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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-12-14 12:19:05 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-12-14 12:19:05 +0100
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doc: Link to "Pattern Matching" in Guile.
* doc/contributing.texi (Data Types and Pattern Matching): Link to the "Pattern Matching" node of the Guile manual.
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@@ -864,7 +864,8 @@ to proper type error reports.
Guix code should define appropriate data types (for instance, using
@code{define-record-type*}) rather than abuse lists. In addition, it
should use pattern matching, via Guile’s @code{(ice-9 match)} module,
-especially when matching lists.
+especially when matching lists (@pxref{Pattern Matching,,, guile, GNU
+Guile Reference Manual}).
@node Formatting Code
@subsection Formatting Code