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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml27
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
index 615314880..5e88b8856 100644
--- a/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/expressions/builtins.xml
@@ -264,13 +264,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation { … }
Note that when obtaining the hash with <varname>nix-prefetch-url
</varname> the option <varname>--unpack</varname> is required.
- </para>
-
- <para>This function can also verify the contents against a hash.
- In that case, the function takes a set instead of a URL. The set
+ </para>
+
+ <para>This function can also verify the contents against a hash.
+ In that case, the function takes a set instead of a URL. The set
requires the attribute <varname>url</varname> and the attribute
<varname>sha256</varname>, e.g.
-
+
<programlisting>
with import (fetchTarball {
url = https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz;
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ with import (fetchTarball {
stdenv.mkDerivation { … }
</programlisting>
-
+
</para>
<para>This function is not available if <link
@@ -600,6 +600,16 @@ x: x + 456</programlisting>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isFloat</function>
+ <replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Return <literal>true</literal> if
+ <replaceable>e</replaceable> evaluates to a float, and
+ <literal>false</literal> otherwise.</para></listitem>
+
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
<varlistentry><term><function>builtins.isBool</function>
<replaceable>e</replaceable></term>
@@ -1245,8 +1255,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
<replaceable>e</replaceable>, namely <literal>"int"</literal>,
<literal>"bool"</literal>, <literal>"string"</literal>,
<literal>"path"</literal>, <literal>"null"</literal>,
- <literal>"set"</literal>, <literal>"list"</literal> or
- <literal>"lambda"</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ <literal>"set"</literal>, <literal>"list"</literal>,
+ <literal>"lambda"</literal> or
+ <literal>"float"</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>