opaque type representing Guile scheme values.

init_with f calls f within a fresh Guile context.

with_continuation_barrier f runs the function f preventing any non-local control flow beyond the current calling context.

init () initialises the Guile context for the current thread of execution.

shell () starts execution of a Guile repl.

Note: assumes Guile.init has been called.

load filename loads the file at filename and evaluates it as a Guile scheme object.

eol represents an empty list in Guile.

undefined represents a nullary value in Guile, can be passed in as none values to functions with optional arguments.

(=) x y tests for equality between two Guile entities.

eval ?state s evaluates a Guile scheme s-expression s in execution state state.

eval_string s evaluates a string s as a Guile scheme s-expression

to_string ?printer v returns a string representation of a Guile scheme value v.