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-rw-r--r--doc/ref/api-compound.texi11
-rw-r--r--libguile/generalized-arrays.c5
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ref/api-compound.texi b/doc/ref/api-compound.texi
index ab2bd3087..6dfc5fdc0 100644
--- a/doc/ref/api-compound.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/api-compound.texi
@@ -1392,6 +1392,7 @@ as elements in the list.
@end deffn
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} array-type array
+@deffnx {C Function} scm_array_type (array)
Return the type of @var{array}. This is the `vectag' used for
printing @var{array} (or @code{#t} for ordinary arrays) and can be
used with @code{make-typed-array} to create an array of the same kind
@@ -1399,6 +1400,7 @@ as @var{array}.
@end deffn
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} array-ref array idx @dots{}
+@deffnx {C Function} scm_array_ref (array, idxlist)
Return the element at @code{(idx @dots{})} in @var{array}.
@example
@@ -1409,7 +1411,7 @@ Return the element at @code{(idx @dots{})} in @var{array}.
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} array-in-bounds? array idx @dots{}
@deffnx {C Function} scm_array_in_bounds_p (array, idxlist)
-Return @code{#t} if the given index would be acceptable to
+Return @code{#t} if the given indices would be acceptable to
@code{array-ref}.
@example
@@ -1450,6 +1452,13 @@ For example,
@end example
@end deffn
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} array-length array
+@deffnx {C Function} scm_array_length (array)
+@deffnx {C Function} size_t scm_c_array_length (array)
+Return the length of an array: its first dimension. It is an error to
+ask for the length of an array of rank 0.
+@end deffn
+
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} array-rank array
@deffnx {C Function} scm_array_rank (array)
Return the rank of @var{array}.
diff --git a/libguile/generalized-arrays.c b/libguile/generalized-arrays.c
index 7e17a9f70..9382e817e 100644
--- a/libguile/generalized-arrays.c
+++ b/libguile/generalized-arrays.c
@@ -133,9 +133,8 @@ scm_c_array_length (SCM array)
SCM_DEFINE (scm_array_length, "array-length", 1, 0, 0,
(SCM array),
- "Return the length of an array: the dimension of its first\n"
- "dimension. It is an error to ask for the length of an\n"
- "array of rank 0.")
+ "Return the length of an array: its first dimension.\n"
+ "It is an error to ask for the length of an array of rank 0.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_array_rank
{
return scm_from_size_t (scm_c_array_length (array));