Re: RFD: add an interface scm_c_eval_string_from_file_line

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Hi,

"Bruce Korb" <bruce.korb@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>>>         SCM  expr  = scm_makfrom0str( pzExpr );
>>
>> That's deprecated as of 1.8, use `scm_from_locale_string ()'.
>
> This is used iff Guile antedates 1.6.  I guess that can be junked now?

Yes.

>> Anyway, why not just use `scm_c_eval_string ()'?  It'd be really safer
>> than "rolling your own".
>
> Because the strings are extracted from large text files and it is important
> that the error message reveal the correct file and line number.  It is
> precisely because of the issues with cruft like using internal Guile
> structures that I'd be so extremely happy to (finally) see a a proper export of:
>   scm_c_eval_string_from_file_line(SCM string, SCM file, SCM line)
> Then for GUILE_VERSION >= 109000 I could just #define my variation
> to the Proper Call.  :)

Hmm, the port "API" is really one of the least pleasant parts of Guile.
:-) The issue, as you notice, is that it exposes a lot of internals and
is quite inconvenient.

Actually, now that I read it again, your code for GUILE_VERSION >= 107000 
doesn't look that terrific---it's the compatibility code for 1.6 that's
quite hard to read.

Thanks,
Ludo'.