[bug#54652] [PATCH 1/2] guix: Only check the object type once in the MATCH-RECORD expansion.

[Attila Lendvai]

* guix/records.scm (match-record/fields): New macro.
(match-record): Only check the object type once in the expansion.
---
 guix/records.scm | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/guix/records.scm b/guix/records.scm
index ed94c83dac..e311086d73 100644
--- a/guix/records.scm
+++ b/guix/records.scm
@@ -535,17 +535,25 @@ (define (recutils->alist port)
               (else
                (error "unmatched line" line))))))))
 
+(define-syntax match-record/fields
+  (syntax-rules ()
+    ((_ record type (field fields ...) body ...)
+     (let ((field ((record-accessor type 'field) record)))
+       ;; TODO compute indices and report wrong-field-name errors at
+       ;;      expansion time
+       ;; TODO support thunked and delayed fields
+       (match-record/fields record type (fields ...) body ...)))
+    ((_ record type () body ...)
+     (begin body ...))))
+
 (define-syntax match-record
   (syntax-rules ()
     "Bind each FIELD of a RECORD of the given TYPE to it's FIELD name.
 The current implementation does not support thunked and delayed fields."
     ((_ record type (field fields ...) body ...)
      (if (eq? (struct-vtable record) type)
-         ;; TODO compute indices and report wrong-field-name errors at
-         ;;      expansion time
-         ;; TODO support thunked and delayed fields
-         (let ((field ((record-accessor type 'field) record)))
-           (match-record record type (fields ...) body ...))
+         ;; So that we only test the type once.
+         (match-record/fields record type (field fields ...) body ...)
          (throw 'wrong-type-arg record)))
     ((_ record type () body ...)
      (begin body ...))))
-- 
2.34.0