On 6 Jun 2000, bernard URBAN wrote:
> Hum... ALL *.x files contain only a newline !!!
> ALL *.doc are void !!!
But, there's more to it: I just discovered a similar problem when trying
to use the threads stuff.
Here's what I found: In scm_make_gsubr, for a couple of parameter numbers
there exist special cases. But, if none of these special cases is used,
the following code is executed:
scm_set_procedure_property_x (cclo, scm_sym_name, SCM_CAR (symcell));
But, scm_sym_name has to be initialized! If it is not initialized, it is
0, and thus equal to all other uninitialized globals.
Thus, scm_init_gsubr has to be called _before_ the first snarfed header
file is executed. Up to now this problem has not appeared yet, but in the
new threads.c, there is a function with 4 mandatory parameters, and this
is not one of the special cases.
Here is what I did:
scm_weaks_prehistory (); /* Must come after scm_init_storage */
scm_init_subr_table ();
scm_init_root ();
+ scm_init_gsubr ();
#ifdef USE_THREADS
- scm_init_threads (base);
+ scm_init_threads (base); /* Requires gsubr */
#endif
- start_stack (base);
- scm_init_gsubr ();
+ start_stack (base); /* Requires threads */
scm_init_feature ();
scm_init_alist ();
scm_init_arbiters ();
The dependencies between the different packages can become quite messy.
Best regards
Dirk
