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-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/primops.cc31
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index 30dd15ac0..badff1ca3 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -92,6 +92,30 @@ static void prim_import(EvalState & state, Value * * args, Value & v)
}
+/* Return a string representing the type of the expression. */
+static void prim_typeOf(EvalState & state, Value * * args, Value & v)
+{
+ state.forceValue(*args[0]);
+ string t;
+ switch (args[0]->type) {
+ case tInt: t = "int"; break;
+ case tBool: t = "bool"; break;
+ case tString: t = "string"; break;
+ case tPath: t = "path"; break;
+ case tNull: t = "null"; break;
+ case tAttrs: t = "attrs"; break;
+ case tList: t = "list"; break;
+ case tLambda:
+ case tPrimOp:
+ case tPrimOpApp:
+ t = "lambda";
+ break;
+ default: abort();
+ }
+ mkString(v, state.symbols.create(t));
+}
+
+
/* Determine whether the argument is the null value. */
static void prim_isNull(EvalState & state, Value * * args, Value & v)
{
@@ -108,7 +132,7 @@ static void prim_isFunction(EvalState & state, Value * * args, Value & v)
}
-/* Determine whether the argument is an Int. */
+/* Determine whether the argument is an integer. */
static void prim_isInt(EvalState & state, Value * * args, Value & v)
{
state.forceValue(*args[0]);
@@ -116,7 +140,7 @@ static void prim_isInt(EvalState & state, Value * * args, Value & v)
}
-/* Determine whether the argument is an String. */
+/* Determine whether the argument is a string. */
static void prim_isString(EvalState & state, Value * * args, Value & v)
{
state.forceValue(*args[0]);
@@ -124,7 +148,7 @@ static void prim_isString(EvalState & state, Value * * args, Value & v)
}
-/* Determine whether the argument is an Bool. */
+/* Determine whether the argument is a Boolean. */
static void prim_isBool(EvalState & state, Value * * args, Value & v)
{
state.forceValue(*args[0]);
@@ -1189,6 +1213,7 @@ void EvalState::createBaseEnv()
// Miscellaneous
addPrimOp("import", 1, prim_import);
+ addPrimOp("__typeOf", 1, prim_typeOf);
addPrimOp("isNull", 1, prim_isNull);
addPrimOp("__isFunction", 1, prim_isFunction);
addPrimOp("__isString", 1, prim_isString);