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lib/types: Introduce lazyAttrsOf

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The standard attrsOf is strict in its *values*, meaning it's impossible to
access only one attribute value without evaluating all others as well.
lazyAttrsOf is a version that doesn't have that problem, at the expense
of conditional definitions not properly working anymore.
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Silvan Mosberger 2019-10-12 21:18:53 +02:00 committed by Silvan Mosberger
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lib/types.nix
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@ -302,6 +302,30 @@ rec {
functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = elemType; };
};
# A version of attrsOf that's lazy in its values at the expense of
# conditional definitions not working properly. E.g. defining a value with
# `foo.attr = mkIf false 10`, then `foo ? attr == true`, whereas with
# attrsOf it would correctly be `false`. Accessing `foo.attr` would throw an
# error that it's not defined. Use only if conditional definitions don't make sense.
lazyAttrsOf = elemType: mkOptionType rec {
name = "lazyAttrsOf";
description = "lazy attribute set of ${elemType.description}s";
check = isAttrs;
merge = loc: defs:
zipAttrsWith (name: defs:
let merged = mergeDefinitions (loc ++ [name]) elemType defs;
# mergedValue will trigger an appropriate error when accessed
in merged.optionalValue.value or elemType.emptyValue.value or merged.mergedValue
)
# Push down position info.
(map (def: mapAttrs (n: v: { inherit (def) file; value = v; }) def.value) defs);
emptyValue = { value = {}; };
getSubOptions = prefix: elemType.getSubOptions (prefix ++ ["<name>"]);
getSubModules = elemType.getSubModules;
substSubModules = m: lazyAttrsOf (elemType.substSubModules m);
functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = elemType; };
};
# List or attribute set of ...
loaOf = elemType:
let

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nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.xml
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@ -360,6 +360,31 @@
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<varname>types.lazyAttrsOf</varname> <replaceable>t</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
An attribute set of where all the values are of
<replaceable>t</replaceable> type. Multiple definitions result in the
joined attribute set. This is the lazy version of <varname>types.attrsOf
</varname>, allowing attributes to depend on each other.
<warning><para>
This version does not fully support conditional definitions! With an
option <varname>foo</varname> of this type and a definition
<literal>foo.attr = lib.mkIf false 10</literal>, evaluating
<literal>foo ? attr</literal> will return <literal>true</literal>
even though it should be false. Accessing the value will then throw
an error. For types <replaceable>t</replaceable> that have an
<literal>emptyValue</literal> defined, that value will be returned
instead of throwing an error. So if the type of <literal>foo.attr</literal>
was <literal>lazyAttrsOf (nullOr int)</literal>, <literal>null</literal>
would be returned instead for the same <literal>mkIf false</literal> definition.
</para></warning>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<varname>types.loaOf</varname> <replaceable>t</replaceable>