Isn't eof-object? available in the default environment?

-- 
  Linus Björnstam

On Sat, 3 Jul 2021, at 22:24, Maxime Devos wrote:
> According to the manual:
> 
> 6.12.2 Binary I/O
> -----------------
> 
> [...]
>    To use these routines, first include the binary I/O module:
> 
>      (use-modules (ice-9 binary-ports))
> 
> [...]
>    The end-of-file object is unlike any other kind of object: it’s not a
> pair, a symbol, or anything else.  To check if a value is the
> end-of-file object, use the ‘eof-object?’ predicate.
> 
>  -- Scheme Procedure: eof-object? x
>  -- C Function: scm_eof_object_p (x)
>      Return ‘#t’ if X is an end-of-file object, or ‘#f’ otherwise.
> 
> However, eof-object? is not exported by (ice-9 binary-ports):
> 
> scheme@(guile-user)> (@ (ice-9 binary-ports) eof-object?)
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception:
> Unbound variable: eof-object?
> 
> But it is imported from (ice-9 ports):
> 
> scheme@(guile-user) [1]> (@ (ice-9 ports) eof-object?)
> $1 = #<procedure eof-object? (_)>
> 
> Could an appropriate export be added to (ice-9 binary-ports)?
> Or the manual adjusted to note you need to import (ice-9 ports)
> to get eof-object?
> 
> Greetings,
> Maxime
> 
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