compile: Add '-x' flag.

* module/scripts/compile.scm (%options, compile): Add '-x'.
* doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi (Compilation): Document it.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi b/doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi
index 7a4c8c975..d1e4dbe47 100644
--- a/doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi
@@ -658,6 +658,12 @@ Write output bytecode to @var{ofile}.  By convention, bytecode file
 names end in @code{.go}.  When @option{-o} is omitted, the output file
 name is as for @code{compile-file} (see below).
 
+@item -x @var{extension}
+Recognize @var{extension} as a valid source file name extension.
+
+For example, to compile R6RS code, you might want to pass @command{-x
+.sls} so that files ending in @file{.sls} can be found.
+
 @item -W @var{warning}
 @itemx --warn=@var{warning}
 @cindex warnings, compiler