From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
Cc: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>,
efraim@flashner.co.il, guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Feedback on indentation rules
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:15:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8735662don.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <861qm0broc.fsf@gmail.com> (Simon Tournier's message of "Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:46:11 +0100")
Hi,
Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> skribis:
> On Mon, 06 Mar 2023 at 17:56, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>> Thanks for the feedback. I wonder if some are of the opinion that since
>>> gexp->derivation is a plain function rather than a syntax having a
>>> special form for its 2nd argument, we should leave the default
>>> indentation rules untouched for it?
>>
>> Yes, that’s my take and current practice so far: special rules for
>> special forms (macros), not for procedures.
>
> What is the rationale? Being able to know directly at the location when
> it is a plain function or a special form?
Yes.
Now, it’s aesthetics so there’s no “rationale” per se but rather
established practice: in the project, but also from what I can see in
Guile and more generally Scheme (info "(guix) Formatting Code").
Ludo’.
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2023-02-23 22:20 ` Feedback on indentation rules (was: [PATCH 0/5] Add support for the RPM format to "guix pack") Maxim Cournoyer
2023-02-27 19:14 ` Efraim Flashner
2023-03-01 15:17 ` Feedback on indentation rules Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-06 16:56 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-03-07 13:46 ` Simon Tournier
2023-03-07 16:54 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-07 17:29 ` Simon Tournier
2023-03-09 13:55 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-03-15 16:15 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2023-03-17 16:16 ` Maxim Cournoyer
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