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From: Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@uni-dortmund.de>
Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: scm_* API extension? [was] scm_* API question
Date: 05 Aug 2002 17:12:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ljznw1gwzv.fsf@burns.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020731150602.A32555@kiwi.pyrotechnics.com>

Christopher Cramer <crayc@pyro.net> writes:

> For sake of argument, let's say there are two different ways to use Guile.
> One way is to extend Guile through C, by using load-extension. This works
> fine if the C code is ignorant of the module system (writing a wrapper
> module in Scheme handles everything). The other way is to extend C through
> Guile, which cannot stay module system ignorant, because you typically
> want to load multiple Scheme scripts without worrying about clashing
> symbols from the different scripts -- this is currently impossible
> without getting deep into the details of the module system.

But the code that loads the scripts could be written in Scheme, no?

> I can provide examples of what I had to do with Recluse; roughly 300 lines
> of C code are devoted to dealing with the module system.

Can you say from that experience how we should extend the module
system API for C?

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-08-05 15:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-07-30 12:14 scm_* API question rm
2002-07-31  1:09 ` Christopher Cramer
2002-07-31 10:03   ` scm_* API extension? [was] " rm
2002-07-31 10:10     ` Marius Vollmer
2002-07-31 18:21       ` rm
2002-07-31 21:59         ` Rob Browning
2002-08-01 10:10           ` rm
2002-08-01 16:51             ` Rob Browning
2002-08-05 15:08         ` Marius Vollmer
2002-08-05 16:06           ` rm
2002-08-05 16:49             ` Marius Vollmer
2002-07-31 20:06       ` Christopher Cramer
2002-07-31 22:14         ` Rob Browning
2002-08-01  9:41         ` rm
2002-08-05 17:51           ` Marius Vollmer
2002-08-05 18:12             ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2002-08-05 18:45               ` Rob Browning
2002-08-05 18:31             ` Rob Browning
2002-08-05 18:33             ` rm
2002-08-05 15:12         ` Marius Vollmer [this message]
2002-07-31 10:11 ` Marius Vollmer
2002-07-31 10:30   ` rm

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