hi, sorry for the headaches!
the original discussion is here (well, i think. site is down right now): https://issues.guix.gnu.org/54674 'UNSPECIFIED would satisfy SYMBOL?, i.e. a source of headaches/confusion. it used to be 'DISABLED, which was even worse as it can be confused/conflated with a user specified value. i suggested the use of srfi-189, but it was rejected as unwelcome complexity. https://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-189/srfi-189.html i think it makes sense to change Guile to make *unspecified* self-evaluating, but looking back, maybe the use of srfi-189 would have been better. i need to run now, and i'll be offline for a week or two. i can't look the example in depth now, but my gut instinct says that it's a bug if *unspecified* reaches any GExp machinery. more later, -- • attila lendvai • PGP: 963F 5D5F 45C7 DFCD 0A39 -- “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” — Desmond Tutu (1931–)
