What's with `symbol-set!' is deprecated. Use the module system instead.

2011-12-04 Thread David Kastrup
The module system documentation provides _no_ _clue_ _whatsoever_ about how something like (symbol-set! #f (string->symbol name) value) could be replaced. In fact, the module system documentation provides _no_ _clue_ _whatsoever_ how to actually access module variables short of calling eval on li

Re: What's with `symbol-set!' is deprecated. Use the module system instead.

2011-12-04 Thread David Kastrup
David Kastrup writes: > The module system documentation provides _no_ _clue_ _whatsoever_ about > how something like > (symbol-set! #f (string->symbol name) value) > could be replaced. In fact, the module system documentation provides > _no_ _clue_ _whatsoever_ how to actually access module vari

syntax-local-value

2011-12-04 Thread Stefan Israelsson Tampe
In looking at racket syntax-parse there seems to be some advanced macrology that is not included in guile. The light now is on the possibility to attach data to macros. I figure that I could reproduce this by using a weak hash-table but miss the functionality of syntax-local-value e.g. http://do

G-Wrap 1.9.14 released

2011-12-04 Thread Andreas Rottmann
Hi! I'm pleased to announce G-Wrap 1.9.14; as always, it can be downloaded from . This release adds support for the Guile 2.0.x branch, while staying compatible with 1.8.x. About G-Wrap: G-Wrap is a tool (and Guile library) for generating function wrappers for