From: Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com>
To: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@goebel-consult.de>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: is using eval good style in guile?
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 14:29:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8760nbg02p.fsf@igalia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <583824AC.5080509@goebel-consult.de> (Hartmut Goebel's message of "Fri, 25 Nov 2016 12:46:52 +0100")
On Fri 25 Nov 2016 12:46, Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@goebel-consult.de> writes:
> Am 25.11.2016 um 11:53 schrieb Clément Lassieur:
>> I think you are looking for "eval".
>>
>> (define (list->define-configuration stem fields)
>> (eval `(define-configuration ,stem ,@fields) (current-module)))
>
> I'm curious: In other programming languages, using eval is regarded bad
> programming style. Is this different in guile?
No. Eval is generally bad style :) If it can be avoided it should be
avoided. I think since this is a definition form, macros are the
appropriate thing if possible (I haven't seen the larger patch).
Andy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-11-25 13:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-10-16 12:33 [PATCH] improve nginx-service Julien Lepiller
2016-10-19 21:04 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-20 12:37 ` Julien Lepiller
2016-10-24 20:51 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-26 19:45 ` Julien Lepiller
2016-10-27 12:41 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-10-27 17:59 ` Julien Lepiller
2016-10-30 21:46 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-02 8:22 ` Hartmut Goebel
2016-11-03 14:54 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-03 22:38 ` Hartmut Goebel
2016-11-04 13:21 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-04 18:01 ` Julien Lepiller
2016-11-04 21:28 ` Hartmut Goebel
2016-11-04 22:12 ` Julien Lepiller
2016-11-04 22:34 ` Hartmut Goebel
2016-11-06 11:11 ` Julien Lepiller
2016-11-04 22:58 ` Hartmut Goebel
2016-11-06 12:18 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2016-11-06 17:19 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-20 12:49 ` Julien Lepiller
2016-11-22 22:20 ` Hartmut Goebel
2016-11-23 9:26 ` julien lepiller
2016-11-25 10:53 ` Clément Lassieur
2016-11-25 11:46 ` is using eval good style in guile?(was: [PATCH] improve nginx-service) Hartmut Goebel
2016-11-25 13:29 ` Andy Wingo [this message]
2016-11-26 21:55 ` is using eval good style in guile? Clément Lassieur
2016-11-27 21:01 ` [PATCH] improve nginx-service Ludovic Courtès
2016-11-06 17:33 ` Ludovic Courtès
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