Re: Newbie seeks guiding hands.

[Rob Browning]

Gary Benson <address@hidden> writes:

> >   (define-module (benson-project good-bits)
> >     :use-module (ice-9 slib))
> 
> What does the use-module (ice-9 slib) bit mean?

It's saying that this module depends on things that are exported from
the module (ice-9 slib).  It's functionally equivalent (more or less)
to just saying

  (use-modules (ice-9 slib))

which is what I indicated you'd use in some other code to get access
to your module.  i.e.:

> > Now if other code calls
> > 
> >   (use-modules (benson-project good-bits))
> > 
> > they'll be able to use some-global-function, but won't be able to see
> > some-local-function...
> > 
> > Hope this helps.

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Rob Browning <address@hidden> PGP=E80E0D04F521A094 532B97F5D64E3930