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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index b3a77b4311..6164e086a3 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -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)) |