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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via <guix-patches@gnu.org>
To: Josselin Poiret <dev@jpoiret.xyz>
Cc: 60014@debbugs.gnu.org, mirai@makinata.eu
Subject: [bug#60014] [PATCH] activation: make install-special-file match against pairs as well.
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:52:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v8mgcp45.fsf@nckx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k02wfjk5.fsf@jpoiret.xyz>

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Josselin Poiret via Guix-patches via 写道：
> I personally would prefer keeping the special file interface 
> as-is, and
> not mix two different kinds of entries: lists with 2 elements, 
> and
> pairs.  That would avoid having to manage even more edge-cases 
> down the
> line if some more processing is needed.

I agree with this reasoning, and would go as far as to say that if 
this fixes anything, that thing should probably be fixed instead…?

‘Takes a list of As, but as a special case, a single A’ is 
confusing and makes it that much harder for newcomers to move 
beyond cargo-culting magical snippets.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-12-12 21:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-12 17:45 [bug#60014] [PATCH] activation: make install-special-file match against pairs as well mirai
2022-12-12 20:34 ` Josselin Poiret via Guix-patches via
2022-12-12 20:52   ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via [this message]
2022-12-12 22:25     ` mirai
2022-12-13 20:04       ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via
2022-12-12 22:09   ` mirai
2022-12-13 10:15     ` Josselin Poiret via Guix-patches via
2022-12-13 13:04       ` mirai
2022-12-13 19:56         ` Josselin Poiret via Guix-patches via
2022-12-20 14:47   ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-12-21 13:20     ` mirai
2022-12-21 13:31 ` [bug#60014] [PATCH v2] doc: Clarify special-files-service-type expected value mirai
2023-02-18  2:33   ` Bruno Victal
2023-03-21 14:15   ` bug#60014: " Maxim Cournoyer

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