From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Neil Jerram Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: bug in read? Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:52:24 +0000 Message-ID: <87odegrwhz.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> References: <30330998.1190568557000.JavaMail.root@web33> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1193788373 8733 80.91.229.12 (30 Oct 2007 23:52:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:52:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Andy Wingo , guile-user@gnu.org To: "Luigi Semenzato" Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 31 00:52:55 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1In0tB-00052E-RC for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:52:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1In0t2-00015x-BH for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:52:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1In0sx-00013A-RY for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:52:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1In0sv-0000yP-Rt for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:52:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1In0sv-0000yH-KP for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:52:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mail3.uklinux.net ([80.84.72.33]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1In0su-0005LD-TL for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:52:37 -0400 Original-Received: from arudy (host86-145-152-23.range86-145.btcentralplus.com [86.145.152.23]) by mail3.uklinux.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 998F11F7666; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:52:35 +0000 (GMT) Original-Received: from laruns (unknown [192.168.0.10]) by arudy (Postfix) with ESMTP id D74543800A; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:52:24 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: (Luigi Semenzato's message of "Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:22:19 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.user:6252 Archived-At: "Luigi Semenzato" writes: > Thank you for the explanation. > > Does anybody know then why the Guile manual replicates > sections of r5rs instead of just pointing to them? > It's redundant and it leads to this kind of problems. > > If Guile is Scheme version blah with some additions and > some omissions, shouldn't the manual just document > the additions and the omissions? Perhaps, yes. But there is also the view that it is helpful for the manual to try to be a complete guide for "how to use Guile", without relying on indirection to other material. I don't think the argument is as one-sided as you suggest. Regards, Neil _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user