Subject: bug#65667: Using gexps for snippets is often not possible due to top-level dependency cycles

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 20:55:21 -0400

Hi Guix,

Our documentation mentions that snippets can be a gexp.  Sadly, this is
rarely possible in practice because it seems to be prone to top-level
dependency cycles between the modules.

The solution would be to turn the snippet field into a thunked field,
and measure what is the incurred performance penalty.

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Thanks,
Maxim