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- Jamie

----- Original Message -----
From: lowly coder <lowlycoder@huoyanjinjing.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:19 pm
Subject: [gambit-list] define-type
To: Gambit List <gambit-list@iro.umontreal.ca>

> Hey,
>   Where is define-type documented? I can't find it in r5rs
> or in the gambit
> documentation (though it is briefly mentioned in a tour of
> scheme through
> gambit). define-type is really cool and I'm starting to run
> against my
> limited knowledge of it.
>
> Thanks!
>