GNU bug report logs - #34948
[PATCH 0/3] Turn 'essential-services' into an <operating-system> field

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 34948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#34948] [PATCH 1/3] records: Allow thunked fields to refer to 'this-record'.
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:20:37 +0100

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> I should mention that there are other craaaazzy applications of this!
>
> For example, the ‘self-native-input?’ field of <package> becomes
> useless, because now you can write:
>
>   (package
>     ;; …
>     (native-inputs
>       ;; Add self as a native input when cross-compiling.
>       `(,@(if (%current-target-system)
>               `(("this" ,this-record))
>               '())
>         ;; …
>         )))

Done in a7646bc5e17a829d23519d0b199a576fb1edbd04!

Ludo'.

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