* doc/ref/api-data.texi: document scm_to_stringn, scm_from_stringn,
scm_to_latin1_stringn, and scm_from_latin1_stringn
* libguile/strings.h (scm_to_stringn): make public
(scm_to_latin1_stringn): new declaration
(scm_from_latin1_stringn): new declaration
* libguile/strings.c (scm_to_latin1_stringn): new function
(scm_from_latin1_stringn): new function
* libguile/foreign.c (make_cif): New procedure, with code formerly in
`scm_make_foreign_function'.
(scm_make_foreign_function): Use it.
(invoke_closure, scm_procedure_to_pointer)[FFI_CLOSURES]: New
functions.
* libguile/foreign.h (scm_procedure_to_pointer): New declaration.
* module/system/foreign.scm: Export `procedure->pointer' when available.
* test-suite/standalone/test-ffi (f-callback-1, f-callback-2): New
procedures and related tests.
* test-suite/standalone/test-ffi-lib.c (test_ffi_callback_1,
test_ffi_callback_2): New functions.
* test-suite/tests/foreign.test ("procedure->pointer"): New test prefix.
* doc/ref/api-foreign.texi (Dynamic FFI): Document `procedure->pointer'.
* module/system/repl/error-handling.scm: use the error string to
construct the <debug> instance.
* module/system/repl/command.scm: new debug command `error-message'
that extracts the new <debug> field, available to stack commands as
`message'.
* doc/ref/scheme-using.texi: documentation for new command.
* module/system/repl/debug.scm: <debug> stores the error string in a
new field.
* libguile/foreign.c (scm_string_to_pointer, scm_pointer_to_string): New
functions.
* libguile/foreign.h (scm_string_to_pointer, scm_pointer_to_string): New
declarations.
* module/system/foreign.scm: Export `string->pointer' and
`pointer->string'.
* test-suite/tests/foreign.test ("pointer<->string"): New test prefix.
* doc/ref/api-foreign.texi (Void Pointers and Byte Access): Add
`string->pointer' and `pointer->string'.
* README: Remove docs on "discouraged".
* configure.ac: Remove one more "discouraged" thing.
* doc/ref/api-deprecated.texi: Rename from api-discdepr.texi, and remove
sections on "discouraged".
* doc/ref/Makefile.am:
* doc/ref/guile.texi: Update referrers.
* libguile/foreign.c (scm_i_pointer_print): Print in hexadecimal.
* doc/ref/api-foreign.texi (Modules and Extensions): Update for
"extensiondir", and a discussion of Guile versions.
(Foreign Variables): Fix discussion of types.
(Void Pointers and Byte Access): Fix typo.
* doc/ref/api-foreign.texi (Foreign Types): Remove bits about typed
foreign pointers. Add `void'.
(Foreign Variables): Update the doc of `dynamic-pointer' and the
`numptob' example. Remove `foreign-set!' and `foreign-ref'. Add
`pointer-address', `make-pointer', `%null-pointer', and
`null-pointer?'
(Void Pointers and Byte Access): Make it clear that wrapped pointers
are untyped. Remove `void' from here. Replace `foreign->bytevector'
and `bytevector->foreign' by `pointer->bytevector' and
`bytevector->pointer'. Add `dereference-pointer' and the rest of the
`numptob' example.
(Dynamic FFI): Update examples. Remove `%null-pointer' from here.
* libguile/dynl.c (scm_dynamic_pointer): Update docstring.
* libguile/foreign.c (scm_dereference_pointer,
scm_pointer_to_bytevector): Likewise.
* module/system/foreign.scm (null-pointer?): Add docstring.
Now the random number generator state can be obtained in external
(i.e. `read'/`write'-able) form via the new procedure
`random-state->external'. An externalized state can be reinstantiated by
calling `external->random-state'.
* libguile/random.c (scm_i_init_rstate_scm, scm_i_expose_rstate): New
internal functions.
* libguile/random.c (scm_c_make_rstate_scm, scm_external_to_random_state,
scm_random_state_to_external): New public functions.
* libguile/random.h: Add prototypes for the above functions.
* libguile/random.h (scm_t_rng): Add new fields `init_rstate_scm' and
`expose_rstate'.
* libguile/random.c (scm_init_random): Initialize the new fields in
`scm_the_rng'.
R6RS character hex escapes do not conflict with legacy Guile octal
character escapes, so they can be enabled by default.
* libguile/read.c (scm_read_character): modified
* test-suite/tests/reader.test: modify character escape tests
* doc/ref/api-data.texi: modified
* doc/ref/api-options.texi: modified
The open-file port should use the 8-bit ISO-8859-1 encoding when
a file is opened using mode "b". Also, it should honor a "coding:"
declaration at the top of a file when reading files where it is present.
* libguile/fports.c (scm_open_file): modified
* test-suite/tests/ports.test: more tests for open-file
* doc/ref/api-io.texi (File Ports): more documentation for open-file
* doc/ref/tour.texi: Update Guile prompts for
scheme@(guile-user)>. Update output to assume value-history is on. Lop
and crop the bug reporting section -- it was too long.
* doc/ref/api-debug.texi (Debug on Error): Update xref.
* doc/ref/scheme-using.texi (REPL Commands): New subsection.
(Interactive Debugging): Rename from Interactive Debugger, to indicate
that debugging is just part of the REPL. Update docs.
* doc/ref/compiler.texi: Update for new ,pp meta-command.
* doc/ref/scheme-using.texi (Using Guile Interactively): Show value
history in examples.
(Value Historyx): Update docs to mention the repl option and the
programmatic interface.
* doc/ref/r6rs.texi: Fix erroneous usage of @pxref; add pointers from
`(rnrs conditions)' and `(rnrs arithmetic bitwise)' to SRFI-35 and
SRFI-60 sections; remove reference to `fold'.
* module/ice-9/psyntax.scm (set!): Handle variable transformers; though,
they cannot produce definitions.
(make-variable-transformer): New procedure.
(identifier-syntax): Allow the R6RS form that makes variable
transformers.
* module/ice-9/psyntax-pp.scm: Regenerated.
* doc/ref/r6rs.texi (R6RS Incompatibilities): Remove letrec* item, and
add set! restriction.
* libguile/Makefile.am (libpath.h): For ‘buildstamp’,
specify date(1) output format precisely, and in UTC.
* doc/ref/api-options.texi (Build Config): Update ‘buildstamp’ doc.
* doc/ref/tour.texi (Reporting Bugs): Update instructions for generating
a backtrace.
* doc/ref/scheme-using.texi: Update examples of Guile prompts, and add
an explanation of the prompt format.
* doc/ref/r6rs.texi (R6RS Support): Skeleton of docs on our R6RS
support.
* doc/ref/guile.texi:
* doc/ref/Makefile.am: Add r6rs.texi.
* doc/ref/intro.texi: Add a link to r6rs.texi.
