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Fix time-machine and network

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 65352 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Subject: [bug#65352] Fix time-machine and network
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 18:27:31 +0200

Hi,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> skribis:

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

[...]

>>> Not that channel-list is a public API, so this is effectively changing
>>> the contract, no?
>>
>> Yes, but it’s really meant to be used internally, where it’s either
>> 'tag-or-commit or 'branch in practice.  So to me either way is fine.
>
> In this case, should we stop exporting it from the module?  (and use it
> via the (@ (...)) trick as needed).  This would communicate the
> intention best.

Well, there are different levels of “internal” I guess.  :-)

@@ (double-at) should only be used as a last resort; whether it’s usable
at all depends on inlining decisions made by the compiler.  So in this
case, I’m for plain #:export.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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