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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml18
-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/primops.cc21
-rw-r--r--tests/lang/eval-okay-attrnames.exp1
-rw-r--r--tests/lang/eval-okay-attrnames.nix11
4 files changed, 51 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml b/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml
index 1cc5bb95b..9770e9182 100644
--- a/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/writing-nix-expressions.xml
@@ -1362,6 +1362,24 @@ is also available as <function>builtins.derivation</function>.</para>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.attrNames</function>
+ <replaceable>attrs</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Return the names of the attributes in the
+ attribute set <replaceable>attrs</replaceable> in a sorted list.
+ For instance, <literal>builtins.attrNames {y = 1; x =
+ "foo";}</literal> evaluates to <literal>["x" "y"]</literal>.
+ There is no built-in function <function>attrValues</function>, but
+ you can easily define it yourself:
+
+<programlisting>
+attrValues = attrs: map (name: builtins.getAttr name attrs) (builtins.attrNames attrs);</programlisting>
+
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry><term><function>baseNameOf</function> <replaceable>s</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>Return the <emphasis>base name</emphasis> of the
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index 1d0d9c6b2..fcf035450 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -620,6 +620,26 @@ static Expr primGetEnv(EvalState & state, const ATermVector & args)
}
+/* Return the names of the attributes in an attribute set as a sorted
+ list of strings. */
+static Expr primAttrNames(EvalState & state, const ATermVector & args)
+{
+ ATermMap attrs(128); /* !!! */
+ queryAllAttrs(evalExpr(state, args[0]), attrs);
+
+ StringSet names;
+ for (ATermMap::const_iterator i = attrs.begin(); i != attrs.end(); ++i)
+ names.insert(aterm2String(i->key));
+
+ ATermList list = ATempty;
+ for (StringSet::const_reverse_iterator i = names.rbegin();
+ i != names.rend(); ++i)
+ list = ATinsert(list, makeStr(*i, PathSet()));
+
+ return makeList(list);
+}
+
+
/* Apply a function to every element of a list. */
static Expr primMap(EvalState & state, const ATermVector & args)
{
@@ -732,6 +752,7 @@ void EvalState::addPrimOps()
addPrimOp("__head", 1, primHead);
addPrimOp("__tail", 1, primTail);
addPrimOp("__getEnv", 1, primGetEnv);
+ addPrimOp("__attrNames", 1, primAttrNames);
addPrimOp("map", 2, primMap);
addPrimOp("__getAttr", 2, primGetAttr);
diff --git a/tests/lang/eval-okay-attrnames.exp b/tests/lang/eval-okay-attrnames.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98af99a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lang/eval-okay-attrnames.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Str("newxfoonewxy",[])
diff --git a/tests/lang/eval-okay-attrnames.nix b/tests/lang/eval-okay-attrnames.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..978138f0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lang/eval-okay-attrnames.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+with import ./lib.nix;
+
+let
+
+ attrs = {y = "y"; x = "x"; foo = "foo";} // rec {x = "newx"; bar = x;};
+
+ names = builtins.attrNames attrs;
+
+ values = map (name: builtins.getAttr name attrs) names;
+
+in concat values