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Subject: [bug#34948] [PATCH 1/3] records: Allow thunked fields to refer to
	'this-record'.
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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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I should mention that there are other craaaazzy applications of this!

For example, the =E2=80=98self-native-input?=E2=80=99 field of <package> be=
comes
useless, because now you can write:

  (package
    ;; =E2=80=A6
    (native-inputs
      ;; Add self as a native input when cross-compiling.
      `(,@(if (%current-target-system)
              `(("this" ,this-record))
              '())
        ;; =E2=80=A6
        )))

I think there are other cases in package definitions where this can be
useful, possibly things like the =E2=80=98make-lua-*=E2=80=99 procedures th=
at we have.

Ludo=E2=80=99.