Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH][5] Make temporary stack resizable (fixes #1098)

2015-11-03 Thread Peter Bex
On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 11:03:20PM +0100, felix.winkelm...@bevuta.com wrote: > > > That doesn't change the fact that it is very bad programming style. It > > > doesn't > > > scale, is not portable and very inefficient. Endorsing such a programming > > > style > > > encourages writing bad code,

Re: [Chicken-hackers] chicken-install bug: does not copy all folders when cross-compiling

2015-11-03 Thread Peter Bex
On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 01:33:59PM +0200, Kristian Lein-Mathisen wrote: > Hi dear chickeners! > > We have a really nice macro[1] that runs "git describe --tags" and produces > string-output of our current version at compile-time. This method is (when > not cross-compiling) very robust because it

Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH][5] Make temporary stack resizable (fixes #1098)

2015-11-03 Thread John Cowan
Peter Bex scripsit: > As far as I know, R5RS doesn't say anything about a maximum number of > procedure arguments in direct calls or when using apply. In my book, > it's "better" in some absolute way to remove any limitations beyond > those which R5RS allows for. The general permission to