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Diffstat (limited to 'tvix')
| -rw-r--r-- | tvix/eval/src/io.rs | 41 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/io.rs b/tvix/eval/src/io.rs index 931a0f45cc47..26b9337df037 100644 --- a/tvix/eval/src/io.rs +++ b/tvix/eval/src/io.rs @@ -32,29 +32,56 @@ pub enum FileType { Unknown, } -/// Defines how filesystem interaction occurs inside of tvix-eval. +/// Represents all possible filesystem interactions that exist in the Nix +/// language, and that need to be executed somehow. +/// +/// This trait is specifically *only* concerned with what is visible on the +/// level of the language. All internal implementation details are not part of +/// this trait. pub trait EvalIO { /// Verify whether the file at the specified path exists. + /// + /// This is used for the following language evaluation cases: + /// + /// * checking whether a file added to the `NIX_PATH` actually exists when + /// it is referenced in `<...>` brackets. + /// * `builtins.pathExists :: path -> bool` fn path_exists(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<bool, io::Error>; /// Read the file at the specified path to a string. + /// + /// This is used for the following language evaluation cases: + /// + /// * `builtins.readFile :: path -> string` + /// * `builtins.import :: path -> any` fn read_to_string(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<String, io::Error>; /// Read the directory at the specified path and return the names /// of its entries associated with their [`FileType`]. + /// + /// This is used for the following language evaluation cases: + /// + /// * `builtins.readDir :: path -> attrs<filename, filetype>` fn read_dir(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<Vec<(bytes::Bytes, FileType)>, io::Error>; - /// Import the given path. What this means depends on the - /// implementation, for example for a `std::io`-based - /// implementation this might be a no-op, while for a Tvix store - /// this might be a copy of the given files to the store. + /// Import the given path. What this means depends on the implementation, + /// for example for a `std::io`-based implementation this might be a no-op, + /// while for a Tvix store this might be a copy of the given files to the + /// store. + /// + /// This is used for the following language evaluation cases: /// - /// This is primarily used in the context of things like coercing - /// a local path to a string, or builtins like `path`. + /// * string coercion of path literals (e.g. `/foo/bar`), which are expected + /// to return a path + /// * `builtins.toJSON` on a path literal, also expected to return a path fn import_path(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf, io::Error>; /// Returns the root of the store directory, if such a thing /// exists in the evaluation context. + /// + /// This is used for the following language evaluation cases: + /// + /// * `builtins.storeDir :: string` fn store_dir(&self) -> Option<String> { None } |