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Allow dashes in identifiers

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In Nixpkgs, the attribute in all-packages.nix corresponding to a
package is usually equal to the package name.  However, this doesn't
work if the package contains a dash, which is fairly common.  The
convention is to replace the dash with an underscore (e.g. "dbus-lib"
becomes "dbus_glib"), but that's annoying.  So now dashes are valid in
variable / attribute names, allowing you to write:

  dbus-glib = callPackage ../development/libraries/dbus-glib { };

and

  buildInputs = [ dbus-glib ];

Since we don't have a negation or subtraction operation in Nix, this
is unambiguous.
This commit is contained in:
Eelco Dolstra 2012-09-27 15:43:08 -04:00
parent f46612be96
commit 95c74eae26
4 changed files with 9 additions and 4 deletions
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doc/manual/release-notes.xml
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@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
<itemizedlist> <itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Dashes are now valid as part of identifiers and attribute
names.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem> <listitem>
<para>Nix no longer sets the immutable bit on files in the Nix <para>Nix no longer sets the immutable bit on files in the Nix
store. Instead, the recommended way to guard the Nix store store. Instead, the recommended way to guard the Nix store

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misc/emacs/nix-mode.el
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@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ The hook `nix-mode-hook' is run when Nix mode is started.
("\\<isNull\\>" . font-lock-builtin-face) ("\\<isNull\\>" . font-lock-builtin-face)
("[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\\+-\\.]*:[a-zA-Z0-9%/\\?:@&=\\+\\$,_\\.!~\\*'-]+" ("[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9\\+-\\.]*:[a-zA-Z0-9%/\\?:@&=\\+\\$,_\\.!~\\*'-]+"
. font-lock-constant-face) . font-lock-constant-face)
("\\<\\([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_'\.]*\\)[ \t]*=" ("\\<\\([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_'\-\.]*\\)[ \t]*="
(1 font-lock-variable-name-face nil nil)) (1 font-lock-variable-name-face nil nil))
("<[a-zA-Z0-9._\\+-]+\\(/[a-zA-Z0-9._\\+-]+\\)*>" ("<[a-zA-Z0-9._\\+-]+\\(/[a-zA-Z0-9._\\+-]+\\)*>"
. font-lock-constant-face) . font-lock-constant-face)

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src/libexpr/lexer.l
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@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static Expr * unescapeStr(SymbolTable & symbols, const char * s)
%} %}
ID [a-zA-Z\_][a-zA-Z0-9\_\']* ID [a-zA-Z\_][a-zA-Z0-9\_\'\-]*
INT [0-9]+ INT [0-9]+
PATH [a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]*(\/[a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]+)+ PATH [a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]*(\/[a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]+)+
SPATH \<[a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]+(\/[a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]+)*\> SPATH \<[a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]+(\/[a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]+)*\>

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tests/lang/eval-okay-attrs5.nix
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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ let
as = { x.y.z = 123; a.b.c = 456; }; as = { x.y.z = 123; a.b.c = 456; };
bs = { foo.bar = "foo"; }; bs = { f-o-o.bar = "foo"; };
or = x: y: x || y; or = x: y: x || y;
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ in
as.foo or "foo" as.foo or "foo"
as.x.y.bla or as.a.b.c as.x.y.bla or as.a.b.c
as.a.b.c or as.x.y.z as.a.b.c or as.x.y.z
as.x.y.bla or bs.foo.bar or "xyzzy" as.x.y.bla or bs.f-o-o.bar or "xyzzy"
as.x.y.bla or bs.bar.foo or "xyzzy" as.x.y.bla or bs.bar.foo or "xyzzy"
123.bla or null.foo or "xyzzy" 123.bla or null.foo or "xyzzy"
# Backwards compatibility test. # Backwards compatibility test.