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3 points by i4cu 2277 days ago | link | parent

> to access user 'karma'

That, to me, is a good argument for a karma.arc library.

> to integrate into the layout and navigation of News.

which is an app. :)



3 points by hjek 2277 days ago | link

Interesting idea.

Also, the password reset email function in app.arc requires `this-site` to be set, but `this-site` is set in news.arc. I'm not sure how I'd go about fixing that.

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4 points by i4cu 2277 days ago | link

I hadn't realized that arc could even point to an unbound variable and still have the file load without errors. Oh my.

In Clojure there are namespaces and I can rebind vars like such:

  (alter-var-root #'app.arc/site-url* (constantly "http://news.example.com/"))
So I could just put values (like site-url*) into app.arc with default settings and reset them from news.arc. Provided that it's utilized dynamically then all is good.

However lacking this functionality in arc I would just move the required config settings to app.arc and be done with it. You're still loading app.arc at the top of news.arc so the only real problem is app users need to know to change the settings therein (a comment would do).

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2 points by krapp 2277 days ago | link

>which is an app. :)

News already has a repl and "apps" in prompt.arc, and I'm already working on getting them to work together. That could provide the basis for a plugin (app, what have you) system.

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