1 files changed, 62 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/compiler/attrs.rs b/tvix/eval/src/compiler/attrs.rs
index db8410fcdb8b..b5ebfe23998f 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/compiler/attrs.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/compiler/attrs.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,68 @@ impl Compiler<'_, '_> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Compiles inherited values in an attribute set. Inherited
+    /// values are *always* inherited from the outer scope, even if
+    /// there is a matching name within a recursive attribute set.
+    fn compile_inherit_attrs(
+        &mut self,
+        slot: LocalIdx,
+        inherits: AstChildren<ast::Inherit>,
+    ) -> usize {
+        // Count the number of inherited values, so that the outer
+        // constructor can emit the correct number of pairs when
+        // constructing attribute sets.
+        let mut count = 0;
+
+        for inherit in inherits {
+            match inherit.from() {
+                Some(from) => {
+                    for ident in inherit.idents() {
+                        count += 1;
+
+                        // First emit the identifier itself (this
+                        // becomes the new key).
+                        self.emit_literal_ident(&ident);
+                        let ident_span = self.span_for(&ident);
+                        self.scope_mut().declare_phantom(ident_span, true);
+
+                        // Then emit the node that we're inheriting
+                        // from.
+                        //
+                        // TODO: Likely significant optimisation
+                        // potential in having a multi-select
+                        // instruction followed by a merge, rather
+                        // than pushing/popping the same attrs
+                        // potentially a lot of times.
+                        let val_idx = self.scope_mut().declare_phantom(ident_span, false);
+                        self.compile(val_idx, from.expr().unwrap());
+                        self.emit_force(&from.expr().unwrap());
+                        self.emit_literal_ident(&ident);
+                        self.push_op(OpCode::OpAttrsSelect, &ident);
+                        self.scope_mut().mark_initialised(val_idx);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                None => {
+                    for ident in inherit.idents() {
+                        let ident_span = self.span_for(&ident);
+                        count += 1;
+
+                        // Emit the key to use for OpAttrs
+                        self.emit_literal_ident(&ident);
+                        self.scope_mut().declare_phantom(ident_span, true);
+
+                        // Emit the value.
+                        self.compile_ident(slot, ident);
+                        self.scope_mut().declare_phantom(ident_span, true);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        count
+    }
+
     /// Compile the statically known entries of an attribute set. Which
     /// keys are which is not known from the iterator, so discovered
     /// dynamic keys are returned from here.