Re: [PATCH Resend] services: dict.scm: Support more dicod configuration

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Hello!

Sorry for the long delay.

Huang Ying <huang.ying.caritas@gmail.com> skribis:

> * gnu/services/dict.scm (<dicod-configuration>): Rename databases
>   to items to reflect more general configuration.
>   (<dicod-handler>): Add new record type to describe handler (module).
>   (<dicod-database>): Add more fields.
>   (dicod-configuration-file): Support convert more configuration items
>   to config file.

Looks like a nice addition!

>    (dico        dicod-configuration-dico       (default dico))
>    (interfaces  dicod-configuration-interfaces     ;list of strings
>                 (default '("localhost")))
> -  (databases   dicod-configuration-databases
> -               ;; list of <dicod-database>
> +  (items       dicod-configuration-items
> +               ;; list of <dictod-handler> or <dicod-database>
>                 (default (list %dicod-database:gcide))))

“Items” sounds very generic.  Would it make sense to instead keep
separate ‘databases’ and ‘handlers’ fields?

> +(define-record-type* <dicod-handler>
> +  dicod-handler make-dicod-handler
> +  dicod-handler?
> +  (name        dicod-handler-name)
> +  (module      dicod-handler-module          (default #f))
> +  (options     dicod-handler-options         (default '())))

In fact I would suggest “module” instead of “handler”, to stick to the
name that Dico uses already, IIUC.  WDYT?

One last thing: could you update guix.texi to mention this?  Adding an
example of how to use it would be ideal.

Thank you!

Ludo’.

PS: In the future you can send to guix-patches@gnu.org, which goes to
    <https://bugs.gnu.org/guix-patches> where it’s hopefully less likely
    to fall through the cracks.  ;-)