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author | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2010-03-14 14:39:47 +0100 |
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committer | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2010-03-14 14:39:47 +0100 |
commit | 0f7e6c56cd3d1a070ea4b469368d9c2f6f492538 (patch) | |
tree | 90832b08cea00b9ed8021f4d5efc3563cfd3f7ce /doc/ref/libguile-concepts.texi | |
parent | 06dcb9dfb663169ce612bca241e5438c73bfa5c6 (diff) | |
download | guile-0f7e6c56cd3d1a070ea4b469368d9c2f6f492538.tar.gz |
update "data representation" part of guile internals doc
* doc/ref/api-control.texi (Handling Errors): Move the "Signalling Type
Errors" section here.
* doc/ref/data-rep.texi (Data Representation): Refactor, lopping and
cropping and stitching.
* doc/ref/libguile-concepts.texi (Dynamic Types):
* doc/ref/libguile-smobs.texi (Describing a New Type, Double Smobs):
* doc/ref/guile.texi (Guile Implementation, Programming in C): Adapt to
refactorings.
* doc/ref/history.texi (A Scheme of Many Maintainers):
(A Timeline of Selected Guile Releases, Status): Update.
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ref/libguile-concepts.texi b/doc/ref/libguile-concepts.texi index ffdc5f0ec..16f07e125 100644 --- a/doc/ref/libguile-concepts.texi +++ b/doc/ref/libguile-concepts.texi @@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ that have been added to Guile by third-party libraries. Also, computing with @code{SCM} is not necessarily inefficient. Small integers will be encoded directly in the @code{SCM} value, for example, -and do not need any additional memory on the heap. See @ref{The -Libguile Runtime Environment} to find out the details. +and do not need any additional memory on the heap. See @ref{Data +Representation} to find out the details. Some special @code{SCM} values are available to C code without needing to convert them from C values: @@ -170,9 +170,8 @@ In addition to @code{SCM}, Guile also defines the related type @code{scm_t_bits}. This is an unsigned integral type of sufficient size to hold all information that is directly contained in a @code{SCM} value. The @code{scm_t_bits} type is used internally by -Guile to do all the bit twiddling explained in @ref{The Libguile -Runtime Environment}, but you will encounter it occasionally in low-level -user code as well. +Guile to do all the bit twiddling explained in @ref{Data Representation}, but +you will encounter it occasionally in low-level user code as well. @node Garbage Collection |