aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/src/libexpr
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'src/libexpr')
-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/nixexpr.cc24
-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/nixexpr.hh2
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/nixexpr.cc b/src/libexpr/nixexpr.cc
index 56b23cc62..06ca8c928 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/nixexpr.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/nixexpr.cc
@@ -308,3 +308,27 @@ string showType(Expr e)
return "an unknown type";
}
+
+string showValue(Expr e)
+{
+ ATerm s;
+ int i;
+ if (matchStr(e, s)) {
+ string t = aterm2String(s), u;
+ for (string::iterator i = t.begin(); i != t.end(); ++i)
+ if (*i == '\"' || *i == '\\') u += "\\" + *i;
+ else if (*i == '\n') u += "\\n";
+ else if (*i == '\r') u += "\\r";
+ else if (*i == '\t') u += "\\t";
+ else u += *i;
+ return "\"" + u + "\"";
+ }
+ if (matchPath(e, s)) return aterm2String(s);
+ if (matchUri(e, s)) return aterm2String(s);
+ if (matchNull(e)) return "null";
+ if (matchInt(e, i)) return (format("%1%") % i).str();
+ if (e == eTrue) return "true";
+ if (e == eFalse) return "false";
+ /* !!! incomplete */
+ return "<unknown>";
+}
diff --git a/src/libexpr/nixexpr.hh b/src/libexpr/nixexpr.hh
index 6e67e5ebd..3fd22ecfe 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/nixexpr.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/nixexpr.hh
@@ -92,5 +92,7 @@ Expr makeBool(bool b);
string showType(Expr e);
+string showValue(Expr e);
+
#endif /* !__NIXEXPR_H */