~ chicken-core (chicken-5) 81d9fd151b4b1c693d40dcc7309f476960f56979
commit 81d9fd151b4b1c693d40dcc7309f476960f56979
Author: Peter Bex <peter@more-magic.net>
AuthorDate: Sun Jan 22 18:00:26 2017 +0100
Commit: Peter Bex <peter@more-magic.net>
CommitDate: Sun Jan 22 18:00:26 2017 +0100
Merge manual changes from wiki
diff --git a/manual/Getting started b/manual/Getting started
index 890b16d8..0be8fccb 100644
--- a/manual/Getting started
+++ b/manual/Getting started
@@ -287,11 +287,11 @@ To invoke the CHICKEN interpreter, you use the {{csi}} command.
$ csi
CHICKEN
- (c) 2008-2017, The CHICKEN Team
+ (c) 2008-2016, The CHICKEN Team
(c) 2000-2007, Felix L. Winkelmann
- Version 4.9.0.1 (stability/4.9.0) (rev 8b3189b)
+ Version 4.11.0 (rev ce980c4)
linux-unix-gnu-x86-64 [ 64bit manyargs dload ptables ]
- bootstrapped 2014-06-07
+ compiled 2016-05-28 on yves.more-magic.net (Linux)
#;1>
diff --git a/manual/The R5RS standard b/manual/The R5RS standard
index d88294ab..28db52dc 100644
--- a/manual/The R5RS standard
+++ b/manual/The R5RS standard
@@ -900,9 +900,8 @@ at the beginning of a <body>.
A definition should have one of the following forms:
-* (define <variable> <expression>)
-
-* (define (<variable> <formals>) <body>)
+<macro>(define <variable> <expression>)</macro><br>
+<macro>(define (<variable> <formals>) <body>)</macro><br>
<Formals> should be either a sequence of zero or more variables, or a
sequence of one or more variables followed by a space-delimited period
@@ -912,7 +911,7 @@ equivalent to
(define <variable>
(lambda (<formals>) <body>)).
-* (define (<variable> . <formal>) <body>)
+<macro>(define (<variable> . <formal>) <body>)</macro><br>
<Formal> should be a single variable. This form is equivalent to
@@ -2535,7 +2534,7 @@ numerical predicates.
String must be a string, and start and end must be exact integers
satisfying
- 0 < start < end < (string-length string)
+ 0 <= start <= end <= (string-length string)
Substring returns a newly allocated string formed from the characters
of string beginning with index start (inclusive) and ending with index
diff --git a/manual/Unit lolevel b/manual/Unit lolevel
index c7911220..c35102ea 100644
--- a/manual/Unit lolevel
+++ b/manual/Unit lolevel
@@ -319,6 +319,12 @@ Returns {{#t}} if {{X}} is a pointer-vector or {{#f}} otherwise.
Returns a pointer-vector from the given pointer arguments.
+==== pointer-vector-length
+
+<procedure>(pointer-vector-length POINTERVECTOR)</procedure>
+
+Returns the length of the given pointer-vector.
+
==== pointer-vector-ref
<procedure>(pointer-vector-ref POINTERVECTOR INDEX)</procedure>
diff --git a/manual/Unit posix b/manual/Unit posix
index b3a8f59f..fdbe0687 100644
--- a/manual/Unit posix
+++ b/manual/Unit posix
@@ -539,8 +539,8 @@ not followed:
block-device
Note that not all types are supported on every platform.
-If {{ERROR}} is given and true, {{file-type}} signals an
-error if the file does not exist.
+If {{ERROR}} is given and false, then {{file-type}} returns {{#f}} if the file does not exist;
+otherwise, it signals an error.
==== character-device?
Trap