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code generator for guile primitives (guile-interface.el)


>i found it tedious to constantly code the SCM_PROC's and SCM_ASSERT's
>required for a new guile primitive, so i added a c code generator to
>guile-interface.el.  the code generator queries the user for the
>scheme name of the new primitive, and the name and type of each of the
>primitive's arguments.  the querying for types supports completion.
>new smobs are easy to add.

Something about this approach strikes me as horribly wrong, but I love
it.  (And have done slightly worse things myself.)