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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-10-08 23:35:08 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-10-08 23:35:20 +0200
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monads: Add 'mbegin'.
* guix/monads.scm (mbegin): New macro. * tests/monads.scm ("mbegin"): New test. * doc/guix.texi (The Store Monad): Document it.
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@@ -2061,6 +2061,15 @@ Bind the variables @var{var} to the monadic values @var{mval} in
(@pxref{Local Bindings,,, guile, GNU Guile Reference Manual}).
@end deffn
+@deffn {Scheme System} mbegin @var{monad} @var{mexp} ...
+Bind @var{mexp} and the following monadic expressions in sequence,
+returning the result of the last expression.
+
+This is akin to @code{mlet}, except that the return values of the
+monadic expressions are ignored. In that sense, it is analogous to
+@code{begin}, but applied to monadic expressions.
+@end deffn
+
The interface to the store monad provided by @code{(guix monads)} is as
follows.