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Re: some code
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Thompson, David |
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Re: some code |
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Mon, 6 Jun 2016 12:23:34 -0400 |
On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Catonano <address@hidden> wrote:
> There's a piece of code (in the Emacs build system) I don't understand
>
> In "guix/build-system/emacs.scm" on line 97 there's a call to a function
> called "emacs-build"
That's not a procedure call, actually, because the entire form is
quoted starting on line 95. This code is generating a Guile script
that will be used by guix-daemon to build an Emacs package. The
"emacs-build" referenced within is actually the procedure found in
(guix build emacs-build-system).
> Also what's with that "define*" ? Is there a manual page describing it ? I
> couldn't find it
See section 6.9.4.1 of the Guile manual:
http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/lambda_002a-and-define_002a.html#lambda_002a-and-define_002a
Hope this helps,
- Dave
- some code, Catonano, 2016/06/06
- Re: some code,
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