Re: Guile and GSL

[Jason R. Green]

Hi,

> I think having Guile bindings to GSL would be great.  Which line of
> development are you referring to?

Oh, I was referring to the development of Guile bindings for GSL, in general.

> FWIW, I think it would be great if these bindings were eventually
> integrated in the GSL package proper.  To that end, you should make sure
> to follow the GNU Coding Standards, to provide good test coverage and
> documentation, and to make sure copyright can be assigned to the FSF.

Thanks for your suggestions. I will do.

> I suppose SRFI-4 homogeneous numeric vectors[*] would be a good fit for
> GSL vectors and matrices, and you wouldn’t need to create any new SMOB
> type.  That said, I’m sure you know GSL much better than me.  :-)

The SRFI-4 homogeneous numeric vectors do seem to be designed for this
purpose. My SMOB approach was entirely because of my familiarity with
GSL's interface and my unfamiliarity with Guile.

Thanks!
Jason