Re: cmod-play 1 available + modsup.h additions

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Today, 24 minutes, 28 seconds ago, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:
> i'd like to keep them out of SCM_ namespace, actually, and tried for the
> "M" namespace, which is admittedly easy to stumble on inadvertantly by
> other code.  guile 1.4.x has SCM_ and GH_ already, maybe GHM_ (for guile
> high-level "module support") is better.  how does that sound?

I actually don't see the point in having different namespaces for Guile
things. :)

> since it's an additive change, introducing these macros does not raise
> compatibility issues, but of course there may be other criterion by
> which they will be rejected.  there's a lot of stuff in 1.4.x[1] that
> could easily be added to other guile branches but the will to do so has
> not yet materialized (and might never).  that's not something i can
> control so i don't worry about it, generally.

The doc snarfing example you gave is a nice thing.  Unfortunately, there
is no such thing in Guile 1.6.  Is there any reason for continuing
development for 1.4.x rather than working on 1.6.x?

Thanks,
Ludovic.