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Mention the use of Extended Backus–Naur form
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This is the complete specification for how store paths are calculated.
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This is the complete specification for how store paths are calculated.
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The format of this specification is close to [Extended Backus–Naur form](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Backus%E2%80%93Naur_form), but must deviate for a few things such as hash functions which we treat as bidirectional for specification purposes.
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Regular users do *not* need to know this information --- store paths can be treated as black boxes computed from the properties of the store objects they refer to.
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Regular users do *not* need to know this information --- store paths can be treated as black boxes computed from the properties of the store objects they refer to.
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But for those interested in exactly how Nix works, e.g. if they are reimplementing it, this information can be useful.
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But for those interested in exactly how Nix works, e.g. if they are reimplementing it, this information can be useful.
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