This index contains concepts, keywords and non-Schemey names for several
features, to make it easier to locate the desired sections.
 | Index Entry |   |  Section | 
 
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| ! |  |  | 
 | !# |   | 6.17.1.3 Block Comments | 
 
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| # |  |  | 
 | #! |   | 6.17.1.3 Block Comments | 
 | #,() |   | 7.5.9 SRFI-10 - Hash-Comma Reader Extension | 
 
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| ( |  |  | 
 | (ice-9 match) |   | 7.7 Pattern Matching | 
 
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| . |  |  | 
 | .guile |   | 4.4.1 The Init File, ‘~/.guile’ | 
 | ‘.guile’ file, not loading |   | 4.2.1 Command-line Options | 
 | ‘.guile_history’ |   | 7.8.1 Loading Readline Support | 
 | ‘.inputrc’ |   | 7.8.1 Loading Readline Support | 
 
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| / |  |  | 
 | ‘/etc/hosts’ |   | The Host Database | 
 | ‘/etc/protocols’ |   | The Protocol Database | 
 | ‘/etc/services’ |   | The Service Database | 
 
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| A |  |  | 
 | absolute file name |   | 7.2.3 File System | 
 | addrinfo object type |   | getaddrinfo | 
 | affinity, CPU |   | 7.2.7 Processes | 
 | alist |   | 6.7.12 Association Lists | 
 | alist |   | 7.5.3.9 Association Lists | 
 | arbiters |   | 6.21.1 Arbiters | 
 | argument specialize |   | 7.5.18 SRFI-26 - specializing parameters | 
 | arguments (command line) |   | 4.2.1 Command-line Options | 
 | arity, variable |   | 6.9.5 Case-lambda | 
 | arity, variable |   | 7.5.13 SRFI-16 - case-lambda | 
 | association List |   | 6.7.12 Association Lists | 
 | association list |   | 7.5.3.9 Association Lists | 
 | asyncs |   | 6.21.2 Asyncs | 
 | atomic time |   | 7.5.16.1 SRFI-19 Introduction | 
 | autoload |   | 6.19.3 Creating Guile Modules | 
 | automatic compilation |   | 6.17.5 Compiling Scheme Code | 
 | automatically-managed memory |   | 6.18.2 Memory Blocks | 
 
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| B |  |  | 
 | begin |   | 6.13.1 Sequencing and Splicing | 
 | binary input |   | 6.14.10.8 Binary Input | 
 | binary input |   | 6.14.10.8 Binary Input | 
 | binary output |   | 6.14.10.11 Binary Output | 
 | binary port |   | 6.14.10.4 Transcoders | 
 | binding renamer |   | 6.19.2 Using Guile Modules | 
 | binding renamer |   | 6.19.2 Using Guile Modules | 
 | bindir |   | 6.22.1 Configuration, Build and Installation | 
 | bitwise logical |   | 7.5.31 SRFI-60 - Integers as Bits | 
 | block comments |   | 6.17.1.3 Block Comments | 
 | Block read/write |   | 6.14.7 Block reading and writing | 
 | BOM |   | 6.14.12 Handling of Unicode byte order marks. | 
 | Breakpoints |   | 6.25.4 Traps | 
 | Breakpoints |   | 6.25.4.6 High-Level Traps | 
 | Buffered input |   | 7.14 Buffered Input | 
 | buildstamp |   | 6.22.1 Configuration, Build and Installation | 
 | byte order |   | 6.6.6.1 Endianness | 
 | byte order mark |   | 6.14.12 Handling of Unicode byte order marks. | 
 | bytevector |   | 6.6.6 Bytevectors | 
 
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| C |  |  | 
 | C port interface |   | 6.14.11.1 C Port Interface | 
 | callbacks |   | 6.20.6 Dynamic FFI | 
 | canonical host type |   | 6.22.1 Configuration, Build and Installation | 
 | case |   | 6.13.2 Simple Conditional Evaluation | 
 | case folding |   | 6.6.3 Characters | 
 | chaining environments |   | 3.4.3 Environment Chaining | 
 | character encoding |   | 6.6.5.13 Representing Strings as Bytes | 
 | charset |   | 6.6.4.6 Standard Character Sets | 
 | child processes |   | 7.2.7 Processes | 
 | class |   | 8.2 Class Definition | 
 | Closing ports |   | 6.14.4 Closing | 
 | closure |   | 3.4 The Concept of Closure | 
 | Code coverage |   | 6.25.4 Traps | 
 | code coverage |   | 6.26 Code Coverage Reports | 
 | code point |   | 6.6.3 Characters | 
 | code point, designated |   | 6.6.3 Characters | 
 | code point, reserved |   | 6.6.3 Characters | 
 | codec |   | 6.14.10.4 Transcoders | 
 | codeset |   | 6.6.4.6 Standard Character Sets | 
 | command line |   | 7.2.6 Runtime Environment | 
 | command line |   | 7.2.6 Runtime Environment | 
 | command line history |   | 7.8 Readline Support | 
 | command-line arguments |   | 4.2.1 Command-line Options | 
 | Command-line Options |   | 4.2.1 Command-line Options | 
 | commands |   | 4.4.4 REPL Commands | 
 | composable continuations |   | 6.13.5 Prompts | 
 | cond |   | 6.13.2 Simple Conditional Evaluation | 
 | condition variable |   | 6.21.4 Mutexes and Condition Variables | 
 | conditional evaluation |   | 6.13.2 Simple Conditional Evaluation | 
 | conditions |   | 7.5.23 SRFI-35 - Conditions | 
 | conservative garbage collection |   | 6.18.2 Memory Blocks | 
 | continuation, escape |   | 6.13.5.1 Prompt Primitives | 
 | continuations |   | 6.13.6 Continuations | 
 | copying |   | The Guile License | 
 | coverage |   | 6.26 Code Coverage Reports | 
 | cultural conventions |   | 6.24.1 Internationalization with Guile | 
 | curly-infix |   | 7.5.37 SRFI-105 Curly-infix expressions. | 
 | curly-infix-and-bracket-lists |   | 7.5.37 SRFI-105 Curly-infix expressions. | 
 | current directory |   | 7.2.7 Processes | 
 | custom binary input ports |   | 6.14.10.8 Binary Input | 
 | custom binary output ports |   | 6.14.10.11 Binary Output | 
 
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| D |  |  | 
 | database |   | 6.7.12 Association Lists | 
 | datadir |   | 6.22.1 Configuration, Build and Installation | 
 | date |   | 7.5.16 SRFI-19 - Time/Date Library | 
 | date |   | 7.5.16.3 SRFI-19 Date | 
 | date conversion |   | 7.5.16.4 SRFI-19 Time/Date conversions | 
 | date to string |   | 7.5.16.5 SRFI-19 Date to string | 
 | date, from string |   | 7.5.16.6 SRFI-19 String to date | 
 | debug options |   | 6.25.3.4 Debug options | 
 | Debugging |   | 6.25 Debugging Infrastructure | 
 | debugging virtual machine (command line) |   | 4.2.1 Command-line Options | 
 | debugging virtual machine (command line) |   | 4.2.1 Command-line Options | 
 | Default ports |   | 6.14.8 Default Ports for Input, Output and Errors | 
 | default slot value |   | 8.4 Slot Options | 
 | definition splicing |   | 6.13.1 Sequencing and Splicing | 
 | delayed evaluation |   | 6.17.9 Delayed Evaluation | 
 | delimited continuations |   | 6.13.5 Prompts | 
 | designated code point |   | 6.6.3 Characters | 
 | device file |   | 7.2.3 File System | 
 | directory contents |   | 7.2.3 File System | 
 | directory traversal |   | 7.11 File Tree Walk | 
 | domain-specific language |   | 6.10 Macros | 
 | DSL |   | 6.10 Macros | 
 | duplicate binding |   | 6.19.3 Creating Guile Modules | 
 | duplicate binding |   | 6.19.3 Creating Guile Modules | 
 | duplicate binding handlers |   | 6.19.3 Creating Guile Modules | 
 
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