Subject: Re: bug#63330: [PATCH 0/4] Functional programming? In my C++?! It's more likely than you think!

From: Liliana Marie Prikler <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 07 May 2023 17:57:17 +0200

Am Sonntag, dem 07.05.2023 um 11:34 -0400 schrieb Maxim Cournoyer:
> Hi Liliana,
> 
> Liliana Marie Prikler <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> > * gnu/packages/cpp.scm (lager): New variable.
> > ---
> >  gnu/packages/cpp.scm | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/gnu/packages/cpp.scm b/gnu/packages/cpp.scm
> > index 0ab7d0785b..fe6a0edd31 100644
> > --- a/gnu/packages/cpp.scm
> > +++ b/gnu/packages/cpp.scm
> > @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages cpp)
> >    #:use-module (gnu packages web)
> >    #:use-module (gnu packages xml)
> >    #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
> > +  #:autoload   (gnu packages serialization) (cereal)
> >    #:use-module (ice-9 match))
> 
> Does autoload buys us something here?  Otherwise I'd stick with the
> conventional use-module, to avoid future instances of cargo-culting
> :-).
It only frees us from the import cycle that would exist otherwise.

> In my opinion, that's a direction that should be pursued in Guile
> (autoloading modules by default when declarative modules (no side
> effects allowed) are used) rather than in every Guile applications
> out there.
Not sure I understand what you're saying, nor the impact of it.

Cheers