From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: jgart <jgart@dismail.de>
Cc: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>, guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Transformations Shell Syntax
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 16:22:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ3okZ3ooeFFft62ZAnGZyOw7w+2ChyOZx7x7PGGpV0FSPhhzw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <412fbcf010594abbac4c653536022455@dismail.de>
Hi jgart,
On Tue, 23 May 2023 at 16:12, jgart <jgart@dismail.de> wrote:
> Aren't these the current semantics of guix package transformations though? I'm just proposing shell syntax for them.
The main difference is explicit vs implicit. The current syntax is
explicit. The one you are proposing is implicit. As The Zen of
Python (python -c 'import this') says: Explicit is better than
implicit. ;-)
Cheers,
simon
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-23 14:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-23 6:43 Transformations Shell Syntax jgart
2023-05-23 8:16 ` Efraim Flashner
2023-05-23 9:39 ` Simon Tournier
2023-05-23 13:24 ` jgart
2023-05-23 13:55 ` Andreas Enge
2023-05-23 14:12 ` jgart
2023-05-23 14:22 ` Simon Tournier [this message]
2023-05-23 14:28 ` Andreas Enge
2023-05-23 17:20 ` jgart
2023-05-24 3:06 ` Ryan Prior
2023-05-26 15:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-05-27 17:07 ` John Kehayias
2023-07-02 19:54 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-07-05 20:23 ` John Kehayias
2023-07-03 0:01 ` jgart
2023-07-16 13:14 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-07-23 13:00 ` Hartmut Goebel
2023-08-16 14:03 ` Ludovic Courtès
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