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@@ -3943,8 +3943,12 @@ script, and @var{modules} is the list of modules visible to that script.
This is the declarative counterpart of @code{gexp->script}.
@end deffn
-@deffn {Monadic Procedure} gexp->file @var{name} @var{exp}
+@deffn {Monadic Procedure} gexp->file @var{name} @var{exp} @
+ [#:set-load-path? #t]
Return a derivation that builds a file @var{name} containing @var{exp}.
+When @var{set-load-path?} is true, emit code in the resulting file to
+set @code{%load-path} and @code{%load-compiled-path} to honor
+@var{exp}'s imported modules.
The resulting file holds references to all the dependencies of @var{exp}
or a subset thereof.