From: Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: Justin Veilleux <terramorpha@cock.li>, 68413@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68413: Ungexp doesn't work on deep lists
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 17:28:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bk9m1ry8.fsf@jpoiret.xyz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87le8rj5dp.fsf@gnu.org>
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Hi Ludo,
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
> Actually, what bug are we talking about? It seems to work for me with
> this example:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> scheme@(guile-user)> (define packages `(("coreutils" ,coreutils) ("make" ,gnu-make)))
> scheme@(guile-user)> ,build (scheme-file "foo" #~(begin '#$packages))
> building /gnu/store/lq9gvbilv0y2nph00zxk6bn3lvcgdxqq-foo.drv...
> $7 = "/gnu/store/9ryh6v80jvjv3kwx0q782h26h9gbaclj-foo"
> scheme@(guile-user)> (call-with-input-file $7 get-string-all)
> $8 = "(begin (quote ((\"coreutils\" \"/gnu/store/mppp9hwxizx9g9pikwcvvshb2ffxyq7p-coreutils-9.1\") (\"make\" \"/gnu/store/9fadhs5qmwl5x7f669a0v39b3ryrmmf1-make-4.3\"))))"
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> One of the design decisions for gexps was to ensure that substituting a
> file-like object by its file name would be O(1) in most cases.
>
> Substitution in lists as in the example above is supported, but
> primarily for backward compatibility. It should be avoided when
> possible because it’s inefficient: ‘gexp->sexp’ needs to traverse the
> whole list/tree in search of potential candidates.
Notice that OP's example uses `(("thing" . ,package)), ie. lists of
pairs and not lists of lists, as in your case!
Best,
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Josselin Poiret
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-13 1:52 bug#68413: Ungexp doesn't work on deep lists Justin Veilleux
2024-01-13 11:38 ` Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix
2024-01-15 9:46 ` Ludovic Courtès
2024-01-15 16:28 ` Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix [this message]
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