Re: '#:optional' in Scheme function documentation looks weird

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> In `notation.pdf`, section 'A.23, Scheme functions', the function
>> header
>>
>>   (define-safe-public (check-context-path path #:optional location)
>>
>> gets currently translated to
>>
>>   check-context-path path . lambda*:G59

A quick work-around is to use Guile 2.x, as Jean has reported in !808...

> How many of those do we have?

About a dozen.

> One could redefine them manually, giving
> 
> check-context-path path . optional-location
> 
> or similar.

Could you take care of that?

> It's also conveivable that define-safe-public could funnel off the
> argument list into the documentation string before it gets replaced:
> I remember doing something like that for markup commands since
> Guile-2.x did not retain the argument lists.

Sounds promising.  Again, could you take care of that?


    Werner