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authorMarius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>2005-01-14 16:24:09 +0000
committerMarius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.de>2005-01-14 16:24:09 +0000
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Describe new 1.4 compatability behavior of
-e option.
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@@ -132,6 +132,15 @@ that is defined in the script. It can also be of the form @code{(@@
@var{module-name} @var{symbol})} and in that case, the symbol is
looked up in the module named @var{module-name}.
+For compatibility with some versions of Guile 1.4, you can also use the
+form @code{(symbol ...)} (that is, a list of only symbols that doesn't
+start with @code{@@}), which is equivalent to @code{(@@ (symbol ...)
+main)}, or @code{(symbol ...) symbol} (that is, a list of only symbols
+followed by a symbol), which is equivalent to @code{(@@ (symbol ...)
+symbol)}. We recommend to use the equivalent forms directly since they
+corresponf to the @code{(@@ ...)} read syntax that can be used in
+normal code, @xref{Using Guile Modules}.
+
@xref{Scripting Examples}.
@item -ds