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Re: libguile and readline

Greg Troxel writes:
 >   Do programs that link with libguile _really_ need libreadline?
 > 
 > The default gh_repl() uses it, if it was found.  Probably it should be
 > a module and dynlinked if needed.  If this isn't used in a program
 > with which guile is extended, it's bloat.

It's also bloat if guile is started as coprocess, for example inside the
Emacs with run-scheme, or if one would write a gtk-based IDE for guile
similar to mzscheme's drscheme.
--
Klaus Schilling