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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-11-19 22:40:35 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2022-12-02 00:02:12 +0100
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parent7c1161dba4c8930d3a500a72ccaaaf50df73f466 (diff)
doc: Recommend 'match-record'.
* doc/contributing.texi (Data Types and Pattern Matching): Recommend 'match-record'.
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@@ -1089,11 +1089,16 @@ and then to browse them ``by hand'' using @code{car}, @code{cdr},
notably the fact that it is hard to read, error-prone, and a hindrance
to proper type error reports.
+@findex define-record-type*
+@findex match-record
+@cindex pattern matching
Guix code should define appropriate data types (for instance, using
@code{define-record-type*}) rather than abuse lists. In addition, it
should use pattern matching, via Guile’s @code{(ice-9 match)} module,
especially when matching lists (@pxref{Pattern Matching,,, guile, GNU
-Guile Reference Manual}).
+Guile Reference Manual}); pattern matching for records is better done
+using @code{match-record} from @code{(guix records)}, which, unlike
+@code{match}, verifies field names at macro-expansion time.
@node Formatting Code
@subsection Formatting Code