"(" <pa...@disroot.org> writes:> "jgart" <jg...@dismail.de> writes: >> Hi Guixers, >> >> How can we make g-expressions even more interactive at the REPL? >> >> For example, thing to explore is what can we print instead of >> '(*approximate*)? > > It's physically impossible to print anything other than a placeholder > there without actually building any derivations, which is the thing > GEXP->APPROXIMATE-SEXP is supposed to /avoid/ :) > >> WDYT if we had even more convenience meta-commands for interactive >> development with g-expressions? > > You'd need to give some concrete examples; what can't you do now that > you think could be a good REPL command? > > -- ( I would very much welcome if the REPL commands (like ,build) were actual first class functions, because right now it's quite a hassle to write Guile scripts that depend on the output of a build. Motivation: I'm trying to hack together a helper script that detects generated OPAM dependency lists.
