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Valentin Gagarin
a713476790
docs: split types from syntax (#11013)
move together all syntactic and semantic information into one
page, and add a page on data types, which in turn links to the syntax and
semantics.

also split out the note on scoping rules into its own page.

Co-authored-by: Ryan Hendrickson <ryan.hendrickson@alum.mit.edu>
2024-07-03 09:03:41 +02:00
Harmen
3b388f6629
string interpolation escape example (#10966)
* string interpolation escape example

Make it easier to find the documentation, and the example might be enough for most cases.

Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2024-06-27 08:30:21 +00:00
John Ericson
043135a848 Document file system object content addressing
In addition:

- Take the opportunity to add a bunch more missing hyperlinks, too.

- Remove some glossary entries that are now subsumed by dedicated pages.
  We used to not be able to do this without breaking link fragments, but
  now we can, so pick up where we left off.

Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <roberth@users.noreply.github.com>
2024-05-15 16:28:48 -04:00
John Ericson
95ae12b607 docs: Refer to the glossary with @docroot@ instead of ..
These unweildy relative paths probably predate the `@docroot@`
mechanism.
2024-04-12 11:46:47 -04:00
BOHverkill
53eecae525
Fix link to derivation in string interpolation doc
The reference link definition for it pointing to the glossary was
removed, so it is currently not displayed as a link.
2024-02-10 17:27:16 +01:00
Rebecca Turner
83bb494a30
Print the value in error: cannot coerce messages
This extends the `error: cannot coerce a TYPE to a string` message
to print the value that could not be coerced. This helps with debugging
by making it easier to track down where the value is being produced
from, especially in errors with deep or unhelpful stack traces.
2024-01-23 15:15:41 -08:00
Robert Hensing
9b7b7a7561 Revert "Print the value in error: cannot coerce messages (#9553)"
This reverts commit f0ac2a35d5.

The request from the sibling PR, which also applies here, was not addressed.
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9554#issuecomment-1845095735
2023-12-09 02:13:32 +01:00
Rebecca Turner
f0ac2a35d5
Print the value in error: cannot coerce messages (#9553)
* Print the value in `error: cannot coerce` messages

This extends the `error: cannot coerce a TYPE to a string` message
to print the value that could not be coerced. This helps with debugging
by making it easier to track down where the value is being produced
from, especially in errors with deep or unhelpful stack traces.

Co-authored-by: Valentin Gagarin <valentin.gagarin@tweag.io>
2023-12-08 16:36:57 +00:00
John Ericson
81d3a8542a
doc: Slight reword of "interpolated expression" in paragraph
I was sleepy and confused that "interpolated expression" was a new type of thing at first. This nudges the reader to understand that its just a regular expression, and these conditions are imposed by the interpolation operation.
2023-10-09 10:21:18 -04:00
Valentin Gagarin
a7ba8c3f4a complete example on attribute name interpolation 2023-10-07 02:49:55 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
a67cee965a expand on interpolated expressions 2023-10-07 02:49:55 +02:00
Valentin Gagarin
e0c4a95611 antiquotation -> string interpolation
as proposed by @mkaito[1] and @tazjin[2] and discussed with @edolstra
and Nix maintainers

[1]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix.dev/pull/267#issuecomment-1270076332
[2]: https://github.com/NixOS/nix.dev/pull/267#issuecomment-1270201979

Co-authored-by: John Ericson <git@JohnEricson.me>
Co-authored-by: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
2023-01-02 14:38:57 +01:00