lix/src/libexpr/print-options.hh
eldritch horrors 512c1f05c3 Unify and refactor value printing
Previously, there were two mostly-identical value printers -- one in
`libexpr/eval.cc` (which didn't force values) and one in
`libcmd/repl.cc` (which did force values and also printed ANSI color
codes).

This PR unifies both of these printers into `print.cc` and provides a
`PrintOptions` struct for controlling the output, which allows for
toggling whether values are forced, whether repeated values are tracked,
and whether ANSI color codes are displayed.

Additionally, `PrintOptions` allows tuning the maximum number of
attributes, list items, and bytes in a string that will be displayed;
this makes it ideal for contexts where printing too much output (e.g.
all of Nixpkgs) is distracting. (As requested by @roberth in
https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9554#issuecomment-1845095735)

Please read the tests for example output.

Future work:
- It would be nice to provide this function as a builtin, perhaps
  `builtins.toStringDebug` -- a printing function that never fails would
  be useful when debugging Nix code.
- It would be nice to support customizing `PrintOptions` members on the
  command line, e.g. `--option to-string-max-attrs 1000`.

(cherry picked from commit 0fa08b451682fb3311fe58112ff05c4fe5bee3a4, )

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Restore ambiguous value printer for `nix-instantiate`

The Nix team has requested that this output format remain unchanged.
I've added a warning to the man page explaining that `nix-instantiate
--eval` output will not parse correctly in many situations.

(cherry picked from commit df84dd4d8dd3fd6381ac2ca3064432ab31a16b79)

Change-Id: I7cca6b4b53cd0642f2d49af657d5676a8554c9f8
2024-03-09 03:50:06 +01:00

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#pragma once
/**
* @file
* @brief Options for printing Nix values.
*/
#include <limits>
namespace nix {
/**
* Options for printing Nix values.
*/
struct PrintOptions
{
/**
* If true, output ANSI color sequences.
*/
bool ansiColors = false;
/**
* If true, force values.
*/
bool force = false;
/**
* If true and `force` is set, print derivations as
* `«derivation /nix/store/...»` instead of as attribute sets.
*/
bool derivationPaths = false;
/**
* If true, track which values have been printed and skip them on
* subsequent encounters. Useful for self-referential values.
*/
bool trackRepeated = true;
/**
* Maximum depth to evaluate to.
*/
size_t maxDepth = std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max();
/**
* Maximum number of attributes in an attribute set to print.
*/
size_t maxAttrs = std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max();
/**
* Maximum number of list items to print.
*/
size_t maxListItems = std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max();
/**
* Maximum string length to print.
*/
size_t maxStringLength = std::numeric_limits<size_t>::max();
};
}