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Maxim Cournoyer skribis: > Fixes . > > * guix/gexp.scm (gexp->sexp)[*unspecified*]: Quote value when encounterin= g it. I think we need to take a step back. Overall, I=E2=80=99m reluctant to modifying a core primitive like =E2=80=98gexp->sexp=E2=80=99 =E2=80=9Cjust= =E2=80=9D to address this higher-level problem that we have. > + (($ (? unspecified?)) > + (return '*unspecified*)) Incidentally, this is =E2=80=9Cunhygienic=E2=80=9D, meaning that it relies = on =E2=80=98*unspecified*=E2=80=99 being bound to what we want. For example, = if I do this: #~(let ((*unspecified* 'hi!)) #$*unspecified*) =E2=80=A6 I won=E2=80=99t get the desired output. Ludo=E2=80=99, who now goes back to the beginning of the thread. :-)