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[PATCH] guix: new command "guix run-script"

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From: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 40373 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#40373] [PATCH] guix: new command "guix run-script"
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:12:59 +0200

Hi Simon,

> Why not simply add an option to "guix repl"?
> For example "--batch", mimicking  "emacs --batch".
> Or "--script".

Do you have a suggestion for explaining such a command to someone who
want to run a script bu (1) doesn't know what a REPL is, (2) doesn't
need to know what a REPL is, (3) would be mystified by the behavior
resulting from forgetting the –script argument?

I agree of course that naming is hard, but it is also important.  Git
should be a sufficient demonstration of what happens when you design
command-line interfaces by a sequence of cumulative least-effort
decisions.

Cheers,
  Konrad

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