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src/libexpr/primops.cc: correct definition for intersectAttrs

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The current definition of `intersectAttrs` is incorrect:

> Return a set consisting of the attributes in the set e2 that also exist in the
> set e1.

Recall that (Nix manual, section 5.1):

> An attribute set is a collection of name-value-pairs (called attributes)

According to the existing description of `intersectAttrs`, the following should
evaluate to the empty set, since no key-value *pair* (i.e. attribute) exists in
both sets:

```
builtins.intersectAttrs { x=3; } {x="foo";}
```

And yet:

```
nix-repl> builtins.intersectAttrs { x=3; } {x="foo";}
{ x = "foo"; }
```

Clearly the intent here was for the *names* of the resulting attribute set to be
the intersection of the *names* of the two arguments, and for the values of the
resulting attribute set to be the values from the second argument.

This commit corrects the definition, making it match the implementation and intent.
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Adam Joseph 2022-09-24 23:51:09 -07:00
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@ -2454,8 +2454,8 @@ static RegisterPrimOp primop_intersectAttrs({
.name = "__intersectAttrs",
.args = {"e1", "e2"},
.doc = R"(
Return a set consisting of the attributes in the set *e2* that also
exist in the set *e1*.
Return a set consisting of the attributes in the set *e2* which have the
same name as some attribute in *e1*.
)",
.fun = prim_intersectAttrs,
});