G-exps: thunk instead of top-level references?

[Hartmut Goebel]

Hi Ludio,

I'd like to get some advice:

In commit 84c3aafb5a18ad278bbb36df7b70849fe05789c8 "trytond: Avoid top-level references to other modules" your turned a top-level variable which defines into a thunk:

<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=84c3aafb5a18ad278bbb36df7b70849fe05789c8>

> -(define %standard-trytond-native-inputs
>         +(define (%standard-trytond-native-inputs)
>            `(("python-dateutil" ,python-dateutil)
>

and the users:

>      (native-inputs
>         -     `(,@%standard-trytond-native-inputs
>         +     `(,@(%standard-trytond-native-inputs)
>                 ("trytond-purchase" ,trytond-purchase)))
>

I'm about to change the uses into G-exprs (see below) and wonder whether "%standard-trytond-native-inputs" should still be a thunk or can be turned pack into a top-level variable.

> -(define
>             (%standard-trytond-native-inputs)
>           
>           -
>                  `(("python-dateutil" ,python-dateutil)
>               
>               +(define
>             %standard-trytond-native-inputs
>           
>           +  (list
>           python-dateutil
>           
>           
>         
      and uses

> -    (native-inputs
>         (%standard-trytond-native-inputs))
>         +    (native-inputs
>         +     (cons* trytond-account-payment-clearing
>         +            %standard-trytond-native-inputs))
>

-- 
Regards
Hartmut Goebel

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