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| author | Florian Klink <flokli@flokli.de> | 2024-10-21T13·34+0200 |
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| committer | flokli <flokli@flokli.de> | 2024-11-12T11·55+0000 |
| commit | 14744713276870cf0380e31bee01124e1a2f4cb0 (patch) | |
| tree | 084f0b9e215a9746a8d9210c81c7fe5e91bd7731 /tvix/docs/src/eval/build-references.md | |
| parent | 2af30c8c7faf108bfcf649a9bf2818b25e5a63f6 (diff) | |
docs(tvix/eval): update string context document r/8912
NixString doesn't contain a `HashSet<BuildReference>` anymore, there's a more packed internal data structure. We don't need to be overly specific in the docs, just say we expose an API. Change-Id: I13380c49293f9a86d1916909fdfeefbe64d9024b Reviewed-on: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/12755 Tested-by: BuildkiteCI Autosubmit: flokli <flokli@flokli.de> Reviewed-by: edef <edef@edef.eu>
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| -rw-r--r-- | tvix/docs/src/eval/build-references.md | 7 |
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diff --git a/tvix/docs/src/eval/build-references.md b/tvix/docs/src/eval/build-references.md index dd53f65d83aa..6c0b88df1839 100644 --- a/tvix/docs/src/eval/build-references.md +++ b/tvix/docs/src/eval/build-references.md @@ -120,9 +120,10 @@ passes etc. In the past, Tvix did not track string contexts in its evaluator at all, see the historical section for more information about that. -Tvix tracks string contexts in every `NixString` structure via a -`HashSet<BuildReference>` and offers an API to combine the references while -keeping the exact internal structure of that data private. +Tvix tracks string contexts in every `NixString` structure and offers an API to +do operations on the context (inherit/clear/…), as well as iterators over +(different types of) context elements, while keeping the exact internal +structure of that data private. ## Historical attempt: Persistent reference tracking |