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Fix faulty example of SRFI-31 in the manual.

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From: Rob Browning <rlb <at> defaultvalue.org>
To: Yuval Langer <yuval.langer <at> gmail.com>, 75413 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#75413: Fix faulty example of SRFI-31 in the manual.
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2025 19:23:31 -0600

Yuval Langer <yuval.langer <at> gmail.com> writes:

> diff --git a/doc/ref/srfi-modules.texi b/doc/ref/srfi-modules.texi
> index d77bc1c90..1373409f0 100644
> --- a/doc/ref/srfi-modules.texi
> +++ b/doc/ref/srfi-modules.texi
> @@ -3367,8 +3367,9 @@ The second syntax can be used to create anonymous recursive functions:
>  
>  @lisp
>    guile> (define tmp (rec (display-n item n)
> -                       (if (positive? n)
> -                           (begin (display n) (display-n (- n 1))))))
> +                       (when (positive? n)
> +                           (display item)
> +                           (display-n item (- n 1)))))
>    guile> (tmp 42 3)
>    424242
>    guile>

Looks good overall -- strictly speaking, might need a (newline) in there
if we want the output to match (or the output could be changed).

-- 
Rob Browning
rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org
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