Re: some code

2016-06-07 Thread Catonano
2016-06-06 18:23 GMT+02:00 Thompson, David : > On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Catonano wrote: > > There's a piece of code (in the Emacs build system) I don't understand > > > > In "guix/build-system/emacs.scm" on line 97 there's a call to a function > > called "emacs-build" > > That's not a pro

Re: some code

2016-06-06 Thread Thompson, David
On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Catonano wrote: > There's a piece of code (in the Emacs build system) I don't understand > > In "guix/build-system/emacs.scm" on line 97 there's a call to a function > called "emacs-build" That's not a procedure call, actually, because the entire form is quoted st

some code

2016-06-06 Thread Catonano
There's a piece of code (in the Emacs build system) I don't understand In "guix/build-system/emacs.scm" on line 97 there's a call to a function called "emacs-build" Such call is inside the body of "emacs-build" itself. As it is common in scheme, a function is calling itself (recursively) Now, I