From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Ryde Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.bugs Subject: Re: [DOCPATCH]Revamp of doc/ref/scheme-control.texi Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 09:38:49 +1000 Sender: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87wuef76d2.fsf@zip.com.au> References: <200307161737.h6GHbb200806@csserver.evansville.edu> <87isq03h0c.fsf@zip.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1058571664 11148 80.91.224.249 (18 Jul 2003 23:41:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 23:41:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-guile@gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 19 01:41:01 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19deqJ-0002sF-00 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 01:40:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19der9-0008IX-HY for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:41:43 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19deqI-0006fn-Je for bug-guile@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:40:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19depf-0006K4-5h for bug-guile@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:40:11 -0400 Original-Received: from snoopy.pacific.net.au ([61.8.0.36]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19deoi-0005b7-Ds; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:39:12 -0400 Original-Received: from sunny.pacific.net.au (sunny.pacific.net.au [203.2.228.40]) by snoopy.pacific.net.au (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-6.3) with ESMTP id h6INd4ZY023103; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 09:39:05 +1000 Original-Received: from wisma.pacific.net.au (wisma.pacific.net.au [210.23.129.72]) by sunny.pacific.net.au with ESMTP id h6INd4Qg012758; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 09:39:04 +1000 (EST) Original-Received: from localhost (ppp29.dyn228.pacific.net.au [203.143.228.29]) by wisma.pacific.net.au (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6INd2nh010574; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 09:39:03 +1000 (EST) Original-Received: from gg by localhost with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19deoN-0000nP-00; Sat, 19 Jul 2003 09:38:51 +1000 Original-To: Stephen Compall In-Reply-To: (Stephen Compall's message of "18 Jul 2003 12:14:13 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.090019 (Oort Gnus v0.19) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: bug-guile@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.bugs:862 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.bugs:862 Stephen Compall writes: > > 1. Do you > want me to work this in and repost my patch, or would you rather do > it? I'll probably checkin what I did, and let you propose more on guile-devel. > 3. The above idea was one for another list: some "nifty" things you > can do with continuations. That is, as it is now, it vaguely > refers to situations in which call/cc may be preferable, without > explaining at least one of those situations. There might not be many realistic cases where continuations are better, not with the way they're implemented. I'm inclined to just ensure the description has all the facts, and leave it at that. _______________________________________________ Bug-guile mailing list Bug-guile@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-guile