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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml index 3b664479d27b..13cc2221e1b5 100644 --- a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml +++ b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para> <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.add</function> <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> - <listitem><para>Return the sum of the integers + <listitem><para>Return the sum of the numbers <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and <replaceable>e2</replaceable>.</para></listitem> @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting> <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.div</function> <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> - <listitem><para>Return the quotient of the integers + <listitem><para>Return the quotient of the numbers <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and <replaceable>e2</replaceable>.</para></listitem> @@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.foldl’</function> + <varlistentry><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 @@ -602,12 +602,12 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting> <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.lessThan</function> <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> - <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the integer - <replaceable>e1</replaceable> is less than the integer + <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if the number + <replaceable>e1</replaceable> is less than the number <replaceable>e2</replaceable>, and <literal>false</literal> otherwise. Evaluation aborts if either <replaceable>e1</replaceable> or <replaceable>e2</replaceable> - does not evaluate to an integer.</para></listitem> + does not evaluate to a number.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ map (x: "foo" + x) [ "bar" "bla" "abc" ]</programlisting> <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.mul</function> <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> - <listitem><para>Return the product of the integers + <listitem><para>Return the product of the numbers <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and <replaceable>e2</replaceable>.</para></listitem> @@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ builtins.sort builtins.lessThan [ 483 249 526 147 42 77 ] <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.sub</function> <replaceable>e1</replaceable> <replaceable>e2</replaceable></term> - <listitem><para>Return the difference between the integers + <listitem><para>Return the difference between the numbers <replaceable>e1</replaceable> and <replaceable>e2</replaceable>.</para></listitem> @@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ in foo</programlisting> <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.toJSON</function> <replaceable>e</replaceable></term> <listitem><para>Return a string containing a JSON representation - of <replaceable>e</replaceable>. Strings, integers, booleans, + of <replaceable>e</replaceable>. Strings, integers, floats, booleans, nulls and lists are mapped to their JSON equivalents. Sets (except derivations) are represented as objects. Derivations are translated to a JSON string containing the derivation’s output |