bug#17869: wrong return type for void scm_c_export(const char *name, ...) in docs

bug#17869: wrong return type for void scm_c_export(const char *name, ...) in docs

[Alexei Matveev]

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Dear Guile Developers,

The reference guide documents the wrong return type for
the vararg function

  void scm_c_export(const char *name, ...)

saying it is SCM. Consider applying the diff below.

Also, again vararg functions are troublesome (impossible)
to call from Fortran and, maybe other languages, please dont
let them proliferate in Guile API.

Alexei

alexei@ThinkPad:~/devel/guile$ git diff
diff --git a/doc/ref/api-modules.texi b/doc/ref/api-modules.texi
index 286a37d..e2dc65f 100644
--- a/doc/ref/api-modules.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/api-modules.texi
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ module, as with @code{(use-modules @var{name})}.  The
name is
 interpreted as for @code{scm_c_define_module}.
 @end deftypefn

-@deftypefn {C Function} SCM scm_c_export ({const char *}@var{name}, ...)
+@deftypefn {C Function} void scm_c_export ({const char *}@var{name}, ...)
 Add the bindings designated by @var{name}, ... to the public interface
 of the current module.  The list of names is terminated by
 @code{NULL}.

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bug#17869: wrong return type for void scm_c_export(const char *name, ...) in docs

[Mark H Weaver]

Fixed in b1451ad859183ae48c624d19ec144306bd2d3e3a on the stable-2.0
branch.  It will be in 2.0.12.

     Thanks!
       Mark