Re: Guile's features

[D-Man]

Thanks for the doc pointer.  I could browse the repository on the web, but I
couldn't do a cvs login to get the actual files.  I kept getting an 
authorization
failure.

cvs -d :pserver:address@hidden:/cvs/guile login

What is the correct CVSROOT and password?


Also, I was interested in &optional, not &rest, arguments.  I tried Keisuke's
suggestion, but I got a 'unknown module (ice-9 optargs)' error.  How can I solve
my missing module problem?

Thanks for the help.
-D



On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 00:42:33 Dale P. Smith wrote:
> D-Man wrote:
> > 
> > Is there any documentation, aside from R5RS, as to what features and
functions
> > guile provides?
> 
> You need to get the guile-doc module from cvs.  It is (finally!) being
> updated. It might even document some things that are only in cvs guile
> (v 1.4.1).  The r[45]rs documents are also in there in texinfo format.
> 
> The are (old) instructions at
> http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/anon-cvs.html .  The cvs archive had
> recently moved. I think you need to use address@hidden
> instead of the cygnus address.
>  
> > Also, is it possible for guile to provide optional parameters to fuctions. 
I
> > mean like the '&optional' keyword in Common Lisp.  The current feature that
I am
> > aware of is using a '.' before the last parameter name.  This feature is
> > equivalent to Common Lisp's '&rest' keyword.
> 
> Yes, guile uses '.' for &rest arguments.  I believe guile is r4rs
> compliant with most features of r5rs.  I know that r5rs compliance is a
> definite goal of the developers.
> 
> -Dale
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