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Document dynamic attributes
Signed-off-by: Shea Levy <shea@shealevy.com>
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<listitem><para><command>nix-setuid-helper</command> is
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<listitem><para><command>nix-setuid-helper</command> is
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gone.</para></listitem>
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gone.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Now antiquotation is allowed inside of quoted
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attribute names (e.g. <literal>set."${foo}"</literal>). In the
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case where the attribute name is just a single antiquotation,
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the quotes can be dropped (e.g. the above example can be written
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<literal>set.${foo}</literal>).</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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</section>
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will evaluate to <literal>"Xyzzy"</literal> because there is no
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will evaluate to <literal>"Xyzzy"</literal> because there is no
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<varname>c</varname> attribute in the set.</para>
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<varname>c</varname> attribute in the set.</para>
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<para>You can use arbitrary string constants as attribute names by
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<para>You can use arbitrary double-quoted strings as attribute
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enclosing them in quotes:
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names:
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<programlisting>
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<programlisting>
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{ "foo bar" = 123; "nix-1.0" = 456; }."foo bar" </programlisting>
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{ "foo ${bar}" = 123; "nix-1.0" = 456; }."foo ${bar}"
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</programlisting>
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This will evaluate to <literal>123</literal> (Assuming
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<literal>bar</literal> is antiquotable). In the case where an
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attribute name is just a single antiquotation, the quotes can be
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dropped:
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<programlisting>
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{ foo = 123; }.${bar} or 456 </programlisting>
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This will evaluate to <literal>123</literal> if
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<literal>bar</literal> evaluates to <literal>"foo"</literal> when
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coerced to a string and <literal>456</literal> otherwise (again
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assuming <literal>bar</literal> is antiquotable).</para>
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This will evaluate to <literal>123</literal>.</para>
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</simplesect>
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</simplesect>
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