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-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/eval.cc10
-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/eval.hh2
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index df1600bc1..3b21c078f 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ EvalState::EvalState(const Strings & _searchPath)
, sLine(symbols.create("line"))
, sColumn(symbols.create("column"))
, sFunctor(symbols.create("__functor"))
+ , sToString(symbols.create("__toString"))
, baseEnv(allocEnv(128))
, staticBaseEnv(false, 0)
{
@@ -1389,7 +1390,14 @@ string EvalState::coerceToString(const Pos & pos, Value & v, PathSet & context,
}
if (v.type == tAttrs) {
- Bindings::iterator i = v.attrs->find(sOutPath);
+ auto i = v.attrs->find(sToString);
+ if (i != v.attrs->end()) {
+ forceValue(*i->value, pos);
+ Value v1;
+ callFunction(*i->value, v, v1, pos);
+ return coerceToString(pos, v1, context, coerceMore, copyToStore);
+ }
+ i = v.attrs->find(sOutPath);
if (i == v.attrs->end()) throwTypeError("cannot coerce a set to a string, at %1%", pos);
return coerceToString(pos, *i->value, context, coerceMore, copyToStore);
}
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.hh b/src/libexpr/eval.hh
index eb55f6d4d..2d7b7bcdc 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.hh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public:
const Symbol sWith, sOutPath, sDrvPath, sType, sMeta, sName, sValue,
sSystem, sOverrides, sOutputs, sOutputName, sIgnoreNulls,
- sFile, sLine, sColumn, sFunctor;
+ sFile, sLine, sColumn, sFunctor, sToString;
Symbol sDerivationNix;
/* If set, force copying files to the Nix store even if they