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Re: Smob documentation
Mikael Djurfeldt <mdj@mdj-pc.nada.kth.se> writes:
> I realize that I have too many tasks to do before release, considering
> the amount of time I can spend on Guile. This is a request for help
> to complete this change. Here's what needs to be done:
>
> 1. Someone needs to modify the section about smobs in data-rep.texi
> and modify the code in doc/example according to the description
> below. (The description below is very rudimentary. It should of
> course not be copied verbatim into the manual.)
>
> 2. Someone needs to replace all calls to scm_newsmob with
> scm_make_smob_type and scm_set_smob_xxx in libguile and modify the
> smob constructors to use SCM_NEWSMOB. While doing this, one should
> of course try to use the default mark and print functions if this
> is possible without removing functionality.
>
> arbiters.c, async.c and regex-posix.c has already been converted.
> Look there to see what it's about.
>
> Who can supply this?
I don't mind doing this if nobody else wants the piece-- I can have it
done by the end of next weekend -- June 27th. I assume a patch relative
to the anonymous CVS would be fine?
Greg