GNU bug report logs - #41353
'thunk?' documentation is misleading

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Package: guile;

Reported by: Jan Synacek <jsynacek <at> redhat.com>

Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 10:42:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 41353-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41353: (thunk? (const 1))
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 22:50:04 +0200

Hi,

David Kastrup <dak <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> I think this is more a matter of the documentation being not quite right:
>
>  -- Scheme Procedure: thunk? obj
>  -- C Function: scm_thunk_p (obj)
>      Return ‘#t’ if OBJ is a thunk—a procedure that does not accept
>      arguments.
>
> "if OBJ can serve as a thunk—a procedure called without arguments."

Agreed.  Fixed in 9c03e44dcfc118c37d28bb948f4d255c7b755d96.

Thanks,
Ludo’.
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