_t" on this one.

Thank you!  Regards, Bruce