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Re: What's with `symbol-set!' is deprecated. Use the module system inste
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Andy Wingo |
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Re: What's with `symbol-set!' is deprecated. Use the module system instead. |
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Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:54:59 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hello David,
On Mon 05 Dec 2011 09:11, David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
> David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:
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>>> (symbol-set! #f (string->symbol name) value)
>> (module-define! (current-module) (string->symbol name) value)
Indeed, the module system needs better documentation.
>> Is this somebody's idea of a joke?
It might be! I personally can't say though, as things have been this
way for longer than my time in Guile.
> Apparently. The C interface offers scm_define which works fine for this
> purpose.
Yes. Version 2.0.x has better-documented interfaces, here:
http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Accessing-Modules-from-C.html
The Scheme equivalents are not documented as well, however. Definitely
a bug, there.
Regards,
Andy
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