Optimize small lists

The value pointers of lists with 1 or 2 elements are now stored in the
list value itself. In particular, this makes the "concatMap (x: if
cond then [(f x)] else [])" idiom cheaper.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval-inline.hh b/src/libexpr/eval-inline.hh
index c275f7ba83..178e06c801 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval-inline.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval-inline.hh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ inline void EvalState::forceAttrs(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
 inline void EvalState::forceList(Value & v)
 {
     forceValue(v);
-    if (v.type != tList)
+    if (!v.isList())
         throwTypeError("value is %1% while a list was expected", v);
 }
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ inline void EvalState::forceList(Value & v)
 inline void EvalState::forceList(Value & v, const Pos & pos)
 {
     forceValue(v);
-    if (v.type != tList)
+    if (!v.isList())
         throwTypeError("value is %1% while a list was expected, at %2%", v, pos);
 }