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author | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2014-04-28 18:51:21 +0200 |
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committer | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2014-04-28 18:51:21 +0200 |
commit | d7a67c3e918acd8ca46dc7792a8ca98b33cb94e8 (patch) | |
tree | 7ccf125978778d1ac6bb656245305c76db8e02d0 /doc/ref/api-utility.texi | |
parent | 475772ea57c97d0fa0f9ed9303db137d9798ddd3 (diff) | |
parent | 4338f2f91e1dd63a40384077d091295d90047926 (diff) | |
download | guile-d7a67c3e918acd8ca46dc7792a8ca98b33cb94e8.tar.gz |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/stable-2.0'
Conflicts:
.gitignore
doc/example-smob/Makefile
doc/ref/api-smobs.texi
doc/ref/libguile-concepts.texi
doc/ref/libguile-smobs.texi
libguile.h
libguile/finalizers.c
libguile/finalizers.h
libguile/goops.c
module/language/tree-il/compile-glil.scm
module/oop/goops.scm
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diff --git a/doc/ref/api-utility.texi b/doc/ref/api-utility.texi index 76c50b2ca..ffdf27687 100644 --- a/doc/ref/api-utility.texi +++ b/doc/ref/api-utility.texi @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @c -*-texinfo-*- @c This is part of the GNU Guile Reference Manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013 +@c Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 @c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See the file guile.texi for copying conditions. @@ -163,12 +163,14 @@ same. into an infinite loop if asked to compare two circular lists or similar. -New application-defined object types (@pxref{Defining New Types -(Smobs)}) have an @code{equalp} handler which is called by -@code{equal?}. This lets an application traverse the contents or -control what is considered @code{equal?} for two objects of such a -type. If there's no such handler, the default is to just compare as -per @code{eq?}. +GOOPS object types (@pxref{GOOPS}), including foreign object types +(@pxref{Defining New Foreign Object Types}), can have an @code{equal?} +implementation specialized on two values of the same type. If +@code{equal?} is called on two GOOPS objects of the same type, +@code{equal?} will dispatch out to a generic function. This lets an +application traverse the contents or control what is considered +@code{equal?} for two objects of such a type. If there's no such +handler, the default is to just compare as per @code{eq?}. @end deffn |