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-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi15
-rw-r--r--guix/gexp.scm24
-rw-r--r--tests/gexp.scm13
3 files changed, 48 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 591c4407a8..80c8d873da 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -3345,10 +3345,10 @@ The other arguments are as for @code{derivation} (@pxref{Derivations}).
@end deffn
@cindex file-like objects
-The @code{local-file}, @code{plain-file}, @code{computed-file}, and
-@code{program-file} procedures below return @dfn{file-like objects}.
-That is, when unquoted in a G-expression, these objects lead to a file
-in the store. Consider this G-expression:
+The @code{local-file}, @code{plain-file}, @code{computed-file},
+@code{program-file}, and @code{scheme-file} procedures below return
+@dfn{file-like objects}. That is, when unquoted in a G-expression,
+these objects lead to a file in the store. Consider this G-expression:
@example
#~(system* (string-append #$glibc "/sbin/nscd") "-f"
@@ -3437,6 +3437,13 @@ The resulting file holds references to all the dependencies of @var{exp}
or a subset thereof.
@end deffn
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} scheme-file @var{name} @var{exp}
+Return an object representing the Scheme file @var{name} that contains
+@var{exp}.
+
+This is the declarative counterpart of @code{gexp->file}.
+@end deffn
+
@deffn {Monadic Procedure} text-file* @var{name} @var{text} @dots{}
Return as a monadic value a derivation that builds a text file
containing all of @var{text}. @var{text} may list, in addition to
diff --git a/guix/gexp.scm b/guix/gexp.scm
index f44df9c6ea..27bccc6206 100644
--- a/guix/gexp.scm
+++ b/guix/gexp.scm
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
program-file-modules
program-file-guile
+ scheme-file
+ scheme-file?
+ scheme-file-name
+ scheme-file-gexp
+
gexp->derivation
gexp->file
gexp->script
@@ -281,6 +286,25 @@ This is the declarative counterpart of 'gexp->script'."
#:modules modules
#:guile (or guile (default-guile))))))
+(define-record-type <scheme-file>
+ (%scheme-file name gexp)
+ scheme-file?
+ (name scheme-file-name) ;string
+ (gexp scheme-file-gexp)) ;gexp
+
+(define* (scheme-file name gexp)
+ "Return an object representing the Scheme file NAME that contains GEXP.
+
+This is the declarative counterpart of 'gexp->file'."
+ (%scheme-file name gexp))
+
+(define-gexp-compiler (scheme-file-compiler (file scheme-file?)
+ system target)
+ ;; Compile FILE by returning a derivation that builds the file.
+ (match file
+ (($ <scheme-file> name gexp)
+ (gexp->file name gexp))))
+
;;;
;;; Inputs & outputs.
diff --git a/tests/gexp.scm b/tests/gexp.scm
index 77439cf6e9..4860a8e79c 100644
--- a/tests/gexp.scm
+++ b/tests/gexp.scm
@@ -636,6 +636,19 @@
(return (and (zero? (close-pipe pipe))
(= n (string->number str)))))))))
+(test-assertm "scheme-file"
+ (let* ((text (plain-file "foo" "Hello, world!"))
+ (scheme (scheme-file "bar" #~(list "foo" #$text))))
+ (mlet* %store-monad ((drv (lower-object scheme))
+ (text (lower-object text))
+ (out -> (derivation->output-path drv)))
+ (mbegin %store-monad
+ (built-derivations (list drv))
+ (mlet %store-monad ((refs ((store-lift references) out)))
+ (return (and (equal? refs (list text))
+ (equal? `(list "foo" ,text)
+ (call-with-input-file out read)))))))))
+
(test-assert "text-file*"
(let ((references (store-lift references)))
(run-with-store %store