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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-06-29 10:15:59 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2015-06-29 14:42:10 +0200
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doc: Add quote about running a monadic value.
* doc/guix.texi (The Store Monad): Add funny quote about "running" a monadic value.
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@@ -2762,8 +2762,13 @@ omitted since it will take place implicitly, as we will see later
#$output)))
@end example
-Calling the monadic @code{sh-symlink} has no effect. To get the desired
-effect, one must use @code{run-with-store}:
+@c See
+@c <https://syntaxexclamation.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/escaping-continuations/>
+@c for the funny quote.
+Calling the monadic @code{sh-symlink} has no effect. As someone once
+said, ``you exit a monad like you exit a building on fire: by running''.
+So, to exit the monad and get the desired effect, one must use
+@code{run-with-store}:
@example
(run-with-store (open-connection) (sh-symlink))