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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|   x = 123;
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|   a = "foo";
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|   b = "bar";
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|   c = "foo" + "bar";
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|   f = {z, x, y}: if y then x else z;
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|   id = x: x;
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|   at = args@{x, y, z}: x;
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|   ellipsis = {x, y, z, ...}: x;
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| }
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