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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2009-04-14 13:03:27 +0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2009-04-14 13:03:27 +0000
commit435a93b5d845a6fa90675675060ca3cc2d2a650d (patch)
tree95f032245ba5ca8fc2f8ec285ef6b415d9567eed /doc/manual/builtins.xml
parent8b2a01a8c238f36a71157e4c2f8e6cf6ee6f5309 (diff)
* Remove references to __XXX primops.
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diff --git a/doc/manual/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/builtins.xml
index 1f881a911..3eee36f2a 100644
--- a/doc/manual/builtins.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/builtins.xml
@@ -77,18 +77,8 @@ attrValues = attrs: map (name: builtins.getAttr name attrs) (builtins.attrNames
if builtins ? getEnv then builtins.getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
This allows a Nix expression to fall back gracefully on older Nix
- installations that don’t have the desired built-in function.
- However, in that case you should not write
-
-<programlisting>
-if builtins ? getEnv then __getEnv "PATH" else ""</programlisting>
-
- This Nix expression will trigger an “undefined variable” error on
- older Nix versions since <function>__getEnv</function> doesn’t
- exist. <literal>builtins.getEnv</literal>, on the other hand, is
- safe since <literal>builtins</literal> always exists and attribute
- selection is lazy, so it’s only performed if the test
- succeeds.</para></listitem>
+ installations that don’t have the desired built-in
+ function.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>