Add a `base32' macro, for convenience.

* guix/packages.scm (base32): New macro.

* distro/base.scm (libsigsegv, gawk, hello): Use it.

distro/base.scm

@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
             (method http-fetch)
             (uri "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libsigsegv/libsigsegv-2.10.tar.gz")
             (sha256
-             (nix-base32-string->bytevector  ; TODO: make conversion implicit
-              "16hrs8k3nmc7a8jam5j1fpspd6sdpkamskvsdpcw6m29vnis8q44"))))
+             (base32 "16hrs8k3nmc7a8jam5j1fpspd6sdpkamskvsdpcw6m29vnis8q44"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (outputs '("out" "lib"))                   ; separate libdir from the rest
    (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/libsigsegv/")
@@ -59,8 +58,7 @@ handlers, distributed shared memory, and more.")
             (method http-fetch)
             (uri "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-4.0.0.tar.bz2")
             (sha256
-             (nix-base32-string->bytevector
-              "0sss7rhpvizi2a88h6giv0i7w5h07s2fxkw3s6n1hqvcnhrfgbb0"))))
+             (base32 "0sss7rhpvizi2a88h6giv0i7w5h07s2fxkw3s6n1hqvcnhrfgbb0"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (arguments (case-lambda
                 ((system)
@@ -94,8 +92,7 @@ code.")
             (method http-fetch)
             (uri "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/hello-2.8.tar.gz")
             (sha256
-             (nix-base32-string->bytevector  ; TODO: make conversion implicit
-              "0wqd8sjmxfskrflaxywc7gqw7sfawrfvdxd9skxawzfgyy0pzdz6"))))
+             (base32 "0wqd8sjmxfskrflaxywc7gqw7sfawrfvdxd9skxawzfgyy0pzdz6"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
    (arguments '(#:configure-flags
                 `("--disable-dependency-tracking"

guix/packages.scm

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
             package-source-method
             package-source-sha256
             package-source-file-name
+            base32
 
             package
             package?
@@ -102,6 +103,17 @@ etc."
   (file-name package-source-file-name                ; optional file name
              (default #f)))
 
+(define-syntax base32
+  (lambda (s)
+    "Return the bytevector corresponding to the given Nix-base32
+representation."
+    (syntax-case s ()
+      ((_ str)
+       (string? (syntax->datum #'str))
+       (with-syntax ((bv (nix-base32-string->bytevector
+                          (syntax->datum #'str))))
+         #''bv)))))
+
 ;; A package.
 (define-record-type* <package>
   package make-package