{ lib }: let inherit (lib.trivial) isFunction isInt functionArgs pathExists release setFunctionArgs toBaseDigits version versionSuffix warn; in { ## Simple (higher order) functions /** The identity function For when you need a function that does “nothing”. # Inputs `x` : The value to return # Type ``` id :: a -> a ``` */ id = x: x; /** The constant function Ignores the second argument. If called with only one argument, constructs a function that always returns a static value. # Inputs `x` : Value to return `y` : Value to ignore # Type ``` const :: a -> b -> a ``` # Examples :::{.example} ## `lib.trivial.const` usage example ```nix let f = const 5; in f 10 => 5 ``` ::: */ const = x: y: x; /** Pipes a value through a list of functions, left to right. # Inputs `value` : Value to start piping. `fns` : List of functions to apply sequentially. # Type ``` pipe :: a -> [] -> ``` # Examples :::{.example} ## `lib.trivial.pipe` usage example ```nix pipe 2 [ (x: x + 2) # 2 + 2 = 4 (x: x * 2) # 4 * 2 = 8 ] => 8 # ideal to do text transformations pipe [ "a/b" "a/c" ] [ # create the cp command (map (file: ''cp "${src}/${file}" $out\n'')) # concatenate all commands into one string lib.concatStrings # make that string into a nix derivation (pkgs.runCommand "copy-to-out" {}) ] => The output type of each function has to be the input type of the next function, and the last function returns the final value. ``` ::: */ pipe = builtins.foldl' (x: f: f x); # note please don’t add a function like `compose = flip pipe`. # This would confuse users, because the order of the functions # in the list is not clear. With pipe, it’s obvious that it # goes first-to-last. With `compose`, not so much. ## Named versions corresponding to some builtin operators. /** Concatenate two lists # Inputs `x` : 1\. Function argument `y` : 2\. Function argument # Type ``` concat :: [a] -> [a] -> [a] ``` # Examples :::{.example} ## `lib.trivial.concat` usage example ```nix concat [ 1 2 ] [ 3 4 ] => [ 1 2 3 4 ] ``` ::: */ concat = x: y: x ++ y; /** boolean “or” # Inputs `x` : 1\. Function argument `y` : 2\. Function argument */ or = x: y: x || y; /** boolean “and” # Inputs `x` : 1\. Function argument `y` : 2\. Function argument */ and = x: y: x && y; /** boolean “exclusive or” # Inputs `x` : 1\. Function argument `y` : 2\. Function argument */ # We explicitly invert the arguments purely as a type assertion. # This is invariant under XOR, so it does not affect the result. xor = x: y: (!x) != (!y); /** bitwise “not” */ bitNot = builtins.sub (-1); /** Convert a boolean to a string. This function uses the strings "true" and "false" to represent boolean values. Calling `toString` on a bool instead returns "1" and "" (sic!). # Inputs `b` : 1\. Function argument # Type ``` boolToString :: bool -> string ``` */ boolToString = b: if b then "true" else "false"; /** Merge two attribute sets shallowly, right side trumps left mergeAttrs :: attrs -> attrs -> attrs # Inputs `x` : Left attribute set `y` : Right attribute set (higher precedence for equal keys) # Examples :::{.example} ## `lib.trivial.mergeAttrs` usage example ```nix mergeAttrs { a = 1; b = 2; } { b = 3; c = 4; } => { a = 1; b = 3; c = 4; } ``` ::: */ mergeAttrs = x: y: x // y; /** Flip the order of the arguments of a binary function. # Inputs `f` : 1\. Function argument `a` : 2\. Function argument `b` : 3\. Function argument # Type ``` flip :: (a -> b -> c) -> (b -> a -> c) ``` # Examples :::{.example} ## `lib.trivial.flip` usage example ```nix flip concat [1] [2] => [ 2 1 ] ``` ::: */ flip = f: a: b: f b a; /** Apply function if the supplied argument is non-null. # Inputs `f` : Function to call `a` : Argument to check for null before passing it to `f` # Examples :::{.example} ## `lib.trivial.mapNullable` usage example ```nix mapNullable (x: x+1) null => null mapNullable (x: x+1) 22 => 23 ``` ::: */ mapNullable = f: a: if a == null then a else f a; # Pull in some builtins not included elsewhere. inherit (builtins) pathExists readFile isBool isInt isFloat add sub lessThan seq deepSeq genericClosure bitAnd bitOr bitXor; ## nixpkgs version strings /** Returns the current full nixpkgs version number. */ version = release + versionSuffix; /** Returns the current nixpkgs release number as string. */ release = lib.strings.fileContents ./.version; /** The latest release that is supported, at the time of release branch-off, if applicable. Ideally, out-of-tree modules should be able to evaluate cleanly with all supported Nixpkgs versions (master, release and old release until EOL). So if possible, deprecation warnings should take effect only when all out-of-tree expressions/libs/modules can upgrade to the new way without losing support for supported Nixpkgs versions. This release number allows deprecation warnings to be implemented such that they take effect as soon as the oldest release reaches end of life. */ oldestSupportedRelease = # Update on master only. Do not backport. 2311; /** Whether a feature is supported in all supported releases (at the time of release branch-off, if applicable). See `oldestSupportedRelease`. # Inputs `release` : Release number of feature introduction as an integer, e.g. 2111 for 21.11. Set it to the upcoming release, matching the nixpkgs/.version file. */ isInOldestRelease = release: release <= lib.trivial.oldestSupportedRelease; /** Returns the current nixpkgs release code name. On each release the first letter is bumped and a new animal is chosen starting with that new letter. */ codeName = "Vicuna"; /** Returns the current nixpkgs version suffix as string. */ versionSuffix = let suffixFile = ../.version-suffix; in if pathExists suffixFile then lib.strings.fileContents suffixFile else "pre-git"; /** Attempts to return the the current revision of nixpkgs and returns the supplied default value otherwise. # Inputs `default` : Default value to return if revision can not be determined # Type ``` revisionWithDefault :: string -> string ``` */ revisionWithDefault = default: let revisionFile = "${toString ./..}/.git-revision"; gitRepo = "${toString ./..}/.git"; in if lib.pathIsGitRepo gitRepo then lib.commitIdFromGitRepo gitRepo else if lib.pathExists revisionFile then lib.fileContents revisionFile else default; nixpkgsVersion = warn "lib.nixpkgsVersion is a deprecated alias of lib.version." version; /** Determine whether the function is being called from inside a Nix shell. # Type ``` inNixShell :: bool ``` */ inNixShell = builtins.getEnv "IN_NIX_SHELL" != ""; /** Determine whether the function is being called from inside pure-eval mode by seeing whether `builtins` contains `currentSystem`. If not, we must be in pure-eval mode. # Type ``` inPureEvalMode :: bool ``` */ inPureEvalMode = ! builtins ? currentSystem; ## Integer operations /** Return minimum of two numbers. # Inputs `x` : 1\. Function argument `y` : 2\. Function argument */ min = x: y: if x < y then x else y; /** Return maximum of two numbers. # Inputs `x` : 1\. Function argument `y` : 2\. Function argument */ max = x: y: if x > y then x else y; /** Integer modulus # Inputs `base` : 1\. Function argument `int` : 2\. Function argument # Examples :::{.example} ## `lib.trivial.mod` usage example ```nix mod 11 10 => 1 mod 1 10 => 1 ``` ::: */ mod = base: int: base - (int * (builtins.div base int)); ## Comparisons /** C-style comparisons a < b, compare a b => -1 a == b, compare a b => 0 a > b, compare a b => 1 # Inputs `a` : 1\. Function argument `b` : 2\. Function argument */ compare = a: b: if a < b then -1 else if a > b then 1 else 0; /** Split type into two subtypes by predicate `p`, take all elements of the first subtype to be less than all the elements of the second subtype, compare elements of a single subtype with `yes` and `no` respectively. # Inputs `p` : Predicate `yes` : Comparison function if predicate holds for both values `no` : Comparison function if predicate holds for neither value `a` : First value to compare `b` : Second value to compare # Type ``` (a -> bool) -> (a -> a -> int) -> (a -> a -> int) -> (a -> a -> int) ``` # Examples :::{.example} ## `lib.trivial.splitByAndCompare` usage example ```nix let cmp = splitByAndCompare (hasPrefix "foo") compare compare; in cmp "a" "z" => -1 cmp "fooa" "fooz" => -1 cmp "f" "a" => 1 cmp "fooa" "a" => -1 # while compare "fooa" "a" => 1 ``` ::: */ splitByAndCompare = p: yes: no: a: b: if p a then if p b then yes a b else -1 else if p b then 1 else no a b; /** Reads a JSON file. # Examples :::{.example} ## `lib.trivial.importJSON` usage example example.json ```json { "title": "Example JSON", "hello": { "world": "foo", "bar": { "foobar": true } } } ``` ```nix importJSON ./example.json => { title = "Example JSON"; hello = { world = "foo"; bar = { foobar = true; }; }; } ``` ::: # Inputs `path` : 1\. Function argument # Type ``` importJSON :: path -> any ``` */ importJSON = path: builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile path); /** Reads a TOML file. # Examples :::{.example} ## `lib.trivial.importTOML` usage example example.toml ```toml title = "TOML Example" [hello] world = "foo" [hello.bar] foobar = true ``` ```nix importTOML ./example.toml => { title = "TOML Example"; hello = { world = "foo"; bar = { foobar = true; }; }; } ``` ::: # Inputs `path` : 1\. Function argument # Type ``` importTOML :: path -> any ``` */ importTOML = path: builtins.fromTOML (builtins.readFile path); ## Warnings # See https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/749. Eventually we'd like these # to expand to Nix builtins that carry metadata so that Nix can filter out # the INFO messages without parsing the message string. # # Usage: # { # foo = lib.warn "foo is deprecated" oldFoo; # bar = lib.warnIf (bar == "") "Empty bar is deprecated" bar; # } # # TODO: figure out a clever way to integrate location information from # something like __unsafeGetAttrPos. /** Print a warning before returning the second argument. This function behaves like `builtins.trace`, but requires a string message and formats it as a warning, including the `warning: ` prefix. To get a call stack trace and abort evaluation, set the environment variable `NIX_ABORT_ON_WARN=true` and set the Nix options `--option pure-eval false --show-trace` # Inputs `msg` : Warning message to print. `val` : Value to return as-is. # Type ``` string -> a -> a ``` */ warn = if lib.elem (builtins.getEnv "NIX_ABORT_ON_WARN") ["1" "true" "yes"] then msg: builtins.trace "warning: ${msg}" (abort "NIX_ABORT_ON_WARN=true; warnings are treated as unrecoverable errors.") else msg: builtins.trace "warning: ${msg}"; /** Like warn, but only warn when the first argument is `true`. # Inputs `cond` : 1\. Function argument `msg` : 2\. Function argument `val` : Value to return as-is. # Type ``` bool -> string -> a -> a ``` */ warnIf = cond: msg: if cond then warn msg else x: x; /** Like warnIf, but negated (warn if the first argument is `false`). # Inputs `cond` : 1\. Function argument `msg` : 2\. Function argument `val` : Value to return as-is. # Type ``` bool -> string -> a -> a ``` */ warnIfNot = cond: msg: if cond then x: x else warn msg; /** Like the `assert b; e` expression, but with a custom error message and without the semicolon. If true, return the identity function, `r: r`. If false, throw the error message. Calls can be juxtaposed using function application, as `(r: r) a = a`, so `(r: r) (r: r) a = a`, and so forth. # Inputs `cond` : 1\. Function argument `msg` : 2\. Function argument # Type ``` bool -> string -> a -> a ``` # Examples :::{.example} ## `lib.trivial.throwIfNot` usage example ```nix throwIfNot (lib.isList overlays) "The overlays argument to nixpkgs must be a list." lib.foldr (x: throwIfNot (lib.isFunction x) "All overlays passed to nixpkgs must be functions.") (r: r) overlays pkgs ``` ::: */ throwIfNot = cond: msg: if cond then x: x else throw msg; /** Like throwIfNot, but negated (throw if the first argument is `true`). # Inputs `cond` : 1\. Function argument `msg` : 2\. Function argument # Type ``` bool -> string -> a -> a ``` */ throwIf = cond: msg: if cond then throw msg else x: x; /** Check if the elements in a list are valid values from a enum, returning the identity function, or throwing an error message otherwise. # Inputs `msg` : 1\. Function argument `valid` : 2\. Function argument `given` : 3\. Function argument # Type ``` String -> List ComparableVal -> List ComparableVal -> a -> a ``` # Examples :::{.example} ## `lib.trivial.checkListOfEnum` usage example ```nix let colorVariants = ["bright" "dark" "black"] in checkListOfEnum "color variants" [ "standard" "light" "dark" ] colorVariants; => error: color variants: bright, black unexpected; valid ones: standard, light, dark ``` ::: */ checkListOfEnum = msg: valid: given: let unexpected = lib.subtractLists valid given; in lib.throwIfNot (unexpected == []) "${msg}: ${builtins.concatStringsSep ", " (builtins.map builtins.toString unexpected)} unexpected; valid ones: ${builtins.concatStringsSep ", " (builtins.map builtins.toString valid)}"; info = msg: builtins.trace "INFO: ${msg}"; showWarnings = warnings: res: lib.foldr (w: x: warn w x) res warnings; ## Function annotations /** Add metadata about expected function arguments to a function. The metadata should match the format given by builtins.functionArgs, i.e. a set from expected argument to a bool representing whether that argument has a default or not. setFunctionArgs : (a → b) → Map String Bool → (a → b) This function is necessary because you can't dynamically create a function of the { a, b ? foo, ... }: format, but some facilities like callPackage expect to be able to query expected arguments. # Inputs `f` : 1\. Function argument `args` : 2\. Function argument */ setFunctionArgs = f: args: { # TODO: Should we add call-time "type" checking like built in? __functor = self: f; __functionArgs = args; }; /** Extract the expected function arguments from a function. This works both with nix-native { a, b ? foo, ... }: style functions and functions with args set with 'setFunctionArgs'. It has the same return type and semantics as builtins.functionArgs. setFunctionArgs : (a → b) → Map String Bool. # Inputs `f` : 1\. Function argument */ functionArgs = f: if f ? __functor then f.__functionArgs or (functionArgs (f.__functor f)) else builtins.functionArgs f; /** Check whether something is a function or something annotated with function args. # Inputs `f` : 1\. Function argument */ isFunction = f: builtins.isFunction f || (f ? __functor && isFunction (f.__functor f)); /** `mirrorFunctionArgs f g` creates a new function `g'` with the same behavior as `g` (`g' x == g x`) but its function arguments mirroring `f` (`lib.functionArgs g' == lib.functionArgs f`). # Inputs `f` : Function to provide the argument metadata `g` : Function to set the argument metadata to # Type ``` mirrorFunctionArgs :: (a -> b) -> (a -> c) -> (a -> c) ``` # Examples :::{.example} ## `lib.trivial.mirrorFunctionArgs` usage example ```nix addab = {a, b}: a + b addab { a = 2; b = 4; } => 6 lib.functionArgs addab => { a = false; b = false; } addab1 = attrs: addab attrs + 1 addab1 { a = 2; b = 4; } => 7 lib.functionArgs addab1 => { } addab1' = lib.mirrorFunctionArgs addab addab1 addab1' { a = 2; b = 4; } => 7 lib.functionArgs addab1' => { a = false; b = false; } ``` ::: */ mirrorFunctionArgs = f: let fArgs = functionArgs f; in g: setFunctionArgs g fArgs; /** Turns any non-callable values into constant functions. Returns callable values as is. # Inputs `v` : Any value # Examples :::{.example} ## `lib.trivial.toFunction` usage example ```nix nix-repl> lib.toFunction 1 2 1 nix-repl> lib.toFunction (x: x + 1) 2 3 ``` ::: */ toFunction = v: if isFunction v then v else k: v; /** Convert a hexadecimal string to it's integer representation. # Type ``` fromHexString :: String -> [ String ] ``` # Examples ```nix fromHexString "FF" => 255 fromHexString (builtins.hashString "sha256" "test") => 9223372036854775807 ``` */ fromHexString = value: let noPrefix = lib.strings.removePrefix "0x" (lib.strings.toLower value); in let parsed = builtins.fromTOML "v=0x${noPrefix}"; in parsed.v; /** Convert the given positive integer to a string of its hexadecimal representation. For example: toHexString 0 => "0" toHexString 16 => "10" toHexString 250 => "FA" */ toHexString = let hexDigits = { "10" = "A"; "11" = "B"; "12" = "C"; "13" = "D"; "14" = "E"; "15" = "F"; }; toHexDigit = d: if d < 10 then toString d else hexDigits.${toString d}; in i: lib.concatMapStrings toHexDigit (toBaseDigits 16 i); /** `toBaseDigits base i` converts the positive integer i to a list of its digits in the given base. For example: toBaseDigits 10 123 => [ 1 2 3 ] toBaseDigits 2 6 => [ 1 1 0 ] toBaseDigits 16 250 => [ 15 10 ] # Inputs `base` : 1\. Function argument `i` : 2\. Function argument */ toBaseDigits = base: i: let go = i: if i < base then [i] else let r = i - ((i / base) * base); q = (i - r) / base; in [r] ++ go q; in assert (isInt base); assert (isInt i); assert (base >= 2); assert (i >= 0); lib.reverseList (go i); }