-/* Guile 1.4.x compatibility */
-#if GUILE_MINOR_VERSION < 5
-
-#define scm_t_bits scm_bits_t
-
-#define fix_guile_1_4_gh_scm2newstr(str, lenp) gh_scm2newstr (str, (int*)lenp)
-#define gh_scm2newstr(str, lenp) fix_guile_1_4_gh_scm2newstr (str, lenp)
-
-#define fix_guile_1_4_scm_primitive_eval(form) scm_eval_3 (form, 1, SCM_EOL)
-#define scm_primitive_eval(form) fix_guile_1_4_scm_primitive_eval (form)
-
-#define scm_current_module() (SCM)0
-#define scm_set_current_module(x) (void)x
-#define scm_c_resolve_module(x) (SCM)0
-
-inline SCM scm_c_make_vector (int k, SCM val) {
- return scm_make_vector (SCM_MAKINUM (k), val);
-}
-#define scm_c_define_gsubr scm_make_gsubr
-#define scm_c_eval_string(str) gh_eval_str ((char*)str)
-
-#define scm_gc_protect_object scm_protect_object
-#define scm_gc_unprotect_object scm_unprotect_object
-#define scm_list_n scm_listify
-#define SCM_STRING_CHARS SCM_CHARS
-#define SCM_STRING_LENGTH SCM_LENGTH
-#define SCM_SYMBOL_CHARS SCM_CHARS
-#define SCM_SYMBOL_LENGTH SCM_LENGTH
-#define SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH SCM_LENGTH
-
-#endif
-
-#if GUILE_MINOR_VERSION < 7
-#define scm_gc_unregister_collectable_memory(a,b,c) scm_done_free(b)
-#define scm_gc_register_collectable_memory(a,b,c) scm_done_malloc(b)
-#endif
-
-#include "direction.hh"
-#include "flower-proto.hh"
-
-#ifndef SCM_PACK
-#define SCM_PACK(x) ((SCM) x)
-
-#endif
-#ifndef SCM_UNPACK
-#define SCM_UNPACK(x) ( x)
-#endif
-
-/*
- conversion functions follow the GUILE naming convention, i.e.
-
- A ly_B2A (B b);
- */