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Re: guile-hall error on probably every command


From: tomas
Subject: Re: guile-hall error on probably every command
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 21:09:37 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 08:59:35PM +0200, Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote:
> Hi Guile users!
> 
> I was about to follow the guile-hall tutorial posted on the list today,
> but unfortunately, I get an error the first time I need to input a
> guile-hall command:

[...]

> In unknown file:
>            0 (make-regexp "^-[a-Z]*h[a-Z]*$|^--help$")

> ERROR: In procedure make-regexp:
> In procedure make-regexp: Invalid range end

I think Guile relies on the system lib for regexps. Not all take [a-Z] as
a valid range (FWIW my plain "grep" on some Debian GNU/Linux complains
also about an "invalid range end".

I think the longer version [A-Za-z] is safer.

Cheers
-- t

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