Re: [PATCH 2/5] emacs: Introduce REPL operation type.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès (2014-10-26 21:37 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> This is an auxiliary commit for a “pull” operation added in a later patch.
>>>
>>>
>>> From ef04333314fbe738d18d33b23a67dc47c8e75dbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> From: Alex Kost <address@hidden>
>>> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 23:18:13 +0400
>>> Subject: [PATCH 2/5] emacs: Introduce REPL operation type.
>>>
>>> * emacs/guix-backend.el (guix-repl-operation-type): New variable.
>>>   (guix-repl-output-filter): Run type hooks after performing an operation.
>>>   (guix-eval-read): Add 'operation-type' argument.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> +(defvar guix-repl-operation-type nil
>>> +  "Type of the current operation performed by `guix-eval-in-repl'.")
>>
>> Could you write something about the valid values it may take and their
>> meaning?

Sorry, I meant as comment in the docstring above.  :-)

>> Otherwise LGTM.
>
> It's an internal variable set by ‘guix-eval-in-repl’.
>
> The point of an “operation type” is to run some specialized actions
> after finishing a REPL operation (e.g., to refresh buffers after ‘pull’
> operation).
>
> If there is ‘guix-after-foo-hook’ variable and ‘guix-eval-in-repl’ is
> called with ‘foo’ operation-type, the hooks from that var will be called
> after executing ‘foo’ operation.
>
> Currently only ‘pull’ operation type is used, so ‘guix-after-pull-hook’
> is called after a pull operation.

OK, thanks.  Feel free to commit with the explanation folded into the
docstring.

Ludo’.