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| author | Attila Lendvai <attila@lendvai.name> | 2022-08-24 14:40:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> | 2022-08-25 00:10:42 -0400 |
| commit | 6fb9759ef3b8eb2a2b10c3f02a57ece29b5c53ba (patch) | |
| tree | d595379184b9aae3617ccffcc07bc08abb35de3f | |
| parent | ee08277a70d29b6d707524a4e17620f50b87adf4 (diff) | |
services: configuration: Change the value of the unset marker.
The new value of %unset-value sticks out more when something goes wrong, and
is also more unique; i.e. easier to search for.
Signed-off-by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/configuration.scm | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/services/messaging.scm | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tests/services/configuration.scm | 2 |
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/services/configuration.scm b/gnu/services/configuration.scm index 60965486a7..83da63c1b3 100644 --- a/gnu/services/configuration.scm +++ b/gnu/services/configuration.scm @@ -305,12 +305,13 @@ does not have a default value" field kind))) ;; Ideally this should be an implementation detail, but we export it ;; to provide a simpler API that enables unsetting a configuration -;; field that has a maybe type, but also a default value. +;; field that has a maybe type, but also a default value. We give it +;; a value that sticks out to the reader when something goes wrong. ;; ;; An example use-case would be something like a network application ;; that uses a default port, but the field can explicitly be unset to ;; request a random port at startup. -(define %unset-value 'unset) +(define %unset-value '%unset-marker%) (define (maybe-value-set? value) "Predicate to check whether a 'maybe' value was explicitly provided." diff --git a/gnu/services/messaging.scm b/gnu/services/messaging.scm index 59cb486778..02712ede7c 100644 --- a/gnu/services/messaging.scm +++ b/gnu/services/messaging.scm @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ ;; doesn't interfere with ;; define-configuration and define-maybe ;; internals. - #''unset def)) + #''%unset-marker% def)) #'(def ...) #'(target ...))) ((new-doc ...) (map (lambda (doc target) diff --git a/tests/services/configuration.scm b/tests/services/configuration.scm index 8ed4ed4b66..4f8a74dc8a 100644 --- a/tests/services/configuration.scm +++ b/tests/services/configuration.scm @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ (protocol maybe-symbol "")) ;;; Maybe symbol values are currently seen as serializable, because the -;;; unspecified value is 'unset, which is a symbol itself. +;;; unspecified value is '%unset-marker%, which is a symbol itself. ;;; TODO: Remove expected fail marker after resolution. (test-expect-fail 1) (test-equal "symbol maybe value serialization, unspecified" |