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Re: Killing off scm_init_guile for Guile 2.0 ?
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dsmich |
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Re: Killing off scm_init_guile for Guile 2.0 ? |
Date: |
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:32:14 -0500 |
---- Neil Jerram <address@hidden> wrote:
> scm_init_guile has always been a bit problematic, as it requires lots
> of heuristic and OS-dependent code to try to determine where the base
> of the stack is. It's never been formally deprecated, but we have
> always advised people to use scm_boot_guile or scm_with_guile if they
> can, and the manual says:
>
> The function `scm_init_guile' might not be available on all
> platforms since it requires some stack-bounds-finding magic that
> might not have been ported to all platforms that Guile runs on.
> Thus, if you can, it is better to use `scm_with_guile' or its
> variation `scm_boot_guile' instead of this function.
[ ... ]
> Thoughts? On the other hand, does moving to BDW-GC take a lot of this
> out of our hands anyway? In any case, it would be interesting to hear
> whether people think that scm_init_guile is really needed.
Iirc, scm_init_guile is mainly used when you do not have access to main(), for
example writing a module for apache. Generally, when you want to add Guile to
an already existing application that has plugins or extension modules via .so's.
-Dale