From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: 17474@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17474: Another point
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 01:17:39 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mwd5wmj0.fsf@yeeloong.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ionu54t0.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (David Kastrup's message of "Sat, 21 Jun 2014 23:30:19 +0200")
David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
> It is worth pointing out that the current state of Guile is inconsistent
> regarding the return value of control structures: one primitive control
> structure builder is call/cc, and its normal use does not return
> *unspecified* but (values):
>
> scheme@(guile-user)> (call-with-values (lambda () (call/cc (lambda (exit) (exit)))) list)
> $5 = ()
The values returned are the arguments passed to 'exit'. Normal use is
to pass the desired return value(s) to 'exit'.
Mark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-22 5:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-12 11:40 bug#17474: Making *unspecified* equivalent to (values) would seem convenient David Kastrup
2014-05-12 15:53 ` Ludovic Courtès
[not found] ` <8738gfyoxm.fsf@gnu.org>
2014-05-12 16:58 ` David Kastrup
2014-05-12 19:21 ` Ludovic Courtès
2014-05-12 19:49 ` David Kastrup
2014-06-22 5:25 ` Mark H Weaver
2014-06-22 6:09 ` David Kastrup
2014-06-21 21:30 ` bug#17474: Another point David Kastrup
2014-06-22 5:17 ` Mark H Weaver [this message]
2014-06-22 5:45 ` David Kastrup
2014-08-09 9:17 ` bug#17474: Ping? David Kastrup
2014-08-10 19:12 ` Mark H Weaver
2014-08-10 20:26 ` David Kastrup
2014-08-10 21:48 ` Mark H Weaver
2014-08-10 22:00 ` Mark H Weaver
2015-06-01 14:04 ` David Kastrup
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