Initial version of nix-repl

This program interactively reads a Nix expression from the user,
evaluates it, and prints the result.
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Eelco Dolstra 2013-09-02 15:18:15 +02:00
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with import <nixpkgs> { };
runCommand "nix-repl"
{ buildInputs = [ readline nixUnstable boehmgc ]; }
''
mkdir -p $out/bin
g++ -O3 -Wall -o $out/bin/nix-repl ${./nix-repl.cc} \
-I${nixUnstable}/include/nix -L${nixUnstable}/lib/nix \
-lexpr -lmain -lreadline
''

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#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <readline/readline.h>
#include <readline/history.h>
#include "shared.hh"
#include "eval.hh"
using namespace std;
using namespace nix;
string programId = "nix-repl";
void printHelp()
{
std::cout << "Usage: nix-repl\n";
}
bool getLine(string & line)
{
char * s = readline ("nix-repl> ");
if (!s) return false;
line = chomp(string(s));
free(s);
if (line != "") add_history(line.c_str());
return true;
}
void run(nix::Strings args)
{
EvalState state;
Path curDir = absPath(".");
while (true) {
string line;
if (!getLine(line)) break;
try {
Expr * e = state.parseExprFromString(line, curDir);
Value v;
state.eval(e, v);
state.strictForceValue(v);
std::cout << v << std::endl;
} catch (Error & e) {
printMsg(lvlError, e.msg());
}
std::cout << std::endl;
}
std::cout << std::endl;
}