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    >>  Looking at the SCWM source it seems to depend on having main
    >> call a gh_enter that doesn't return.  I'm really thinking about
    >> adding guile to an application where I can't easily capture the
    >> main.

    Greg> But you can always capture main in C code:

    Greg> main -> renamed to new_main

    Greg> introduce new main that calls gh_enter and returns control
    Greg> to new_main.

    Greg> I think Maciej's patch for Guile may handle this more
    Greg> elegantly, but in principle it shouldn't make a difference.

We've been through this many times.  It makes a big difference,
because other applications may not put up with the main() being
captured.  Many examples have been posted to this list.