From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.bugs Subject: bug#10974: guile-user@gnu.org Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:38:27 +0200 Message-ID: <87wr2mv6y4.fsf@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1341221994 15917 80.91.229.3 (2 Jul 2012 09:39:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 09:39:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10974@debbugs.gnu.org To: Alexei Matveev Original-X-From: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 02 11:39:51 2012 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 1Sld6g-00073N-8q for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:39:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40265 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sld6f-0002s3-66 for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:39:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:41235) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sld6X-0002rk-UI for bug-guile@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:39:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sld6O-0005rk-3c for bug-guile@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:39:37 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:59887) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Sld6O-0005rb-0o for bug-guile@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:39:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SldAn-00057I-MF for bug-guile@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:44:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-guile@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:44:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10974 X-GNU-PR-Package: guile X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10974-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10974.134122218619594 (code B ref 10974); Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:44:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10974) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Jul 2012 09:43:06 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41200 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Sld9u-00055y-2A for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:43:06 -0400 Original-Received: from xanadu.aquilenet.fr ([88.191.123.111]:44584) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Sld9s-00055r-6r for 10974@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:43:04 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xanadu.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB5A986CA; Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:38:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from xanadu.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (xanadu.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1yJdrNPdLU3i; Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:38:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from pluto (reverse-83.fdn.fr [80.67.176.83]) by xanadu.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5C75F7E2B; Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:38:29 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Alexei Matveev's message of "Thu, 8 Mar 2012 12:36:37 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130005 (Ma Gnus v0.5) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) 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 (newer, 2) 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:6370 Archived-At: Hi, Sorry for the late reply. Alexei Matveev skribis: > For use from a Fortran program I am collecting API fixes for libguile.so > as wrapper functions for what is provided to C-programs as macros. > I noted that some of the macros are function-macros some are symbol > macros. An example of the latter is > > #define scm_to_int scm_to_int23 The macros in numbers.h that are =E2=80=9Csymbol macros=E2=80=9D, such as =E2=80=98scm_from_int=E2=80=99, allow users to write code like: &scm_from_int This wouldn=E2=80=99t be possible if these were function macros. Thus, I think things will have to remain this way. What do you think? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.