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Jim Blandy 1998-10-03 18:13:02 +00:00
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@ -395,6 +395,9 @@ extra complexity it introduces.
* Changes to the gh_ interface
** The gh_enter function now takes care of loading the Guile startup files.
gh_enter works by calling scm_boot_guile; see the remarks below.
** Function: void gh_write (SCM x)
Write the printed representation of the scheme object x to the current
@ -422,6 +425,33 @@ and C.
* Changes to the scm_ interface
** The function scm_boot_guile now takes care of loading the startup files.
Guile's primary initialization function, scm_boot_guile, now takes
care of loading `boot-9.scm', in the `ice-9' module, to initialize
Guile, define the module system, and put together some standard
bindings. It also loads `init.scm', which is intended to hold
site-specific initialization code.
Since Guile cannot operate properly until boot-9.scm is loaded, there
is no reason to separate loading boot-9.scm from Guile's other
initialization processes.
This job used to be done by scm_compile_shell_switches, which didn't
make much sense; in particular, it meant that people using Guile for
non-shell-like applications had to jump through hoops to get Guile
initialized properly.
** The function scm_compile_shell_switches no longer loads the startup files.
Now, Guile always loads the startup files, whenever it is initialized;
see the notes above for scm_boot_guile and scm_load_startup_files.
** Function: scm_load_startup_files
This new function takes care of loading Guile's initialization file
(`boot-9.scm'), and the site initialization file, `init.scm'. Since
this is always called by the Guile initialization process, it's
probably not too useful to call this yourself, but it's there anyway.
** The semantics of smob marking have changed slightly.
The smob marking function (the `mark' member of the scm_smobfuns