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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-09-16 15:03:52 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-10-10 22:46:15 +0200
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gexp: Add 'scheme-file'.
* guix/gexp.scm (<scheme-file>): New record type. (scheme-file, scheme-file-compiler): New procedures. * tests/gexp.scm ("scheme-file"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (G-Expressions): Document 'scheme-file'.
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@@ -3345,10 +3345,10 @@ The other arguments are as for @code{derivation} (@pxref{Derivations}).
@end deffn
@cindex file-like objects
-The @code{local-file}, @code{plain-file}, @code{computed-file}, and
-@code{program-file} procedures below return @dfn{file-like objects}.
-That is, when unquoted in a G-expression, these objects lead to a file
-in the store. Consider this G-expression:
+The @code{local-file}, @code{plain-file}, @code{computed-file},
+@code{program-file}, and @code{scheme-file} procedures below return
+@dfn{file-like objects}. That is, when unquoted in a G-expression,
+these objects lead to a file in the store. Consider this G-expression:
@example
#~(system* (string-append #$glibc "/sbin/nscd") "-f"
@@ -3437,6 +3437,13 @@ The resulting file holds references to all the dependencies of @var{exp}
or a subset thereof.
@end deffn
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} scheme-file @var{name} @var{exp}
+Return an object representing the Scheme file @var{name} that contains
+@var{exp}.
+
+This is the declarative counterpart of @code{gexp->file}.
+@end deffn
+
@deffn {Monadic Procedure} text-file* @var{name} @var{text} @dots{}
Return as a monadic value a derivation that builds a text file
containing all of @var{text}. @var{text} may list, in addition to