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authorMark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>2014-02-05 23:25:32 -0500
committerMark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>2014-02-05 23:25:32 -0500
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Document 'equal?' in list of R6RS incompatibilities.
* doc/ref/r6rs.texi (R6RS Incompatibilities): Mention that 'equal?' may not terminate when applied to cyclic datums.
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@c -*-texinfo-*-
@c This is part of the GNU Guile Reference Manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
-@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
+@c 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See the file guile.texi for copying conditions.
@node R6RS Support
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ ongoing to fix this.
Guile does not prevent use of textual I/O procedures on binary ports.
More generally, it does not make a sharp distinction between binary and
textual ports (@pxref{R6RS Port Manipulation, binary-port?}).
+
+@item
+Guile's implementation of @code{equal?} may fail to terminate when
+applied to arguments containing cycles.
@end itemize
@node R6RS Standard Libraries