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sterni 7046604cfe fix(tvix/eval): place plain inherits in correct stack slots We need to make sure that we compile all plain inherits in a let expression before declaring any other locals. Plain inherits are special in the sense that they can never be recursive, instead resolving to a higher scope. Thus we need to compile their value, before declaring them. If we don't do that, before any other local can be declared, we cause a situation where the plain inherits' values are placed into other locals' stack slots. Note that we can't integrate the plain inherit compilation into the regular 2-3 phase model where we defer the compilation of the value or we'd compile `let inherit x; in …` as `let x = x; in …`. Change-Id: I951d5df3c9661a054e12401546875f4685b5bf08 Reviewed-on: https://cl.tvl.fyi/c/depot/+/6496 Tested-by: BuildkiteCI Reviewed-by: tazjin <tazjin@tvl.su> Reviewed-by: sterni <sternenseemann@systemli.org>		2022-09-11 12:26:23 +00:00
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benches	test(tvix/eval): Add attr merge benchmarks	2022-09-03 06:56:02 +00:00
docs	docs(tvix/eval): add some notes on recursive attribute sets	2022-09-11 12:26:23 +00:00
src	fix(tvix/eval): place plain inherits in correct stack slots	2022-09-11 12:26:23 +00:00
.gitignore	feat(tvix/eval): check in generated project skeleton	2022-08-12 12:34:29 +00:00
.skip-subtree	feat(tvix/tests): check in Nix' language test suite	2022-08-24 21:25:41 +00:00
Cargo.lock	chore(tvix/eval): bump all dependencies	2022-09-07 19:08:56 +00:00
Cargo.toml	feat(tvix/eval): implement DisassemblingObserver for compiler	2022-09-09 21:10:10 +00:00
default.nix	fix(tvix/eval): don't rebuild drv upon changes in cargo target dir	2022-09-04 21:02:50 +00:00
README.md	docs(tvix/eval): add a note on how to run Nix tests	2022-09-03 00:47:58 +00:00

README.md

Tvix Evaluator

This project implements an interpreter for the Nix programming language.

The interpreter aims to be compatible with nixpkgs, on the foundation of Nix 2.3.

Work on this project is extremely in-progress, and the state of the project in the public repository may not necessarily reflect the state of the private codebase, as we are slowly working on publishing it.

We expect this to have caught up in a handful of weeks (as of 2022-08-12).

Please contact TVL with any questions you might have.

Nix test suite

C++ Nix implements a language test suite in the form of Nix source code files, and their expected output. The coverage of this test suite is not complete, but we intend to be compatible with it.

We have ported the test suite to Tvix, but do not run it by default as we are not yet compatible with it.

You can run the test suite by enabling the nix_tests feature in Cargo:

cargo test --features nix_tests

rnix-parser

Tvix is written in memory of jD91mZM2, the author of rnix-parser who sadly passed away.

Tvix makes heavy use of rnix-parser in its bytecode compiler. The parser is now maintained by Nix community members.