Re: [PATCH] Improved `scm_from_locale_symbol ()' + `scm_take_locale_symbol ()'

2006-01-25 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello, Ken Raeburn [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As for the politics, you may have noticed that GNU is a somewhat politically motivated project... :-) But I have no idea if the choice of arch is official, or just what some volunteers were willing to support; ask RMS if you want to know the

Re: [PATCH] Improved `scm_from_locale_symbol ()' + `scm_take_locale_symbol ()'

2006-01-24 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ludovic Courtès [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, The patch below does two things: 1. It introduces `scm_take_locale_symbol ()'. 2. It modifies `scm_from_locale_symbol ()' so that it doesn't create a Scheme string to do the job. This second modification has a

Re: [PATCH] Improved `scm_from_locale_symbol ()' + `scm_take_locale_symbol ()'

2006-01-24 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Han-Wen Nienhuys) writes: I think it looks OK. If noone steps forward, I will integrate it. Thanks! Have you considered asking Marius for CVS write access? One might arguably consider it inadequate. Beside, as long as patches are reviewed in a reasonable amount of

Re: [PATCH] Improved `scm_from_locale_symbol ()' + `scm_take_locale_symbol ()'

2006-01-24 Thread Ludovic Courtès
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Han-Wen Nienhuys) writes: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ludovic Courtès [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] This second modification has a nice effect: it can significantly reduce the number of objects created at load-time. Unfortunately, Guile's built-in reader always produces

Re: [PATCH] Improved `scm_from_locale_symbol ()' + `scm_take_locale_symbol ()'

2006-01-24 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ludovic Courtès [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In fact, I think we'd greatly benefit from using a distributed revision control system like GNU Arch: it really makes it easier to collaborate, Yes, -- FWIW, I warmly recommend darcs, which is much easier to use. I just

Re: [PATCH] Improved `scm_from_locale_symbol ()' + `scm_take_locale_symbol ()'

2006-01-24 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ludovic Courtès [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Han-Wen Nienhuys) writes: Yes, -- FWIW, I warmly recommend darcs, which is much easier to use. I don't think there's such a huge difference, especially when looking at [0]. Additionally, most of the

Re: [PATCH] Improved `scm_from_locale_symbol ()' + `scm_take_locale_symbol ()'

2006-01-24 Thread Ludovic Courtès
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Han-Wen Nienhuys) writes: Yes, -- FWIW, I warmly recommend darcs, which is much easier to use. I don't think there's such a huge difference, especially when looking at [0]. Additionally, most of the commands shown there now have easy-looking counterparts taken from Bazaar,

Re: [PATCH] Improved `scm_from_locale_symbol ()' + `scm_take_locale_symbol ()'

2006-01-24 Thread Ken Raeburn
On Jan 24, 2006, at 16:06, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ludovic Courtès [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Han-Wen Nienhuys) writes: Yes, -- FWIW, I warmly recommend darcs, which is much easier to use. I don't think there's such a huge difference,