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> From: Clark McGrew <mcgrew@ale.physics.sunysb.edu> > X-UIDL: d73125f45c6efa0b1d3311147defe9a8 > > >>>>> "Gary" == Gary V Vaughan <gvaughan@oranda.demon.co.uk> writes: > > > Clark McGrew wrote: > >> I would like to see a documentation property attached to both > >> scheme and primitive functions (and compiled into the > >> executable). > > Gary> I would tend to think this adds unnecessary bload to the > Gary> binary, > > I'd like to see docstrings compiled into the executable since it > minimizes the number of files that need to be installed. I would say definitely not, because we want to translate the doc strings into ten thousand different (human) languages and choose which file to use based upon local settings. > Imagine for > a moment an application the is extended by GUILE, but that doesn't > load any scheme files (ie. everything is implemented as a primitive). > I want to copy the exe to "joe user" without having to install a lot > of extra files, but I want include the doc-strings. It's nice when > you're able to point somebody at an EXE and say, "copy and run this on > your machine." That's why we have tarballs and RPM's. -- --Keith This mail message sent by GNU emacs and Linux. Food, Shelter, Source code.