From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andy Wingo Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: (define ((f a) b) ...) Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:58:53 -0600 Message-ID: References: <87k4vexjt0.fsf@ambire.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1264105190 32758 80.91.229.12 (21 Jan 2010 20:19:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:19:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-user@gnu.org To: Thien-Thi Nguyen Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 21 21:19:43 2010 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 1NY3To-0006SQ-1M for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:18:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40086 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NY3To-0007W6-M8 for guile-user@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:18:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NY3Sd-00072i-VW for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:17:00 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NY3SY-0006zq-U1 for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:16:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=32902 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NY3SY-0006zm-RQ for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:16:54 -0500 Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.25]:52080 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NY3SY-0004D6-Mr for guile-user@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:16:54 -0500 Original-Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCA27929D5; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:16:02 -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=WMg6I6p9Q5wTk3UgGc7pkLPOq04=; b=pp13k2 q8VJRBSA//rPj5cddMmwy4441I/ssdSccg9Vx7yT4BgX+oS20y4OQMtSAwaeuuF8 U3zAnp+e5H33h9Qd7MwsZBymN/uMDcX5ddDOTJZej+BhMs+1bR0BlScWP3loVImq 5NwIAmvpPY6DNJZkzZECKiqnASFjheENOBGBo= 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=Aoad9fW6gCa+AdsdSFlJJkLWVK0EZdLK jAnlZqKpOEg/pT+c6Xk7QYbxwI2i5bB4tcEFnmtTqUCH2WAl+5K6VDrx2JITZmyT Dvh+BF8wx7nfndTCTMwCF9gIN4Wr1radR3TG58Ney1IauWDuRA1MgI4STmOm11/Y hLYkUdgT5Ds= Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-quonix. (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8BE2929D4; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:16:01 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from unquote (unknown [98.179.205.227]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8F98E929CF; Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:15:59 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87k4vexjt0.fsf@ambire.localdomain> (Thien-Thi Nguyen's message of "Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:15:23 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: CB8150FC-06C9-11DF-B738-6AF7ED7EF46B-02397024!a-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) 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:7614 Archived-At: Hi Thien-Thi, On Tue 19 Jan 2010 08:15, Thien-Thi Nguyen writes: > In Guile 1.9 NEWS: > > ** The currying behavior of `define' has been removed. > > Before, `(define ((f a) b) (* a b))' would translate to > > (define f (lambda (a) (lambda (b) (* a b)))) > > Now a syntax error is signaled, as this syntax is not supported > by default. If there is sufficient demand, this syntax can be > supported again by default. > > +1 for re-instating it, or for adding to NEWS some hint on how to > re-enable support (i take it "not supported by default" means it > is supported with some configuration/switch). Actually support for it was removed entirely. That might have been appropriate at that point in guile-vm development, but we should definitely re-add support, via a module. I'll put it on my list. Andy -- http://wingolog.org/