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bug#59423: Invalid 'location' field generated in dovecot configuration
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#59423: Invalid 'location' field generated in dovecot configuration |
Date: |
Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:53:11 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skribis:
>> We’ll have to discuss the implications of a possible move to
>> ‘define-configuration’. For example, ‘define-configuration’ cannot
>> report missing field values (for fields that lack a default value) at
>> macro-expansion time, contrary to plain ‘define-record-type*’. Anyway,
>> future work!
>
> OK. That's optimization work rather than an impediment to migrate
> though, right? If so, I think the value for users of having errors on
> invalid field types outweighs run time efficiency :-).
I guess my point is “we’ll have to discuss”. It has non-obvious
implications such as this one that have a visible impact on users.
Ludo’.