Re: A function to print instead of $(warning ) or $(error )

[Dill, John]

>> The only quirk in this solution is that all output goes to stderr
>> instead of stdout.
>
>And, it uses shell which is starting processes and is therefore a lot
>slower than a builtin function would be in case you care about
>performance.

I notice a bit of slowdown in my work since I use this technique to echo 
autoconf like messages.  The messages just drift by a little bit more slowly.  
On a fast linux machine it's barely noticeable, but on my old 300 Mhz windows 
using MinGW, it's a little more drastic.

I appreciate the idea of keeping minimal interfaces, but to value that over 
functionality which is more fundamental than an 'error' or 'warning' function 
to begin with seems contradictory.  You don't need 'error' and 'warning' if you 
have a generic 'print' function.  You can certainly redefine them using a 
generic 'print' function.

Is guile going to change this aspect of make, for example allowing us to use a 
standard gmake gateway function to call some custom defined function which will 
do exactly what we want, and faster?

Thanks,
John Dill