GNU bug report logs - #9857
starting repl from C broken

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Package: guile;

Reported by: Tristan Colgate <tcolgate <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:39:02 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: Tristan Colgate <tcolgate <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 9857 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9857: start-repl calling convention changed
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:37:52 +0100

On Tue 25 Oct 2011 10:14, Tristan Colgate <tcolgate <at> gmail.com> writes:

>   I might have missed something int he change log, but digging through
> top-repl.scm gave the answer.
> I now need (start-repl 'scheme), to specify the language.

Why, I wonder?  The definition in (system repl repl) clearly lists the
language as being optional.  Could it be that you were starting from a
different thread, and that (current-language) was #f for some reason?

>   Happy to close from my perspective but this does seem to be an API change.

If it is an API change, it's definitely a bug.

Andy
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