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gh_define


Dunno if I'm exploring an old bug that's been fixed
or an intended feature. The story goes a bit like this.

	gh_define( "blah", SCM_EOL )

works fine because "blah" is completely constant.
However, using something which may not be constant like:

	char buf[ 100 ];
	strcpy( buf, "blah" );
	gh_define( buf, SCM_EOL );
	strcpy( buf, "    " );

Does NOT work properly. It seems like gh_define() is not copying
the string that it is given but is using the memory directly
to build a symbol out of, possibly it is more complicated than
this... I haven't fully traced this out yet and I'll try to post
a more complete example later.

SHOULD gh_define() require a totally constant string or should
it make a copy of the string that it is given?

	- Tel