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@ 2022-10-06  3:48 jgart
  2022-10-06  6:24 ` &convention (
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From: jgart @ 2022-10-06  3:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Guix Help

Hi,

what this the convention for when a function is called

&exception-with-kind-and-args or &quit-exception or &error or &exception or &non-continuable for example.

What does the & prefix mean?


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* Re: &convention
  2022-10-06  3:48 &convention jgart
@ 2022-10-06  6:24 ` (
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From: ( @ 2022-10-06  6:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jgart, Guix Help

On Thu Oct 6, 2022 at 4:48 AM BST, jgart wrote:
> What does the & prefix mean?

It's just a naming convention for exceptions, nothing more.

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