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author | Profpatsch <mail@profpatsch.de> | 2018-10-02T13·38+0200 |
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committer | Profpatsch <mail@profpatsch.de> | 2018-10-02T13·38+0200 |
commit | 05cfc71cab4dd4c53f919d7451c36c8b5876919d (patch) | |
tree | 6f4ab73d490f4fd9378d0f9711989853e9cf4c60 /doc | |
parent | aa5e47b2f4697b807c6e601df136adef1ea0cc78 (diff) |
manual: add XML IDs to all builtin list entries
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml | 364 |
1 files changed, 217 insertions, 147 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml index 873f30b062ee..8d12da9b1356 100644 --- a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml +++ b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para> <variablelist> - <varlistentry><term><function>abort</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-abort'> + <term><function>abort</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Abort Nix expression evaluation, print error message <replaceable>s</replaceable>.</para></listitem> @@ -29,8 +30,10 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.add</function> - <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-add'> + <term><function>builtins.add</function> + <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable> + </term> <listitem><para>Return the sum of the numbers <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and @@ -39,8 +42,9 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.all</function> - <replaceable>pred</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-all'> + <term><function>builtins.all</function> + <replaceable>pred</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the function <replaceable>pred</replaceable> returns <literal>true</literal> @@ -50,8 +54,9 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.any</function> - <replaceable>pred</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-any'> + <term><function>builtins.any</function> + <replaceable>pred</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the function <replaceable>pred</replaceable> returns <literal>true</literal> @@ -61,8 +66,9 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.attrNames</function> - <replaceable>set</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-attrNames'> + <term><function>builtins.attrNames</function> + <replaceable>set</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the names of the attributes in the set <replaceable>set</replaceable> in an alphabetically sorted list. For instance, @@ -72,8 +78,9 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.attrValues</function> - <replaceable>set</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-attrValues'> + <term><function>builtins.attrValues</function> + <replaceable>set</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the values of the attributes in the set <replaceable>set</replaceable> in the order corresponding to the @@ -82,7 +89,8 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>baseNameOf</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-baseNameOf'> + <term><function>baseNameOf</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the <emphasis>base name</emphasis> of the string <replaceable>s</replaceable>, that is, everything following @@ -92,8 +100,9 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.bitAnd</function> - <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-bitAnd'> + <term><function>builtins.bitAnd</function> + <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the bitwise AND of the integers <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and @@ -102,8 +111,9 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.bitOr</function> - <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-bitOr'> + <term><function>builtins.bitOr</function> + <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the bitwise OR of the integers <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and @@ -112,8 +122,9 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.bitXor</function> - <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-bitXor'> + <term><function>builtins.bitXor</function> + <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the bitwise XOR of the integers <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and @@ -122,7 +133,8 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><varname>builtins</varname></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-builtins'> + <term><varname>builtins</varname></term> <listitem><para>The set <varname>builtins</varname> contains all the built-in functions and values. You can use @@ -139,8 +151,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.compareVersions</function> - <replaceable>s1</replaceable> <replaceable>s2</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-compareVersions'> + <term><function>builtins.compareVersions</function> + <replaceable>s1</replaceable> <replaceable>s2</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Compare two strings representing versions and return <literal>-1</literal> if version @@ -156,8 +169,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.splitVersion</function> - <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-splitVersion'> + <term><function>builtins.splitVersion</function> + <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Split a string representing a version into its components, by the same version splitting logic underlying the @@ -167,16 +181,18 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.concatLists</function> - <replaceable>lists</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-concatLists'> + <term><function>builtins.concatLists</function> + <replaceable>lists</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Concatenate a list of lists into a single list.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.concatStringsSep</function> - <replaceable>separator</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-concatStringsSep'> + <term><function>builtins.concatStringsSep</function> + <replaceable>separator</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Concatenate a list of strings with a separator between each element, e.g. <literal>concatStringsSep "/" @@ -184,8 +200,8 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry - xml:id='builtin-currentSystem'><term><varname>builtins.currentSystem</varname></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-currentSystem'> + <term><varname>builtins.currentSystem</varname></term> <listitem><para>The built-in value <varname>currentSystem</varname> evaluates to the Nix platform identifier for the Nix installation @@ -218,8 +234,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting> --> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.deepSeq</function> - <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-deepSeq'> + <term><function>builtins.deepSeq</function> + <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>This is like <literal>seq <replaceable>e1</replaceable> @@ -231,8 +248,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>derivation</function> - <replaceable>attrs</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-derivation'> + <term><function>derivation</function> + <replaceable>attrs</replaceable></term> <listitem><para><function>derivation</function> is described in <xref linkend='ssec-derivation' />.</para></listitem> @@ -240,7 +258,8 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>dirOf</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-dirOf'> + <term><function>dirOf</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the directory part of the string <replaceable>s</replaceable>, that is, everything before the final @@ -250,8 +269,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.div</function> - <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-div'> + <term><function>builtins.div</function> + <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the quotient of the numbers <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and @@ -259,8 +279,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.elem</function> - <replaceable>x</replaceable> <replaceable>xs</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-elem'> + <term><function>builtins.elem</function> + <replaceable>x</replaceable> <replaceable>xs</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if a value equal to <replaceable>x</replaceable> occurs in the list @@ -270,8 +291,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.elemAt</function> - <replaceable>xs</replaceable> <replaceable>n</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-elemAt'> + <term><function>builtins.elemAt</function> + <replaceable>xs</replaceable> <replaceable>n</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return element <replaceable>n</replaceable> from the list <replaceable>xs</replaceable>. Elements are counted @@ -281,8 +303,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.fetchurl</function> - <replaceable>url</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-fetchurl'> + <term><function>builtins.fetchurl</function> + <replaceable>url</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Download the specified URL and return the path of the downloaded file. This function is not available if <link @@ -292,8 +315,9 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>fetchTarball</function> - <replaceable>url</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-fetchTarball'> + <term><function>fetchTarball</function> + <replaceable>url</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Download the specified URL, unpack it and return the path of the unpacked tree. The file must be a tape archive @@ -346,7 +370,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { … } </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-fetchGit'> <term> <function>builtins.fetchGit</function> <replaceable>args</replaceable> @@ -546,7 +570,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.foldl’</function> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-foldl-prime'> + <term><function>builtins.foldl’</function> <replaceable>op</replaceable> <replaceable>nul</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Reduce a list by applying a binary operator, from @@ -559,7 +584,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.functionArgs</function> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-functionArgs'> + <term><function>builtins.functionArgs</function> <replaceable>f</replaceable></term> <listitem><para> @@ -577,7 +603,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.fromJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-fromJSON'> + <term><function>builtins.fromJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Convert a JSON string to a Nix value. For example, @@ -592,8 +619,9 @@ builtins.fromJSON ''{"x": [1, 2, 3], "y": null}'' </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.genList</function> - <replaceable>generator</replaceable> <replaceable>length</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-genList'> + <term><function>builtins.genList</function> + <replaceable>generator</replaceable> <replaceable>length</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Generate list of size <replaceable>length</replaceable>, with each element @@ -610,8 +638,9 @@ builtins.genList (x: x * x) 5 </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.getAttr</function> - <replaceable>s</replaceable> <replaceable>set</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-getAttr'> + <term><function>builtins.getAttr</function> + <replaceable>s</replaceable> <replaceable>set</replaceable></term> <listitem><para><function>getAttr</function> returns the attribute named <replaceable>s</replaceable> from @@ -623,8 +652,9 @@ builtins.genList (x: x * x) 5 </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.getEnv</function> - <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-getEnv'> + <term><function>builtins.getEnv</function> + <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> <listitem><para><function>getEnv</function> returns the value of the environment variable <replaceable>s</replaceable>, or an empty @@ -641,8 +671,9 @@ builtins.genList (x: x * x) 5 </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.hasAttr</function> - <replaceable>s</replaceable> <replaceable>set</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-hasAttr'> + <term><function>builtins.hasAttr</function> + <replaceable>s</replaceable> <replaceable>set</replaceable></term> <listitem><para><function>hasAttr</function> returns <literal>true</literal> if <replaceable>set</replaceable> has an @@ -655,8 +686,9 @@ builtins.genList (x: x * x) 5 </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.hashString</function> - <replaceable>type</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-hashString'> + <term><function>builtins.hashString</function> + <replaceable>type</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return a base-16 representation of the cryptographic hash of string <replaceable>s</replaceable>. The @@ -667,8 +699,9 @@ builtins.genList (x: x * x) 5 </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.head</function> - <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-head'> + <term><function>builtins.head</function> + <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the first element of a list; abort evaluation if the argument isn’t a list or is an empty list. You @@ -678,8 +711,9 @@ builtins.genList (x: x * x) 5 </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>import</function> - <replaceable>path</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-import'> + <term><function>import</function> + <replaceable>path</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Load, parse and return the Nix expression in the file <replaceable>path</replaceable>. If <replaceable>path @@ -733,8 +767,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.intersectAttrs</function> - <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-intersectAttrs'> + <term><function>builtins.intersectAttrs</function> + <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return a set consisting of the attributes in the set <replaceable>e2</replaceable> that also exist in the set @@ -743,8 +778,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isAttrs</function> - <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isAttrs'> + <term><function>builtins.isAttrs</function> + <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a set, and @@ -753,8 +789,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isList</function> - <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isList'> + <term><function>builtins.isList</function> + <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a list, and @@ -763,7 +800,7 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isFunction</function> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isFunction'><term><function>builtins.isFunction</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if @@ -773,8 +810,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isString</function> - <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isString'> + <term><function>builtins.isString</function> + <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a string, and @@ -783,8 +821,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isInt</function> - <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isInt'> + <term><function>builtins.isInt</function> + <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to an int, and @@ -793,8 +832,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isFloat</function> - <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isFloat'> + <term><function>builtins.isFloat</function> + <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a float, and @@ -803,8 +843,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isBool</function> - <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isBool'> + <term><function>builtins.isBool</function> + <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a bool, and @@ -813,8 +854,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>isNull</function> - <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-isNull'> + <term><function>isNull</function> + <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to <literal>null</literal>, @@ -828,8 +870,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.length</function> - <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-length'> + <term><function>builtins.length</function> + <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the length of the list <replaceable>e</replaceable>.</para></listitem> @@ -837,8 +880,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.lessThan</function> - <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-lessThan'> + <term><function>builtins.lessThan</function> + <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the number <replaceable>e1</replaceable> is less than the number @@ -850,8 +894,9 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.listToAttrs</function> - <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-listToAttrs'> + <term><function>builtins.listToAttrs</function> + <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Construct a set from a list specifying the names and values of each attribute. Each element of the list should be @@ -877,8 +922,9 @@ builtins.listToAttrs </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>map</function> - <replaceable>f</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-map'> + <term><function>map</function> + <replaceable>f</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Apply the function <replaceable>f</replaceable> to each element in the list <replaceable>list</replaceable>. For @@ -893,14 +939,15 @@ map (x: "foo" + x) [ "bar" "bla" "abc" ]</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.match</function> - <replaceable>regex</replaceable> <replaceable>str</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-match'> + <term><function>builtins.match</function> + <replaceable>regex</replaceable> <replaceable>str</replaceable></term> - <listitem><para>Returns a list if the <link - xlink:href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04">extended - POSIX regular expression</link> <replaceable>regex</replaceable> - matches <replaceable>str</replaceable> precisely, otherwise returns - <literal>null</literal>. Each item in the list is a regex group. + <listitem><para>Returns a list if the <link + xlink:href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04">extended + POSIX regular expression</link> <replaceable>regex</replaceable> + matches <replaceable>str</replaceable> precisely, otherwise returns + <literal>null</literal>. Each item in the list is a regex group. <programlisting> builtins.match "ab" "abc" @@ -926,11 +973,12 @@ builtins.match "[[:space:]]+([[:upper:]]+)[[:space:]]+" " FOO " Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>. - </para></listitem> + </para></listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.mul</function> - <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-mul'> + <term><function>builtins.mul</function> + <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the product of the numbers <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and @@ -939,8 +987,9 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>. </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.parseDrvName</function> - <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-parseDrvName'> + <term><function>builtins.parseDrvName</function> + <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Split the string <replaceable>s</replaceable> into a package name and version. The package name is everything up to @@ -953,7 +1002,7 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>. </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-path'> <term> <function>builtins.path</function> <replaceable>args</replaceable> @@ -1023,8 +1072,9 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ "foo" ]</literal>. </listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.pathExists</function> - <replaceable>path</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-pathExists'> + <term><function>builtins.pathExists</function> + <replaceable>path</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the path <replaceable>path</replaceable> exists, and @@ -1047,8 +1097,9 @@ in config.someSetting</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.readDir</function> - <replaceable>path</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-readDir'> + <term><function>builtins.readDir</function> + <replaceable>path</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the contents of the directory <replaceable>path</replaceable> as a set mapping directory entries @@ -1069,8 +1120,9 @@ in config.someSetting</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.readFile</function> - <replaceable>path</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-readFile'> + <term><function>builtins.readFile</function> + <replaceable>path</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the contents of the file <replaceable>path</replaceable> as a string.</para></listitem> @@ -1078,8 +1130,9 @@ in config.someSetting</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>removeAttrs</function> - <replaceable>set</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-removeAttrs'> + <term><function>removeAttrs</function> + <replaceable>set</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Remove the attributes listed in <replaceable>list</replaceable> from @@ -1094,8 +1147,9 @@ removeAttrs { x = 1; y = 2; z = 3; } [ "a" "x" "z" ]</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.replaceStrings</function> - <replaceable>from</replaceable> <replaceable>to</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-replaceStrings'> + <term><function>builtins.replaceStrings</function> + <replaceable>from</replaceable> <replaceable>to</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Given string <replaceable>s</replaceable>, replace every occurrence of the strings in <replaceable>from</replaceable> @@ -1111,8 +1165,9 @@ builtins.replaceStrings ["oo" "a"] ["a" "i"] "foobar" </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.seq</function> - <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-seq'> + <term><function>builtins.seq</function> + <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Evaluate <replaceable>e1</replaceable>, then evaluate and return <replaceable>e2</replaceable>. This ensures @@ -1122,8 +1177,9 @@ builtins.replaceStrings ["oo" "a"] ["a" "i"] "foobar" </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.sort</function> - <replaceable>comparator</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-sort'> + <term><function>builtins.sort</function> + <replaceable>comparator</replaceable> <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return <replaceable>list</replaceable> in sorted order. It repeatedly calls the function @@ -1145,15 +1201,16 @@ builtins.sort builtins.lessThan [ 483 249 526 147 42 77 ] </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.split</function> - <replaceable>regex</replaceable> <replaceable>str</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-split'> + <term><function>builtins.split</function> + <replaceable>regex</replaceable> <replaceable>str</replaceable></term> - <listitem><para>Returns a list composed of non matched strings interleaved - with the lists of the <link - xlink:href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04">extended - POSIX regular expression</link> <replaceable>regex</replaceable> matches - of <replaceable>str</replaceable>. Each item in the lists of matched - sequences is a regex group. + <listitem><para>Returns a list composed of non matched strings interleaved + with the lists of the <link + xlink:href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04">extended + POSIX regular expression</link> <replaceable>regex</replaceable> matches + of <replaceable>str</replaceable>. Each item in the lists of matched + sequences is a regex group. <programlisting> builtins.split "(a)b" "abc" @@ -1179,11 +1236,12 @@ builtins.split "([[:upper:]]+)" " FOO " Evaluates to <literal>[ " " [ "FOO" ] " " ]</literal>. - </para></listitem> + </para></listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.stringLength</function> - <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-stringLength'> + <term><function>builtins.stringLength</function> + <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the length of the string <replaceable>e</replaceable>. If <replaceable>e</replaceable> is @@ -1192,8 +1250,9 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ " " [ "FOO" ] " " ]</literal>. </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.sub</function> - <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-sub'> + <term><function>builtins.sub</function> + <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the difference between the numbers <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and @@ -1202,9 +1261,10 @@ Evaluates to <literal>[ " " [ "FOO" ] " " ]</literal>. </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.substring</function> - <replaceable>start</replaceable> <replaceable>len</replaceable> - <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-substring'> + <term><function>builtins.substring</function> + <replaceable>start</replaceable> <replaceable>len</replaceable> + <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the substring of <replaceable>s</replaceable> from character position @@ -1227,8 +1287,9 @@ builtins.substring 0 3 "nixos" </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.tail</function> - <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-tail'> + <term><function>builtins.tail</function> + <replaceable>list</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return the second to last elements of a list; abort evaluation if the argument isn’t a list or is an empty @@ -1237,8 +1298,9 @@ builtins.substring 0 3 "nixos" </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>throw</function> - <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-throw'> + <term><function>throw</function> + <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Throw an error message <replaceable>s</replaceable>. This usually aborts Nix expression @@ -1251,9 +1313,10 @@ builtins.substring 0 3 "nixos" </varlistentry> - <varlistentry - xml:id='builtin-toFile'><term><function>builtins.toFile</function> - <replaceable>name</replaceable> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toFile'> + <term><function>builtins.toFile</function> + <replaceable>name</replaceable> + <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Store the string <replaceable>s</replaceable> in a file in the Nix store and return its path. The file has suffix @@ -1329,7 +1392,8 @@ in foo</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.toJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toJSON'> + <term><function>builtins.toJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return a string containing a JSON representation of <replaceable>e</replaceable>. Strings, integers, floats, booleans, @@ -1342,7 +1406,8 @@ in foo</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.toPath</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toPath'> + <term><function>builtins.toPath</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Convert the string value <replaceable>s</replaceable> into a path value. The string @@ -1355,7 +1420,8 @@ in foo</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>toString</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toString'> + <term><function>toString</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Convert the expression <replaceable>e</replaceable> to a string. @@ -1374,7 +1440,8 @@ in foo</programlisting> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toXML'><term><function>builtins.toXML</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-toXML'> + <term><function>builtins.toXML</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return a string containing an XML representation of <replaceable>e</replaceable>. The main application for @@ -1489,8 +1556,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec { </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.trace</function> - <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-trace'> + <term><function>builtins.trace</function> + <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Evaluate <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and print its abstract syntax representation on standard error. Then return @@ -1499,8 +1567,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec { </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.tryEval</function> - <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-tryEval'> + <term><function>builtins.tryEval</function> + <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Try to evaluate <replaceable>e</replaceable>. Return a set containing the attributes <literal>success</literal> @@ -1513,8 +1582,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec { </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.typeOf</function> - <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry xml:id='builtin-typeOf'> + <term><function>builtins.typeOf</function> + <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return a string representing the type of the value <replaceable>e</replaceable>, namely <literal>"int"</literal>, |