From: mbcladwell@stihie.net
To: guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: list-set! Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting mutable pair)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:12:32 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200826151232.Horde.54lAstMht7PXoKcNHhj8vJT@www.stihie.net> (raw)
Hi,
One shortcoming I find working with Guile is the limited number of
examples of how to use code. Consider list-set!. The only reference in
the entire Guile manual is the definition in section 6.6.9.6 List
Modification. If I google I find
https://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/pairs.html which gives me the
example (list-set '(zero one two) 2 "two") ==> '(zero one "two") which
is what I deduced from the Guile manual. If I try something similar
in Guile:
scheme@(guile-user)> (list-set! '("zero" "one" "twooooo") 2 "two")
ice-9/boot-9.scm:1669:16: In procedure raise-exception:
In procedure set-car!: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting
mutable pair): ("twooooo")
Entering a new prompt. Type `,bt' for a backtrace or `,q' to continue.
scheme@(guile-user) [1]> ,bt
1 (list-set! ("zero" "one" "twooooo") 2 "two")
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
1669:16 0 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _)
Could someone provide me with an example of how to use list-set! ?
Alternatively what I really need is how to modify a specified element
in a list.
Thanks
Mortimer
next reply other threads:[~2020-08-26 20:12 UTC|newest]
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2020-08-26 20:12 mbcladwell [this message]
2020-08-26 20:42 ` list-set! Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting mutable pair) John Cowan
2020-08-26 20:43 ` Linus Björnstam
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