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| author | eldritch horrors <pennae@lix.systems> | 2024-03-08 04:08:08 +0100 |
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| committer | eldritch horrors <pennae@lix.systems> | 2024-03-09 04:04:46 +0100 |
| commit | 7e1f8b09a4968447ec039f2369919fcb2bd430b7 (patch) | |
| tree | 768f4ef69d4b416ff8c1a64751e1b009aa0c2db2 /doc/manual/src | |
| parent | 512c1f05c37c612347dd1fda4771a09744a1a3cd (diff) | |
Merge pull request #9755 from 9999years/printer-followup
Printer followup
(cherry picked from commit 51f524c629b778b75cb62a9e0c85bae655984abc)
Change-Id: I29214cc86c5e846cbcfec382022293a70011b316
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-instantiate.md | 12 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-instantiate.md b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-instantiate.md index 483150aa8..479c9abcf 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-instantiate.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-instantiate.md @@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ standard input. > **Warning** > - > This option produces ambiguous output which is not suitable for machine - > consumption. For example, these two Nix expressions print the same result - > despite having different types: + > This option produces output which can be parsed as a Nix expression which + > will produce a different result than the input expression when evaluated. + > For example, these two Nix expressions print the same result despite + > having different meaning: > > ```console > $ nix-instantiate --eval --expr '{ a = {}; }' @@ -179,12 +180,7 @@ $ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --expr '{ x = {}; }' </attr> </attrs> </expr> -``` - -Note that `y` is left unevaluated (the XML representation doesn’t -attempt to show non-normal forms). -```console $ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --strict --expr '{ x = {}; }' <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?> <expr> |