Clarification on :if and :when behavior

[Arian-D]

Hi,

My config is a collection of (use-package ...) statements, and in most of them I use :when for loading a package under certain conditions. For instance, I have the following block in my config

(use-package geiser-guile
    :when (executable-find "guile")
    :after geiser)

and I have straight-use-package-by-default set to t. My (previous) understanding was that the :when would prevent geiser-guile from being cloned if I didn't have Guile on my path (similar to :disabled), but that doesn't seem to be the case; (macroexpand '(use-package abc :if (= 1 2))) reveals that the condition is used after straight-use-package is called.

It's not a request to change it, and I just wanted to know if that is intentional. If it is, I'll just do something like (when (= 1 2) (use-package ...)) in my config.

Thank you.

[raxod502]

I think #1158 should clarify this, does it answer the question adequately? Sorry for the delay.

[Arian-D]

I forgot to close this.

It absolutely does address my question! I very much appreciate the explanation, and I will most likely use your radian-use-package macro.