* Added an experimental feature suggested by Andres: ellipses ("...")
in attribute set pattern matches.  This allows defining a function
  that takes *at least* the listed attributes, while ignoring
  additional attributes.  For instance,
    {stdenv, fetchurl, fuse, ...}:
    
    stdenv.mkDerivation {
      ...
    };
    
  defines a function that requires an attribute set that contains the 
  specified attributes but ignores others.  The main advantage is that
  we can then write in all-packages.nix
    aefs = import ../bla/aefs pkgs;
  instead of
    aefs = import ../bla/aefs {
      inherit stdenv fetchurl fuse;
    };
  This saves a lot of typing (not to mention not having to update
  all-packages.nix with purely mechanical changes).  It saves as much
  typing as the "args: with args;" style, but has the advantage that
  the function arguments are properly declared (not implicit in what
  the body of the "with" uses).
			
			
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		|  | @ -114,12 +114,13 @@ static void varsBoundByPattern(ATermMap & map, Pattern pat) | |||
| { | ||||
|     ATerm name; | ||||
|     ATermList formals; | ||||
|     Pattern pat1, pat2;     | ||||
|     Pattern pat1, pat2; | ||||
|     ATermBool ellipsis; | ||||
|     /* Use makeRemoved() so that it can be used directly in
 | ||||
|        substitute(). */ | ||||
|     if (matchVarPat(pat, name)) | ||||
|         map.set(name, makeRemoved()); | ||||
|     else if (matchAttrsPat(pat, formals)) {  | ||||
|     else if (matchAttrsPat(pat, formals, ellipsis)) {  | ||||
|         for (ATermIterator i(formals); i; ++i) { | ||||
|             ATerm d1; | ||||
|             if (!matchFormal(*i, name, d1)) abort(); | ||||
|  |  | |||
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