Returns VALUE, unless it is the unset value, in which case it returns DEFAULT.

Predicate that checks whether FIELD is exempt from serialization.

Take CONFIGURATION-SYMBOL, the symbol corresponding to the name used when defining a configuration record with DEFINE-CONFIGURATION, and output the Texinfo documentation of its fields.

Generate a configuration from an association list FIELDS.

SERIALIZE-FIELD is a procedure that takes two arguments, it will be applied on the fields and values of FIELDS using the generic-serialize-alist-entry procedure.

COMBINE is a procedure that takes one or more arguments and combines all the alist entries into one value, string-append or append are usually good candidates for this.