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Re: "exec" procedures don't handle the optional parameters unbounded sit
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: "exec" procedures don't handle the optional parameters unbounded situation? |
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Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:02:18 +0100 |
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Hello!
Nala Ginrut <address@hidden> skribis:
> Since Guile provides flexible optional arguments handling, why we can not
> do this:
> let (execlp "ls") equal to (execlp "ls" "") if the second argument is
> unbounded?
Because it would differ from what the underlying system call allows, and
would also be an incompatible change.
Thanks,
Ludo’.