From cf705eaf78df646116f2fc14e6fa07d88f1607fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eelco Dolstra Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:58:12 +0000 Subject: * toString: don't copy paths. So toString can be used to pass non-store paths to a builder. --- src/libexpr/primops.cc | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/libexpr/primops.cc') diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc index 2fbfa538ffc4..536345f2294c 100644 --- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc +++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc @@ -324,12 +324,13 @@ static Expr primDirOf(EvalState & state, const ATermVector & args) } -/* Convert the argument to a string. */ +/* Convert the argument to a string. Paths are *not* copied to the + store, so `toString /foo/bar' yields `"/foo/bar"', not + `"/nix/store/whatever..."'. */ static Expr primToString(EvalState & state, const ATermVector & args) { PathSet context; - string s = coerceToString(state, args[0], context); - /* !!! do lists etc */ + string s = coerceToString(state, args[0], context, true, false); return makeStr(s, context); } -- cgit 1.4.1