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pennae a385e51a08 rename SymbolIdx -> Symbol, Symbol -> SymbolStr after #6218 `Symbol` no longer confers a uniqueness invariant on the string it wraps, it is now possible to create multiple symbols that compare equal but whose string contents have different addresses. this guarantee is now only provided by `SymbolIdx`, leaving `Symbol` only as a string wrapper that knows about the intricacies of how symbols need to be formatted for output. this change renames `SymbolIdx` to `Symbol` to restore the previous semantics of `Symbol` to that name. we also keep the wrapper type and rename it to `SymbolStr` instead of returning plain strings from lookups into the symbol table because symbols are formatted for output in many places. theoretically we do not need `SymbolStr`, only a function that formats a string for output as a symbol, but having to wrap every symbol that appears in a message into eg `formatSymbol()` is error-prone and inconvient.		2022-04-25 15:37:01 +02:00
.github	Bump actions/checkout from 2 to 3	2022-04-13 12:10:29 +00:00
config	Run autoupdate	2021-06-01 11:42:38 +02:00
contrib	function-trace: always show the trace	2019-09-18 23:23:21 +02:00
doc/manual	Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into nixbuildaddprintstorepaths	2022-04-22 11:11:01 +02:00
m4	autoconf: Fix C++17 detection not working on Ubuntu 16.04.	2019-07-03 04:32:25 +02:00
maintainers	Integrate push-docker.sh into the release script	2022-02-18 13:58:01 +01:00
misc	Merge pull request #6128 from ncfavier/fix-completion	2022-04-19 13:45:33 +02:00
mk	mk/run_test.sh: Add missing backslash	2022-03-02 21:36:46 +01:00
perl	Remove std::string alias (for real this time)	2022-02-25 16:13:02 +01:00
scripts	installer: ask for confirmation on multi-user install without systemd	2022-04-08 11:23:54 +02:00
src	rename SymbolIdx -> Symbol, Symbol -> SymbolStr	2022-04-25 15:37:01 +02:00
tests	Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into nixbuildaddprintstorepaths	2022-04-22 11:11:01 +02:00
.dir-locals.el	.dir-locals.el: Set c-block-comment-prefix	2020-07-10 11:21:06 +02:00
.editorconfig	Add .editorconfig	2017-06-05 22:57:28 +01:00
.gitignore	nix repl: make symlinks with the :bl command	2022-04-20 00:20:29 +03:00
.version	Bump version	2022-04-19 21:48:17 +02:00
boehmgc-coroutine-sp-fallback.diff	Fix leaking pthread_attr_t	2021-11-03 22:54:16 +01:00
bootstrap.sh
configure.ac	Require lowdown 0.9.0	2022-02-01 10:44:19 +01:00
COPYING
default.nix	Remove url literals	2022-01-24 13:28:21 +01:00
docker.nix	feat: include openssh in docker image	2022-04-14 13:49:47 +01:00
flake.lock	flake.lock: Update	2022-04-05 16:41:40 +02:00
flake.nix	add sourcehut integration test	2022-02-23 11:58:09 -03:00
local.mk	Remove 'dist' target	2020-12-03 16:17:58 +01:00
Makefile	Stop vendoring nlohmann_json	2022-01-26 11:50:53 +01:00
Makefile.config.in	use LOWDOWN_LIBS variable	2022-01-30 20:59:58 +02:00
precompiled-headers.h	Config: Use nlohmann/json	2020-08-20 11:02:16 +02:00
README.md	throw freenode down the memory hole	2021-05-27 21:48:39 +02:00
shell.nix	Remove url literals	2022-01-24 13:28:21 +01:00

README.md

Nix

Nix is a powerful package manager for Linux and other Unix systems that makes package management reliable and reproducible. Please refer to the Nix manual for more details.

Installation

On Linux and macOS the easiest way to install Nix is to run the following shell command (as a user other than root):

$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

Information on additional installation methods is available on the Nix download page.

Building And Developing

See our Hacking guide in our manual for instruction on how to build nix from source with nix-build or how to get a development environment.

Additional Resources

License

Nix is released under the LGPL v2.1.