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Ludovic Court=C3=A8s (2015-11-01 20:18 +0300) wrote:

> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s (2015-10-29 23:14 +0300) wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>>> You could use #:autoload, but only for =E2=80=98%updaters=E2=80=99 beca=
use
>>> =E2=80=98upstream-updater-name=E2=80=99 is a macro so it needs to be av=
ailable at
>>> expansion time.
>>
>> I looked at (info "(guile) Using Guile Modules") and it has the followin=
g:
>>
>>           An autoload is a good way to put off loading a big module
>>           until it=E2=80=99s really needed, for instance for faster star=
tup or
>>           if it will only be needed in certain circumstances.
>>
>>           =E2=80=98@=E2=80=99 can do a similar thing (see Using Guile Mo=
dules), but
>>           in that case an =E2=80=98@=E2=80=99 form must be written every=
 time a binding
>>           from the module is used.
>>
>> To me it sounds like =E2=80=98@=E2=80=99 does the same thing as =E2=80=
=98#:autoload=E2=80=99, no?
>
> I guess I was confused.  A simple example confirms what the manual
> explains:
>
> $ guild compile t.scm
> wrote `/home/ludo/.cache/guile/ccache/2.0-LE-8-2.0/home/ludo/src/guix/t.s=
cm.go'
> $ guile t.scm
> $ cat t.scm
> (define (foo)
>   (@ (asdfasdfa) sdfsf))

Ah, good example, thank you!

>> Also #:autoload should be used inside (define-module ...), but
>> =E2=80=98guix-main.scm=E2=80=99 does not define a module.
>
> Oh, right, I had overlooked that.
>
> So yes, you can go ahead with your initial approach.

Great, thanks!

> Thanks, and sorry for the confusion!

No problem, pushed.

--=20
Alex