Subject: bug#13809: closed (Re: [PATCH] Support calling foreign functions of 10 or more arguments)

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Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:44:02 +0000

Your bug report

#13809: Wishlist: support > 10 args to foreign functions

which was filed against the guile package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support calling foreign functions of 10 or more arguments
From: Mark H Weaver <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:40:57 -0500
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Andy Wingo <[email-masked]> writes:
> Looks great, please apply.  Thank you!

Pushed.  Thanks!

     Mark

Subject: Wishlist: support > 10 args to foreign functions
From: Mark H Weaver <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: Andy Wingo <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:34:18 -0500
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The current limitation of 10 arguments to foreign functions is proving
to be a problem for some libraries, in particular the Allegro game
library.

Is there a reason why raising this limit to 16 or 20 would be
undesirable?  What tradeoffs are involved?

    Thanks,
      Mark