Hi, On Fri, Apr 23 2021, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi, > > Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.courno...@gmail.com> skribis: > >>> +(define-syntax-rule (without-field-serialization definition) >>> + (syntax-parameterize ((configuration-field-serialization? >>> + (identifier-syntax #f))) >>> + definition >>> + #t)) >>> + >>> +(without-field-serialization >>> + (define-configuration foo >>> + (bar (integer 123) "doc"))) > > In hindsight, I find this syntax quite inelegant and suboptimal. > > Wouldn’t it be nicer to write: > > (define-configuration foo > (bar (integer 123) "doc" no-serializer) > (baz (string "") "doc")) > > where ‘bar’ wouldn’t have a serializer and ‘baz’ would? > > It’s also probably easier to implement correctly. I think that would be a good idea, maybe it could also make having a default value be optional, like this: #+begin_src scheme (define-configuration foo (bar (integer) "doc" no-serializer) ;no default (baz (string "default") "doc")) #+end_src Maxim and I had a discussion about this[1]. [1]: https://yhetil.org/guix-devel/87k0ov7w72....@yoctocell.xyz
