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* Using #true and #false everywhere?
@ 2020-10-16 10:38 Ludovic Courtès
  2020-10-16 13:19 ` Maxim Cournoyer
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From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2020-10-16 10:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: guix-devel

Hello Guix!

As discussed on IRC recently, several of us think that using “#true” and
“#false” instead of “#t” and “#f” throughout or documentation and code
would probably make it easier for newcomers to decipher that.

WDYT?

This syntax is supported since Guile 2.0.  ‘write’ still uses the
abbreviations, but the good thing is that it means we can change all of
gnu/packages without triggering a single rebuild.

As for the manual, I’m afraid it’ll make every msgid that contains
@code{#t} stale.  So maybe now’s not a good time to make this change?

Thoughts?

Ludo’.


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* Re: Using #true and #false everywhere?
@ 2020-10-16 22:06 Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas
  2020-10-17  0:25 ` jbranso
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 31+ messages in thread
From: Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas @ 2020-10-16 22:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: guix-devel

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I didn't send this to the list... I must start using S L always instead
of R and changing the headers manually, sorry.  :o)

---
Hi Ludo,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
> Hello Guix!
>
> As discussed on IRC recently, several of us think that using “#true” and
> “#false” instead of “#t” and “#f” throughout or documentation and code
> would probably make it easier for newcomers to decipher that.
>
> WDYT?

I think that it could help to the reader.

> This syntax is supported since Guile 2.0.  ‘write’ still uses the
> abbreviations, but the good thing is that it means we can change all of
> gnu/packages without triggering a single rebuild.

This is even better. :)

> As for the manual, I’m afraid it’ll make every msgid that contains
> @code{#t} stale.  So maybe now’s not a good time to make this change?

It may be a big issue with a release in one week, but on the other hand
the msgids would break just after releasing...

Maybe other translators have a say.

Happy hacking!
Miguel

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2020-10-16 10:38 Using #true and #false everywhere? Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-16 13:19 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2020-10-16 13:36   ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2020-10-18  1:36     ` Maxim Cournoyer
2020-10-18  2:22       ` Bengt Richter
2020-10-19 20:45       ` zimoun
2020-10-21  9:56         ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-20  9:57     ` Andreas Enge
2020-10-21  9:59       ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-21 11:21         ` Andreas Enge
2020-10-21 15:52           ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-21 11:51         ` Roel Janssen
2020-10-16 16:24 ` Vagrant Cascadian
2020-10-16 23:45 ` Danny Milosavljevic
2020-10-20 10:32 ` Andreas Enge
2020-10-20 11:10   ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-10-20 12:02     ` zimoun
2020-10-20 12:59       ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2020-10-20 13:11         ` zimoun
2020-10-20 13:32           ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2020-10-20 14:26             ` zimoun
2020-10-20 15:48               ` Taylan Kammer
2020-10-21  1:25     ` Mark H Weaver
2020-10-21  6:18       ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-10-21 10:04         ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-20 12:45   ` zimoun
2020-10-20 12:55     ` Andreas Enge
2020-10-21 10:20   ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-24 18:29 ` Robin Templeton
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2020-10-16 22:06 Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas
2020-10-17  0:25 ` jbranso

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