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Re: scm_to_pointer vs scm->pointer
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: scm_to_pointer vs scm->pointer |
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Date: |
Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:11:51 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.130005 (Ma Gnus v0.5) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
Andy Wingo <address@hidden> skribis:
> On Tue 03 Jul 2012 23:47, address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
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>>> This should be fixed. Otherwise it's impossible to document in any
>>> sane fashion.
>>>
>>> Suggestion: change scm_to_pointer to SCM_POINTER_VALUE. WDYT?
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>> I’m happy with this change. Mark?
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>> (Back then, I was skeptical about the usefulness of the C pointer API.
>> I have since used ‘SCM_POINTER_VALUE’ and ‘scm_from_pointer’ in
>> Guile-GCC, which uses a mixed dynamic/static FFI, and for good reasons.)
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> On second thought, let's leave it in. It is terribly confusing, but
> alternatives are worse.
We could also document ‘SCM_POINTER_VALUE’, WDYT?
Ludo’.