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2004-10-29 * Drop ATmake / ATMatcher also in handling store expressions.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+1
2004-10-26 * Don't use ATmake / ATmatch anymore, nor the ATMatcher class.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+3
Instead we generate data bindings (build and match functions) for the constructors specified in `constructors.def'. In particular this removes the conversions between AFuns and strings, and Nix expression evaluation now seems 3 to 4 times faster.
2004-10-26 * Mode `--parse-only' to parse the input (on stdin, `-'), and printEelco Dolstra1-8/+28
out the AST as an ATerm. * Mode `--eval-only' to parse and evaluate the input, and print the resulting normal form as an ATerm. Neither of these modes require store/DB write permission.
2004-07-01 * Nix-instantiate now accepts sets of derivations (just like nix-env).Eelco Dolstra1-0/+9
2004-04-05 * When something goes wrong in the evaluation of a Nix expression,Eelco Dolstra1-1/+1
print a nice backtrace of the stack, rather than vomiting a gigantic (and useless) aterm on the screen. Example: error: while evaluating file `.../pkgs/system/test.nix': while evaluating attribute `subversion' at `.../pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix', line 533: while evaluating function at `.../pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix', line 1: assertion failed at `.../pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion/default.nix', line 13 Since the Nix expression language is lazy, the trace may be misleading. The purpose is to provide a hint as to the location of the problem.
2004-02-04 * Use a map to lookup primops.Eelco Dolstra1-33/+1
* Various performance improvements in the evaluator. * Do not link against unused (and missing!) libraries (-lsglr, etc.).
2003-12-01 * Help text for all (non-script) programs, so no more:Eelco Dolstra1-3/+8
$ nix-instantiate --help error: unknown flag `--help` Try `nix-instantiate --help' for more information. :-)
2003-11-22 * Fix nix-push.Eelco Dolstra1-2/+2
2003-11-22 * Maintain integrity of the substitute and successor mappings whenEelco Dolstra1-3/+4
deleting a path in the store. * Allow absolute paths in Nix expressions. * Get nix-prefetch-url to work again. * Various other fixes.
2003-11-19 * Refactoring (step 2).Eelco Dolstra1-0/+117
2003-11-19 * Refactoring: put the Nix expression evaluator in its own library soEelco Dolstra1-117/+0
that it can be used by multiple programs.
2003-11-18 * "Fix expression" -> "Nix expression".Eelco Dolstra1-0/+117
* More refactoring.