Mikhail Kryshen <mikh...@kryshen.net> writes: > Chris Marusich <cmmarus...@gmail.com> writes: > >> Mikhail Kryshen <mikh...@kryshen.net> writes: >> >>> (use-modules (srfi srfi-1) >>> ((guix ui) #:select (make-user-module))) >>> >>> (define (load-manifest file) >>> ;; Load manifest file in a fresh module with necessary imports. >>> (let ((module (make-user-module '((guix profiles) (gnu))))) >>> (save-module-excursion >>> (lambda _ >>> (set-current-module module) >>> (load (canonicalize-path file)))))) >> >> Neat example! > > Thanks! > >> But what is make-user-module doing, and is it necessary? > > I looked into the Guix source and reproduced what "guix package -m" does > to load a manifest file. Make-user-module procedure appear to be used > in Guix to dynamically create modules for running user code. I could > have simply used "load" here, but then all the files would be loaded in > the same environment and could potentially interfere with each other.
I see. Thank you for the explanation! That does indeed seem to be the intent. -- Chris
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