From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mark H Weaver Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.bugs Subject: bug#13809: Wishlist: support > 10 args to foreign functions Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:34:18 -0500 Message-ID: <87621h6xkl.fsf@tines.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1361752543 32184 80.91.229.3 (25 Feb 2013 00:35:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:35:43 +0000 (UTC) To: 13809@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 25 01:36:06 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-bugs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1U9m2y-0000gw-R3 for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:36:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58579 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U9m2e-0007Zw-4f for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:35:40 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37488) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U9m2Z-0007ZR-Gv for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:35:37 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U9m2Y-0000BQ-BE for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:35:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.43] (port=42899 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U9m2Y-0000AT-8A for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:35:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U9m3y-0003Vf-4C for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:37:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Mark H Weaver Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-guile@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:37:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 13809 X-GNU-PR-Package: guile X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-guile@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.136175257613430 (code B ref -1); Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:37:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Feb 2013 00:36:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48363 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U9m3D-0003UZ-Ob for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:36:16 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:54124) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U9m3C-0003UR-4A for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:36:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U9m1c-00085I-KR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:34:37 -0500 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:39698) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U9m1c-00085D-HV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:34:36 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37242) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U9m1b-0007HW-F4 for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:34:36 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U9m1Y-00084b-Tv for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:34:35 -0500 Original-Received: from world.peace.net ([96.39.62.75]:59594) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U9m1Y-00084R-PY for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:34:32 -0500 Original-Received: from 209-6-91-212.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com ([209.6.91.212] helo=tines.lan) by world.peace.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U9m1S-00065d-3m; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:34:26 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-guile@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous Extension Language" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.bugs:6784 Archived-At: The current limitation of 10 arguments to foreign functions is proving to be a problem for some libraries, in particular the Allegro game library. Is there a reason why raising this limit to 16 or 20 would be undesirable? What tradeoffs are involved? Thanks, Mark