Doc fixes

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index c2cecee..2d662f6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 2001-04-20  Neil Jerram  <neil@ossau.uklinux.net>
 
+       * gh.texi (Executing Scheme code): gh_eval_file returns
+       SCM_UNSPECIFIED.  Thanks to Dirk for the report!
+
+       * data-rep.texi (Non-immediate Datatypes, Immediates vs
+       Non-immediates): Emphasize current rather than pre-1.4 practice
+       when talking about not needing to call SCM_NIMP.
+
        * recipe-guidelines.txt: New file: guidelines for contributions to
        the Guile Recipes manual.
 

diff --git a/doc/data-rep.texi b/doc/data-rep.texi
index f758df3..83edcb8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/data-rep.texi
+++ b/doc/data-rep.texi
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 @c essay @sp 10
 @c essay @comment The title is printed in a large font.
 @c essay @title Data Representation in Guile
-@c essay @subtitle $Id: data-rep.texi,v 1.21 2001-04-16 09:38:32 ossau Exp $
+@c essay @subtitle $Id: data-rep.texi,v 1.22 2001-04-20 13:26:55 ossau Exp $
 @c essay @subtitle For use with Guile @value{VERSION}
 @c essay @author Jim Blandy
 @c essay @author Free Software Foundation
@@ -577,11 +577,12 @@ Return non-zero iff @var{x} is a non-immediate object.  This is the
 exact complement of @code{SCM_IMP}, above.
 @end deftypefn
 
-Note that, as of Guile 1.4, it is no longer necessary to use the
+Note that for versions of Guile prior to 1.4 it was necessary to use the
 @code{SCM_NIMP} macro before calling a finer-grained predicate to
 determine @var{x}'s type, such as @code{SCM_CONSP} or
-@code{SCM_VECTORP}.  The definitions of all Guile type predicates
-now include a call to @code{SCM_NIMP} where necessary.
+@code{SCM_VECTORP}.  This is no longer required: the definitions of all
+Guile type predicates now include a call to @code{SCM_NIMP} where
+necessary.
 
 
 @node Immediate Datatypes
@@ -750,9 +751,9 @@ non-immediate --- in other words stored in a heap cell.  The tag stored
 in the first word of the heap cell indicates more precisely the type of
 that object.
 
-As of Guile 1.4, the type predicates for non-immediate values work
-correctly on any @code{SCM} value; you do not need to call
-@code{SCM_NIMP} first, to establish that a value is non-immediate.
+The type predicates for non-immediate values work correctly on any
+@code{SCM} value; you do not need to call @code{SCM_NIMP} first, to
+establish that a value is non-immediate.
 
 @menu
 * Pair Data::                       

diff --git a/doc/gh.texi b/doc/gh.texi
index 691fd55..106ed05 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/gh.texi
+++ b/doc/gh.texi
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ parentheses, you must either concatenate them into one string, or use
 @deftypefun SCM gh_eval_file (char *@var{fname})
 @deftypefunx SCM gh_load (char *@var{fname})
 @code{gh_eval_file} is completely analogous to @code{gh_eval_str()},
-except that a whole file is evaluated instead of a string.  Returns the
-result of the last expression evaluated.
+except that a whole file is evaluated instead of a string.
+@code{gh_eval_file} returns @code{SCM_UNSPECIFIED}.
 
 @code{gh_load} is identical to @code{gh_eval_file} (it's a macro that
 calls @code{gh_eval_file} on its argument).  It is provided to start