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libexpr: throw a more helpful eval-error if a builtin is not available due to a missing feature-flag
I found it somewhat confusing to have an error like

    error: attribute 'getFlake' missing

if the required experimental-feature (`flakes`) is not enabled. Instead,
I'd expect Nix to throw an error just like it's the case when using e.g. `nix
flake` without `flakes` being enabled.

With this change, the error looks like this:

    $ nix-instantiate -E 'builtins.getFlake "nixpkgs"'
    error: Cannot call 'builtins.getFlake' because experimental Nix feature 'flakes' is disabled. You can enable it via '--extra-experimental-features flakes'.

           at «string»:1:1:

                1| builtins.getFlake "nixpkgs"
                 | ^

I didn't use `settings.requireExperimentalFeature` here on purpose
because this doesn't contain a position. Also, it doesn't seem as if we
need to catch the error and check for the missing feature here since
this already happens at evaluation time.
2021-09-29 11:57:15 +02:00
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