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author | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2010-08-28 13:43:46 -0700 |
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committer | Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com> | 2010-08-28 13:44:00 -0700 |
commit | c89920a71ff1d2201c5af8780feaa936faf2c7a3 (patch) | |
tree | b4392c19434574daf840d0b4d9ff18fc36fc746b | |
parent | 877514dab09db6b012e68a17301315586e8f27b6 (diff) | |
download | guile-c89920a71ff1d2201c5af8780feaa936faf2c7a3.tar.gz |
deprecate passing a number as the destination to `format'
* module/ice-9/format.scm (format): Deprecate having a number as the
destination.
* doc/ref/misc-modules.texi (Formatted Output): Update docs.
-rw-r--r-- | doc/ref/misc-modules.texi | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | module/ice-9/format.scm | 8 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ref/misc-modules.texi b/doc/ref/misc-modules.texi index 6cd0ad2ab..e17f9854b 100644 --- a/doc/ref/misc-modules.texi +++ b/doc/ref/misc-modules.texi @@ -159,9 +159,8 @@ instead of @nicode{%}, and are more powerful. @deffn {Scheme Procedure} format dest fmt [args@dots{}] Write output specified by the @var{fmt} string to @var{dest}. @var{dest} can be an output port, @code{#t} for -@code{current-output-port} (@pxref{Default Ports}), a number for -@code{current-error-port}, or @code{#f} to return the output as a -string. +@code{current-output-port} (@pxref{Default Ports}), or @code{#f} to +return the output as a string. @var{fmt} can contain literal text to be output, and @nicode{~} escapes. Each escape has the form diff --git a/module/ice-9/format.scm b/module/ice-9/format.scm index c802f29c3..6520a60ba 100644 --- a/module/ice-9/format.scm +++ b/module/ice-9/format.scm @@ -167,13 +167,17 @@ (cond ((or (and (boolean? destination) ; port output destination) - (output-port? destination) - (number? destination)) + (output-port? destination)) (format:out (cond ((boolean? destination) (current-output-port)) ((output-port? destination) destination) ((number? destination) (current-error-port))) (car arglist) (cdr arglist))) + ((number? destination) + (issue-deprecation-warning + "Passing a number to format as the destination is deprecated." + "Pass (current-error-port) instead.") + (format:out (current-error-port) (car arglist) (cdr arglist))) ((and (boolean? destination) ; string output (not destination)) (call-with-output-string |