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: [goops] adding a number class with generic methods Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 12:45:42 +0100 Message-ID: <87odyanjmh.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> References: <66e540fe0605041226q2a570820xc4eb08fc68051eb5@mail.gmail.com> <87fyjmrbv6.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> <66e540fe0605070237r12b1ee34i22dfb7b63a2b1dd8@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1147002366 17177 80.91.229.2 (7 May 2006 11:46:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 11:46:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-user Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 07 13:46:03 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fchi2-0005j1-CG for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 May 2006 13:45:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fchi1-0003Ha-OR for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Sun, 07 May 2006 07:45:57 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fchhw-0003Gk-5P for guile-user@gnu.org; Sun, 07 May 2006 07:45:52 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fchhu-0003FT-90 for guile-user@gnu.org; Sun, 07 May 2006 07:45:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fchhu-0003FQ-6I for guile-user@gnu.org; Sun, 07 May 2006 07:45:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.84.72.33] (helo=mail3.uklinux.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FchiV-0002Gs-AU for guile-user@gnu.org; Sun, 07 May 2006 07:46:27 -0400 Original-Received: from laruns (host86-129-134-171.range86-129.btcentralplus.com [86.129.134.171]) by mail3.uklinux.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C120409FB9; Sun, 7 May 2006 11:45:49 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from laruns (laruns [127.0.0.1]) by laruns (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AC0D6F70A; Sun, 7 May 2006 12:45:43 +0100 (BST) Original-To: djurfeldt@nada.kth.se In-Reply-To: <66e540fe0605070237r12b1ee34i22dfb7b63a2b1dd8@mail.gmail.com> (Mikael Djurfeldt's message of "Sun, 7 May 2006 11:37:59 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) 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:5294 Archived-At: "Mikael Djurfeldt" writes: > On 5/7/06, Neil Jerram wrote: >> I agree that this explains why the export is not necessary (and hence >> why it works without it). But I don't yet understand why adding the >> export messes things up. > > In the current module system, the effect of mentioning a variable in > an export statement is to set up a new, undefined, variable with that > name. This variable is added to the module and to the export list of > the model. The former has the effect of shadowing the old variable =. I see. Thanks for explaining this. Neil _______________________________________________ Guile-user mailing list Guile-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-user