From: Mikael Djurfeldt Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 00:34:21 +0000 (+0000) Subject: *** empty log message *** X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/bpt/guile.git/commitdiff_plain/86a4d62e37c2711043bcad519bfd847253ea241d *** empty log message *** --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d195cda91..86d0d1bb9 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ primitive enable-primitive-generic! PRIMITIVE ... +[This primitive will disappear again in Guile-1.4 when all primitives + will be primitive generics.] + It is then possible to extend the primitive(s) by defining methods for them without loss of efficiency in normal evaluation. @@ -202,11 +205,11 @@ Example: (define-method + ((x ) (y )) (string-append x y)) - + will still be as efficient as usual in numerical calculations, but - can also be used for concatenating strings. ++ will still be as efficient as usual in numerical calculations, but +can also be used for concatenating strings. - Who will be the first one to extend Guile's numerical tower to - rationals? :) +Who will be the first one to extend Guile's numerical tower to +rationals? :) *** New snarf macros for defining primitives: SCM_GPROC, SCM_GPROC1