[bug#37411] [PATCH] gnu: Add fennel.

["Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>]

Hi Alex,

Did you have a chance to look into it?

(See <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/37411>.)

Thanks in advance,
Ludo’.

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:

> Hi Alex,
>
> Alex ter Weele <alex.ter.weele@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>>>>From 5156cfff4e0e9c8b7223213ab28c891c97641e6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Alex ter Weele <alex.ter.weele@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2019 16:18:38 -0500
>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add fennel.
>>
>> * gnu/packages/fennel.scm: New file.
>> * gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add fennel.scm.
>
> Some comments to complement what 宋文武 wrote earlier.
>
>> +++ b/gnu/packages/fennel.scm
>> @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
>> +;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
>> +;;; Copyright © 2019 Alex ter Weele <alex.ter.weele@gmail.com>
>> +
>
> Please add a complete header as in the other files.
>
>> +         (replace 'install
>> +           (lambda _
>> +             (let* ((out (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))
>> +                    (data (string-append out "/share/"))
>> +                    (bin (string-append out "/bin/")))
>> +               (copy-recursively (assoc-ref %build-inputs "source") data)
>> +               (install-file "fennel" bin)
>> +               (wrap-program (string-append bin "fennel")
>> +                 `("LUA_PATH" ";" prefix (,(string-append data "?.lua")))
>> +                 `("FENNEL_PATH" ";" prefix (,(string-append data "?.fnl"))))))))))
>
> Could you add #t at the end of the phase?
>
>> +    (home-page "https://fennel-lang.org/")
>> +    (synopsis "Lua lisp language")
>
> Maybe “Lisp-like programming language embedded in Lua”?
>
>> +    (description "Fennel is a programming language that brings together the
>> +speed, simplicity, and reach of Lua with the flexibility of a lisp syntax and
>> +macro system.
>> +
>> +    * Full Lua compatibility: Easily call any Lua function or library from
>> +Fennel and vice-versa.
>> +
>> +    * Zero overhead: Compiled code should be just as or more efficient than
>> +hand-written Lua.
>> +
>> +    * Compile-time macros: Ship compiled code with no runtime dependency on
>> +Fennel.
>> +
>> +    * Embeddable: Fennel is a one-file library as well as an executable.
>> +Embed it in other programs to support runtime extensibility and interactive
>> +development.
>> +
>> +Anywhere you can run Lua code, you can run Fennel code.")
>
> Please use @itemize and @item for the bullet list.
>
> Could you send an updated patch?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ludo’.