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[PATCH 0/6] Prepare the database code for use in the daemon

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From: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>,
 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>,
 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>,
 69292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Christopher Baines <guix <at> cbaines.net>
Subject: Re: [bug#69292] [PATCH 6/6] store: database: Rename a couple of
 procedures.
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:03:04 +0000

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

> Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net> skribis:
>
>> These names should be more descriptive.
>>
>> * guix/store/database.scm (path-id): Rename to select-valid-path-id.
>> (sqlite-register): Rename to register-valid-path.
>> (register-items): Update accordingly.
>>
>> Change-Id: I6d4a14d4cde9d71ab34d6ffdbfbfde51b2c0e1db
>
> OK for ‘register-valid-path’.
>
> For ‘path-id’ my preference would be ‘valid-path-id’ or keeping
> ‘path-id’; ‘select’ looks odd as nothing’s being “selected” here in the
> non-SQL sense of the word.

The main thing I'm trying to do here is make the procedures that
directly interact with the database stand out (similar to the ! suffix
convention). Maybe the procedure taking the db as an argument is enough,
but to me path-id/valid-path-id look too much like record accessors.

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