C and scheme for Timespec KVP type

[Dave Peticolas]

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On Tue, 2001-11-20 at 17:09, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Dave, here is my half of the Timespec KVP type.  I think I got all the
> places where it's important.  The type is KVP_TYPE_TIMESPEC and the
> new functions are kvp_value_new_timespec() and kvp_value_get_timespec()
>=20
> An interesting thing to note is that conversion between C types and
> scheme appears to happen in multiple places.  For example, what's the
> difference between
>   kvp_value * gnc_scm_to_kvp_value_ptr(SCM val) in kvp-scm.c, and
>   gnc_scm2kvp_value (SCM value_scm) in engine-helpers.c?
>=20
> Similarly, the conversion from a kvp_valye -> SCM appears in both
> files as well.  Weird, huh?

The one in engine-helpers is used to store kvp values
long-term in, say, a separate file. It lists types
explicitly. The one in kvp-scm.scm is intended for
run-time use and isn't complete. It tried to guess
kvp types from the scheme types.

dave


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