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2014-05-26 Make the Nix search path declarativeEelco Dolstra1-0/+32
Nix search path lookups like <nixpkgs> are now desugared to ‘findFile nixPath <nixpkgs>’, where ‘findFile’ is a new primop. Thus you can override the search path simply by saying let nixPath = [ { prefix = "nixpkgs"; path = "/my-nixpkgs"; } ]; in ... <nixpkgs> ... In conjunction with ‘scopedImport’ (commit c273c15cb13bb86420dda1e5341a4e19517532b5), the Nix search path can be propagated across imports, e.g. let overrides = { nixPath = [ ... ] ++ builtins.nixPath; import = fn: scopedImport overrides fn; scopedImport = attrs: fn: scopedImport (overrides // attrs) fn; builtins = builtins // overrides; }; in scopedImport overrides ./nixos
2014-05-26 Add constant ‘nixPath’Eelco Dolstra1-0/+11
It contains the Nix expression search path as a list of { prefix, path } sets, e.g. [ { path = "/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos"; prefix = ""; } { path = "/etc/nixos/configuration.nix"; prefix = "nixos-config"; } { path = "/home/eelco/Dev/nix/inst/share/nix/corepkgs"; prefix = "nix"; } ]
2014-05-26 Add primop ‘scopedImport’Eelco Dolstra1-0/+25
‘scopedImport’ works like ‘import’, except that it takes a set of attributes to be added to the lexical scope of the expression, essentially extending or overriding the builtin variables. For instance, the expression scopedImport { x = 1; } ./foo.nix where foo.nix contains ‘x’, will evaluate to 1. This has a few applications: * It allows getting rid of function argument specifications in package expressions. For instance, a package expression like: { stdenv, fetchurl, libfoo }: stdenv.mkDerivation { ... buildInputs = [ libfoo ]; } can now we written as just stdenv.mkDerivation { ... buildInputs = [ libfoo ]; } and imported in all-packages.nix as: bar = scopedImport pkgs ./bar.nix; So whereas we once had dependencies listed in three places (buildInputs, the function, and the call site), they now only need to appear in one place. * It allows overriding builtin functions. For instance, to trace all calls to ‘map’: let overrides = { map = f: xs: builtins.trace "map called!" (map f xs); # Ensure that our override gets propagated by calls to # import/scopedImport. import = fn: scopedImport overrides fn; scopedImport = attrs: fn: scopedImport (overrides // attrs) fn; # Also update ‘builtins’. builtins = builtins // overrides; }; in scopedImport overrides ./bla.nix * Similarly, it allows extending the set of builtin functions. For instance, during Nixpkgs/NixOS evaluation, the Nixpkgs library functions could be added to the default scope. There is a downside: calls to scopedImport are not memoized, unlike import. So importing a file multiple times leads to multiple parsings / evaluations. It would be possible to construct the AST only once, but that would require careful handling of variables/environments.
2014-05-26 Shut up some signedness warningsEelco Dolstra1-2/+2
2014-04-08 If a .drv cannot be parsed, show its pathEelco Dolstra1-1/+1
Otherwise you just get ‘expected string `Derive(['’ which isn't very helpful.
2014-04-04 Show position info in Boolean operationsEelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2014-04-04 Show position info in string concatenation / addition errorsEelco Dolstra1-18/+18
2014-04-04 forceString: Show position infoEelco Dolstra1-12/+12
2014-04-04 forceAttrs: Show position infoEelco Dolstra1-12/+12
2014-04-04 forceList: Show position infoEelco Dolstra1-15/+15
2014-04-04 forceInt: Show position infoEelco Dolstra1-8/+8
2014-04-04 Pass position information to primop callsEelco Dolstra1-90/+90
For example: error: `tail' called on an empty list, at /home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/misc/hello/ex-2/default.nix:13:7
2014-04-04 Include position info in function applicationEelco Dolstra1-3/+3
This allows error messages like: error: the anonymous function at `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix:1:1' called without required argument `foo', at `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/lib/modules.nix:77:59'
2014-01-21 Merge branch 'master' into makeEelco Dolstra1-3/+3
Conflicts: src/libexpr/eval.cc
2013-12-10 Bump language version for new storePath featureShea Levy1-1/+1
This will allow e.g. channel expressions to use builtins.storePath IFF it is safe to do so without knowing if the path is valid yet. Signed-off-by: Shea Levy <shea@shealevy.com>
2013-12-10 builtins.storePath: Try to substitute the path if it is not yet validShea Levy1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Shea Levy <shea@shealevy.com>
2013-11-23 Implement basic ‘make install’Eelco Dolstra1-0/+1
2013-11-19 Shorter error messageEelco Dolstra1-2/+1
2013-11-19 Add a toJSON primopEelco Dolstra1-0/+14
2013-11-18 Add a primop unsafeGetAttrPos to return the position of an attributeEelco Dolstra1-1/+15
2013-10-28 Fix building without a garbage collectorEelco Dolstra1-5/+5
http://hydra.nixos.org/build/6695350
2013-10-28 Fix a segfault in genericClosureEelco Dolstra1-16/+25
It kept temporary data in STL containers that were not scanned by Boehm GC, so Nix programs using genericClosure could randomly crash if the garbage collector kicked in at a bad time. Also make it a bit more efficient by copying points to values rather than values.
2013-10-28 Slightly optimize listToAttrsEelco Dolstra1-8/+8
2013-10-24 Rename "attribute sets" to "sets"Eelco Dolstra1-15/+15
We don't have any other kind of sets so calling them attribute sets is unnecessarily verbose.
2013-10-24 Add a typeOf primopEelco Dolstra1-3/+28
We already have some primops for determining the type of a value, such as isString, but they're incomplete: for instance, there is no isPath. Rather than adding more isBla functions, the generic typeOf function returns a string representing the type of the argument (e.g. "int").
2013-10-17 Fold two stack trace messages in derivationsEelco Dolstra1-4/+2
Combined with the previous changes, stack traces involving derivations are now much less verbose, since something like while evaluating the builtin function `getAttr': while evaluating the builtin function `derivationStrict': while instantiating the derivation named `gtk+-2.24.20' at `/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/2.x.nix:11:3': while evaluating the derivation attribute `propagatedNativeBuildInputs' at `/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix:78:17': while evaluating the attribute `outPath' at `/nix/store/212ngf4ph63mp6p1np2bapkfikpakfv7-nix-1.6/share/nix/corepkgs/derivation.nix:18:9': ... now reads while evaluating the attribute `propagatedNativeBuildInputs' of the derivation `gtk+-2.24.20' at `/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/gtk+/2.x.nix:11:3': ...
2013-10-17 Don't show <nix/derivation.nix> in stack tracesEelco Dolstra1-1/+3
Messages like while evaluating the attribute `outPath' at `/nix/store/212ngf4ph63mp6p1np2bapkfikpakfv7-nix-1.6/share/nix/corepkgs/derivation.nix:18:9': are redundant, because Nix already shows that it's evaluating a derivation: while instantiating the derivation named `firefox-24.0' at `/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox/default.nix:131:5': while evaluating the derivation attribute `nativeBuildInputs' at `/home/eelco/Dev/nixpkgs/pkgs/stdenv/generic/default.nix:76:17':
2013-09-03 Get rid of the parse tree cacheEelco Dolstra1-3/+2
Since we already cache files in normal form (fileEvalCache), caching parse trees is redundant. Note that getting rid of this cache doesn't actually save much memory at the moment, because parse trees are currently not freed / GC'ed.
2013-09-02 Fix whitespaceEelco Dolstra1-15/+15
2013-08-19 Store Nix integers as longsEelco Dolstra1-1/+1
So on 64-bit systems, integers are now 64-bit. Fixes #158.
2013-08-02 Let the ordering operators also work on stringsEelco Dolstra1-3/+6
E.g. ‘"foo" < "bar"’ now works.
2013-03-08 Revert "Prevent config.h from being clobbered"Eelco Dolstra1-0/+16
This reverts commit 28bba8c44f484eae38e8a15dcec73cfa999156f6.
2013-03-07 Prevent config.h from being clobberedEelco Dolstra1-16/+0
2013-02-08 Rename "hash" to "hashString" and handle SHA-1Eelco Dolstra1-19/+9
2013-02-08 experimental/hashMarc Weber1-0/+26
adding primop function calculating hash of a string Signed-off-by: Marc Weber <marco-oweber@gmx.de>
2012-12-04 Tiny optimisation in the filter primopEelco Dolstra1-2/+9
2012-11-27 Optionally ignore null-valued derivation attributesEelco Dolstra1-10/+22
This allows adding attributes like attr = if stdenv.system == "bla" then something else null; without changing the resulting derivation on non-<bla> platforms. We once considered adding a special "ignore" value for this purpose, but using null seems more elegant.
2012-11-27 Add builtin constants ‘langVersion’ and ‘nixVersion’Eelco Dolstra1-0/+10
The integer constant ‘langVersion’ denotes the current language version. It gets increased every time a language feature is added/changed/removed. It's currently 1. The string constant ‘nixVersion’ contains the current Nix version, e.g. "1.2pre2980_9de6bc5".
2012-11-15 Revert "prim_toPath: Actually make the string a path"Eelco Dolstra1-3/+1
This reverts commit 2980d1fba97069805c3649c5d99d0356bce6c303. It causes a regression in NixOS evaluation: string `/nix/store/ya3s5gmj3b28170fpbjhgsk8wzymkpa1-pommed-1.39/etc/pommed.conf' cannot refer to other paths
2012-10-23 prim_toPath: Actually make the string a pathShea Levy1-1/+3
2012-10-03 Add a ‘--repair’ flag to nix-instantiateEelco Dolstra1-3/+3
This allows repairing corrupted derivations and other source files.
2012-09-19 Templatise tokenizeString()Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
2012-08-27 Merge branch 'master' into no-manifestsEelco Dolstra1-8/+73
2012-08-13 Add a primop ‘elemAt’ to get an element from a listEelco Dolstra1-5/+19
2012-08-13 Add a primop ‘concatLists’Eelco Dolstra1-0/+10
This can serve as a generic efficient list builder. For instance, the function ‘catAttrs’ in Nixpkgs can be rewritten from attr: l: fold (s: l: if hasAttr attr s then [(getAttr attr s)] ++ l else l) [] l to attr: l: builtins.concatLists (map (s: if hasAttr attr s then [(getAttr attr s)] else []) l) Statistics before: time elapsed: 1.08683 size of a value: 24 environments allocated: 1384376 (35809568 bytes) list elements: 6946783 (55574264 bytes) list concatenations: 37434 values allocated: 1760440 (42250560 bytes) attribute sets allocated: 392040 right-biased unions: 186334 values copied in right-biased unions: 591137 symbols in symbol table: 18273 number of thunks: 1297673 number of thunks avoided: 1380759 number of attr lookups: 430802 number of primop calls: 628912 number of function calls: 1333544 Statistics after (including new catAttrs): time elapsed: 0.959854 size of a value: 24 environments allocated: 1010198 (26829296 bytes) list elements: 1984878 (15879024 bytes) list concatenations: 30488 values allocated: 1589760 (38154240 bytes) attribute sets allocated: 392040 right-biased unions: 186334 values copied in right-biased unions: 591137 symbols in symbol table: 18274 number of thunks: 1040925 number of thunks avoided: 1038428 number of attr lookups: 438419 number of primop calls: 474844 number of function calls: 959366
2012-08-13 Provide an efficient implementation of ‘elem’Eelco Dolstra1-2/+17
The one in Nixpkgs is O(n^2), this one is O(n). Big reduction in the number of list allocations. Statistics before (on a NixOS system config): time elapsed: 1.17982 size of a value: 24 environments allocated: 1543334 (39624560 bytes) list elements: 9612638 (76901104 bytes) list concatenations: 37434 values allocated: 1854933 (44518392 bytes) attribute sets allocated: 392040 right-biased unions: 186334 values copied in right-biased unions: 591137 symbols in symbol table: 18272 number of thunks: 1392467 number of thunks avoided: 1507311 number of attr lookups: 430801 number of primop calls: 691600 number of function calls: 1492502 Statistics after: time elapsed: 1.08683 size of a value: 24 environments allocated: 1384376 (35809568 bytes) list elements: 6946783 (55574264 bytes) list concatenations: 37434 values allocated: 1760440 (42250560 bytes) attribute sets allocated: 392040 right-biased unions: 186334 values copied in right-biased unions: 591137 symbols in symbol table: 18273 number of thunks: 1297673 number of thunks avoided: 1380759 number of attr lookups: 430802 number of primop calls: 628912 number of function calls: 1333544
2012-08-13 Add a "filter" primopEelco Dolstra1-0/+25
Evaluation of a NixOS configuration spends quite a lot of time in the "filter" function in Nixpkgs. As implemented in Nixpkgs, this is a O(n^2) operation, so it's a good candidate for providing a more efficient (i.e. primop) implementation. Using it gives a ~10% speed increase and a significant reduction in the number of evaluations. Statistics before (on a NixOS system config): time elapsed: 1.3258 size of a value: 24 environments allocated: 1980939 (50127080 bytes) list elements: 14679308 (117434464 bytes) list concatenations: 50828 values allocated: 2098938 (50374512 bytes) attribute sets allocated: 392040 right-biased unions: 186334 values copied in right-biased unions: 591137 symbols in symbol table: 18271 number of thunks: 1645752 number of thunks avoided: 1921196 number of attr lookups: 430798 number of primop calls: 838807 number of function calls: 1930107 Statistics after: time elapsed: 1.17982 size of a value: 24 environments allocated: 1543334 (39624560 bytes) list elements: 9612638 (76901104 bytes) list concatenations: 37434 values allocated: 1854933 (44518392 bytes) attribute sets allocated: 392040 right-biased unions: 186334 values copied in right-biased unions: 591137 symbols in symbol table: 18272 number of thunks: 1392467 number of thunks avoided: 1507311 number of attr lookups: 430801 number of primop calls: 691600 number of function calls: 1492502
2012-08-12 Add some basic profiling support to the evaluatorEelco Dolstra1-1/+2
Setting the environment variable NIX_COUNT_CALLS to 1 enables some basic profiling in the evaluator. It will count calls to functions and primops as well as evaluations of attributes. For example, to see where evaluation of a NixOS configuration spends its time: $ NIX_SHOW_STATS=1 NIX_COUNT_CALLS=1 ./src/nix-instantiate/nix-instantiate '<nixos>' -A system --readonly-mode ... calls to 39 primops: 239532 head 233962 tail 191252 hasAttr ... calls to 1595 functions: 224157 `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/lib/lists.nix:17:19' 221767 `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/lib/lists.nix:17:14' 221767 `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/lib/lists.nix:17:10' ... evaluations of 7088 attributes: 167377 undefined position 132459 `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/lib/attrsets.nix:119:41' 47322 `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs/pkgs/lib/attrsets.nix:13:21' ...
2012-07-30 Refactor settings processingEelco Dolstra1-3/+3
Put all Nix configuration flags in a Settings object.
2012-07-26 Merge branch 'master' into no-manifestsEelco Dolstra1-1/+25
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