From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arun Isaac Subject: Re: Simple reconfigure Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 08:57:04 +0530 Message-ID: References: <87po2juqdz.fsf@gmail.com> <87h8nvks55.fsf@gmail.com> <87lgd7au9v.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33769) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCdRx-0004Cx-Rf for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2018 23:56:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCdRu-0008V3-QA for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2018 23:56:33 -0400 Received: from [2001:19f0:5:274f:351:616f:fec3:2694] (port=60660 helo=vultr.systemreboot.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fCdRu-0008UK-8H for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 28 Apr 2018 23:56:30 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87lgd7au9v.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: myglc2@gmail.com, Chris Marusich Cc: help-guix@gnu.org myglc2@gmail.com writes: > I call these "cons traps" because the first thing our new user may do is > add a file system or user and be greeted by a scheme error ... > > Wrong number of arguments to # > > WDYT of replacing all these uses of cons with cons*? - George I think we should use append and list instead of cons or cons*. The meaning of append is more self-evident to someone new to lisp. Why not avoid cons just like we already avoid car, cdr, etc.?