Re: Text collation

[Rob Browning]

address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> If nobody disagrees, I would like to merge `(ice-9 i18n)' in HEAD
> and 1.8 within a few days "as is" (that is, using a separate shared
> library and without documenting the C functions, as discussed
> earlier).

I don't have a strong feeling about the shared library issue as long
as none of the versioning requirements are broken.  However, I'm still
opposed to the addition of new scm_ functions that aren't intended to
be public, but don't use the scm_i_ prefix.

For better or for worse, people have long been advised to look at the
Guile headers/source in addition to the documentation, especially when
the documentation wasn't as good, and they've also been told about the
scm_i_ convention.

I've assumed that convention myself when reading the source, and
whether we maintain a public/private distinction via a naming
convention or via public/private headers, I think it's a good idea.

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Rob Browning
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