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[PATCH v2] doc: Clarify special-files-service-type expected value.

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Message #11 received at 60014 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>
Cc: 60014 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Bruno Victal <mirai <at> makinata.eu>,
 guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#60014] [PATCH] activation: make install-special-file match
 against pairs as well.
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:52:46 +0100

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Josselin Poiret via Guix-patches via 写道：
> I personally would prefer keeping the special file interface 
> as-is, and
> not mix two different kinds of entries: lists with 2 elements, 
> and
> pairs.  That would avoid having to manage even more edge-cases 
> down the
> line if some more processing is needed.

I agree with this reasoning, and would go as far as to say that if 
this fixes anything, that thing should probably be fixed instead…?

‘Takes a list of As, but as a special case, a single A’ is 
confusing and makes it that much harder for newcomers to move 
beyond cargo-culting magical snippets.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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