From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andy Wingo Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: What's with `symbol-set!' is deprecated. Use the module system instead. Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:47:42 +0100 Message-ID: <87vcoojsv5.fsf@pobox.com> References: <8762hwmjp5.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <871uskmim1.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87hb1fo2ts.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <878vmrrruk.fsf@pobox.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1325893680 17290 80.91.229.12 (6 Jan 2012 23:48:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 23:48:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 07 00:47:55 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RjJVq-00064Q-Iu for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:47:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44631 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RjJVq-0003yY-0x for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:47:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:43657) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RjJVm-0003yI-JV for guile-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:47:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RjJVl-0001JB-LH for guile-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:47:50 -0500 Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com ([74.115.168.62]:41300 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RjJVj-0001Ic-Cr; Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:47:47 -0500 Original-Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB83A8E68; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 18:47:46 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=yoZFiSl5I/lf+7R9DLOG5OD26T4=; b=uVcDXh Y3O7X9nMpb1EkYm++EVbjZX1OfCjJ92OTth9bCeLzmGZeHtMsvPX+Hl8YNIgAk5z 7NXMidfz4OE20y7NYiNNQcxQ20cu5fX0SMHWEoQyiEZNObfktTeUh2+oIKV8FWtQ HSb0unalDTOTSqRgjzwdevCEbnwiMGw5iJHfU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=gytvRn5PmVDEZdOWfSPXG0qPAQXMHapf 5Xz2gMFm5JNPMvow5zjK76/d67uRLUcM2YNXnHbO4PA8Vs7pKybIPbMbu4u3FHDF aVKc+lMNGkz9GMg35ToqDgVSsDCDCZVARaOTgunx+nsgNywQxIr52oxBpB8k1czN a/7PrgtBGAw= Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4CDE8E67; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 18:47:46 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from badger (unknown [90.164.198.39]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2CF668E65; Fri, 6 Jan 2012 18:47:46 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <878vmrrruk.fsf@pobox.com> (Andy Wingo's message of "Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:54:59 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: D56C85D4-38C0-11E1-8E46-65B1DE995924-02397024!a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-Received-From: 74.115.168.62 X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:13374 Archived-At: Hi, On Mon 05 Dec 2011 15:54, Andy Wingo writes: > On Mon 05 Dec 2011 09:11, David Kastrup writes: > >> David Kastrup writes: >> >>>> (symbol-set! #f (string->symbol name) value) >>> (module-define! (current-module) (string->symbol name) value) > > Indeed, the module system needs better documentation. I have now documented module-define! and some related procedures. Regards, Andy -- http://wingolog.org/