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Re: message primitive
- To: gjb at cs dot washington dot edu
- Subject: Re: message primitive
- From: Clark McGrew <mcgrew at ale dot physics dot sunysb dot edu>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 15:45:04 -0500 (EST)
- CC: guile at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <qrriu14jfbt.fsf@clavicle.cs.washington.edu>
- Reply-to: clark dot mcgrew at sunysb dot edu
>>>>> "Greg" == Greg J Badros <gjb@cs.washington.edu> writes:
Greg> (message "Foo: %S %s" (list "a" "b"))
Greg> Note that this primitive already exists as a C-only
Greg> function, scm_display_error_message, that we would just need
Greg> to expose in the API. How do people feel about R[45]RS
Greg> compatibility issues?
Great! But how about calling it "display-error-message"? I think
"message" is a little too generic.