2009/1/16 <dsm...@roadrunner.com>: > ---- Neil Jerram <neiljer...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> scm_init_guile has always been a bit problematic, as it requires lots >> of heuristic and OS-dependent code to try to determine where the base >> of the stack is. It's never been formally deprecated, but we have >> always advised people to use scm_boot_guile or scm_with_guile if they
> Iirc, scm_init_guile is mainly used when you do not have access to main(), > for example writing a module for apache. Generally, when you want to add > Guile to an already existing application that has plugins or extension > modules via .so's. This is an excellent example of where scm_init_guile is exactly the *wrong* function to use. The problem is, of course, that if you scm_init_guile in some .so, you will accidentally place the entire system into guile mode, and not just the .so, as intended. Instead, you want to call scm_with_guile on entry to the so, it will unwind on exit. This could be cleared up by having the docs make the case more forcefully. --linas
