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On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 10:44:34AM -0600, Rob Browning wrote:
> tomas@fabula.de writes:
> 

[About being compatible to two Guile versions]

> One other option.  Could you you use something like this in a C file
> instead?
> 
>   #ifdef SCM_MAJOR_VERSION \
>     && (SCM_MAJOR_VERSION == 1) \
>     && (SCM_MINOR_VERSION == 6)
>   # include "augment-1.6.c"
>   #endif
> 
> and add something similar in the header(s) for the missing prototypes?

Hmmm... It's tempting to skirt the Automonster this way, ain't it ;-)

But somehow a `feature test' seems to me the right thing here (and maybe
useful to others on this list). What do you think?

Thanks
-- tomas