GNU bug report logs - #10163
Incomplete/vague section of Guile Manual

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Package: guile;

Reported by: Ryan Fox <ryan <at> rcfox.ca>

Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>
To: Ryan Fox <ryan <at> rcfox.ca>
Cc: 10163-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10163: Incomplete/vague section of Guile Manual
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:34:28 -0500

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for the report.

On Tue 29 Nov 2011 20:17, Ryan Fox <ryan <at> rcfox.ca> writes:

> /* Check that arg is really a shape SMOB. */
> SCM_VALIDATE_SHAPE (SCM_ARG1, shape);
>
> After some searching, I was able to figure out that the
> function scm_assert_smob_type() is probably the intended behaviour for
> this. However,
> there was no indication of this in the description.

I changed the example and the text to use scm_assert_smob_type.  This
entire section could use some modernization and less hand-waving, but
that is a larger project.

Happy hacking,

Andy
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