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[PATCH 0/3] Document the image API.

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Message #56 received at 57643 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
Cc: 57643 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#57643] [PATCH 1/3] image: Make the operating-system field
 mandatory.
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 15:02:58 +0200

Hey,

> The complexity of this 'without os' macro seems to come from accepting an 'os'
> and then throwing it away.  However, when there is an 'os', you might as well
> use 'image' directly, without 'image-without-os', so I think this macro can be
> simplified to:

Yeah this was mostly a good pretext to have fun with macros, I agree
your alternative makes more sense. I used your proposed approach instead.

> (IIUC, '(guix records)' will detect duplicate definitions of fields.)

It does.

Thanks,

Mathieu

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