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authorJade Lovelace <software@lfcode.ca>2024-03-29 18:26:40 -0700
committerJade Lovelace <software@lfcode.ca>2024-03-29 18:29:59 -0700
commit817322fbfb2a76289d3af9f2810cb01a5cb6ab88 (patch)
treec961bf6fb88be8dfcca74e5e41adc9ff93161ca4 /src/libexpr/nixexpr.hh
parent6646b803964cc60a25723ac92cf97d4e828a83c3 (diff)
Document ExprLambda fields
We got confused what formals did and had to briefly figure it out. We should just have docs, so these are some. Change-Id: If3e794a401e69d022785cbfa0b0c2e2284f41f58
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diff --git a/src/libexpr/nixexpr.hh b/src/libexpr/nixexpr.hh
index e5755bb99..64a9ddeec 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/nixexpr.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/nixexpr.hh
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ struct Formal
Expr * def;
};
+/** Attribute set destructuring in arguments of a lambda, if present */
struct Formals
{
typedef std::vector<Formal> Formals_;
@@ -270,9 +271,18 @@ struct Formals
struct ExprLambda : Expr
{
+ /** Where the lambda is defined in Nix code. May be falsey if the
+ * position is not known. */
PosIdx pos;
+ /** Name of the lambda. This is set if the lambda is defined in a
+ * let-expression or an attribute set, such that there is a name.
+ * Lambdas may have a falsey symbol as the name if they are anonymous */
Symbol name;
+ /** The argument name of this particular lambda. Is a falsey symbol if there
+ * is no such argument. */
Symbol arg;
+ /** Formals are present when the lambda destructures an attr set as
+ * argument, with or without ellipsis */
Formals * formals;
Expr * body;
ExprLambda(PosIdx pos, Symbol arg, Formals * formals, Expr * body)