[debbugs-tracker] bug#10250: closed (Problems using optargs with function docstrings)

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> Problems using optargs with function docstrings
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> Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:01:30 +0000
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> There seems to be a nasty interference between the (ice-9 optargs)
> module, Guile's support for function docstrings, and a function's
> top-level definition context.
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> For example, the following works:
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> (use-modules (ice-9 optargs))
> (define* (foo #:optional (bar "baz"))
> (define (frob p) (display p) (newline))
> (frob bar))
> (foo)
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> baz
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> But when you add a docstring, it doesn't.
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> (use-modules (ice-9 optargs))
> (define* (foo #:optional (bar "baz"))
> "Docs go here"
> (define (frob p) (display p) (newline))
> (frob bar))
> (foo)
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> This generates an error:
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> ERROR: In procedure memoization:
> ERROR: Bad define placement (define (frob p) (display p) (newline)).
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> I'm not sure if this is a bug, but it looks like one to me. ;-)
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> Peter
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> Peter Brett <address@hidden>
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> Surrey Space Centre
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> On Fri 09 Dec 2011 00:37, Peter TB Brett <address@hidden> writes:
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> > On Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:39:22 +0000, Ian Price <address@hidden>
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> >> Which version are you using? I'm on current stable-2.0(e7b2efd)
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> > This was with Guile 1.8.7 (guile-5:1.8.7-6.fc14).
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> Sounds like it's fixed in the 2.0.x series.  We would accept a patch to
> fix it for 1.8.x, but I'm not going to work on it myself.
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> Regards, and happy hacking,
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> Andy
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