module/language/elisp/README

   1 Guile's Emacs Lisp compiler
   2 ===========================
   3
   4 This is more or less a lot of work in progress.  Here are some notes as well
   5 as status information.
   6
   7 Already implemented:
   8   * progn
   9   * if, cond
  10   * and, or
  11   * quote
  12   * referencing and setting (setq) variables
  13
  14 Especially still missing:
  15   * other progX forms, will be done in macros
  16   * where, unless, will be done in macros
  17   * while, other loops using macros
  18   * catch/throw, unwind-protect
  19   * real elisp reader instead of Scheme's
  20   * let, set based on setq
  21   * makunbound, boundp
  22   * automatic creation of fluids when needed
  23   * macros
  24   * general primitives (+, -, *, cons, ...)
  25   * functions, lambdas
  26   * defvar, defun