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[PATCH core-updates] guix: packages: Remove #f from inputs when sanitizing.

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Message #34 received at 57704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, 57704 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57704: [PATCH core-updates] guix: packages: Remove #f from
 inputs when sanitizing.
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 15:43:37 -0500

Hi Liliana,

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

> Hi Liliana,
>
> Liliana Marie Prikler <liliana.prikler <at> gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> This makes it so that new-style inputs can be optional using regular Guile
>> patterns, e.g. (and (target-x86-64?) rust).
>
> I’d rather avoid that and make sure input lists are just plain lists,
> remaining strict, and keeping the sanitize procedure simple (notably so
> it can be optimized in common cases).
>
> That means we have to live with idioms like:
>
>   (append (list x y z)
>           (if (target-x86-64?) (list rust) '()))
>
> The ‘openmpi’ package has sugar to make that more concise.
>
> Thoughts?

Any plans to revisit this, or should we close it?

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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