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[PATCH] doc: Use G-Expressions for package definition example.

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Message #17 received at 62754 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>, Bruno Victal <mirai <at> makinata.eu>
Cc: 62754 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, ivan-p-sokolov <at> ya.ru
Subject: Re: [bug#62754] [PATCH v2] doc: Use G-Expressions for package
 definition example.
Date: Fri, 05 May 2023 16:06:02 +0200

Hi,

On ven., 21 avril 2023 at 10:21, Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote:

>>  The new phase that is inserted is written as an anonymous procedure,
>> -introduced with @code{lambda*}; it honors the @code{outputs} parameter
>> -we have seen before.  @xref{Build Utilities}, for more about the helpers
>> -used by this phase, and for more examples of @code{modify-phases}.
>> +introduced with @code{lambda*}.  @xref{Build Utilities}, for more about
>> +the helpers used by this phase, and for more examples of
>> +@code{modify-phases}.
>
> I think it still makes sense to refer to `inputs'; it could be
> unsettling otherwise. Maybe something along those lines:
>
>     ... introduced with @code{lambda*}; it looks for the @file{xmllint}
>     executable in a @file{"/bin"} directory among package's inputs
>     (@pxref{package Reference}).  It also honors the @code{outputs}
>     parameter we have seen before <at> xref{Build Utilities}, for more...

This tweak looks better to me.  Well, Bruno could you send a v3?  Or
Nicolas, could you amend the patch and directly apply it?

(Note the typo in « before <at> xref{Build Utilities} », I guess.)

Cheers,
simon

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