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| author | Ersin Akinci <me@ersinakinci.com> | 2019-10-21T21·11-0700 |
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| committer | Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com> | 2020-01-04T13·10+0100 |
| commit | e9c0c772b02d73436519f5cf5b53157da372cbfb (patch) | |
| tree | d7fb28ef1adeb18aedcf27927e29f917002a0f84 | |
| parent | 1ea63a5931981070500a26ccc241375699f1e41b (diff) | |
Add hint about path in builtins.import
(cherry picked from commit b7a936224ee6e1ad9c842f618bbd5bc1864ebd54)
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml index 465fa1e0b001..8b53cd57854f 100644 --- a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml +++ b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml @@ -746,6 +746,10 @@ builtins.genList (x: x * x) 5 separate file, and use it from Nix expressions in other files.</para> + <note><para>Unlike some languages, <function>import</function> is a regular + function in Nix. Paths using the angle bracket syntax (e.g., <function>import</function> <replaceable><foo></replaceable>) are normal + values (see <xref linkend='ssec-values' />).</para></note> + <para>A Nix expression loaded by <function>import</function> must not contain any <emphasis>free variables</emphasis> (identifiers that are not defined in the Nix expression itself and are not |