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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Function(AttrsPat([Formal("stdenv",NoDefaultValue),Formal("fetchurl",NoDefaultValue)],Bool(False)),Call(Select(Var("stdenv"),"mkDerivation"),Attrs([Bind("name",Str("libXi-6.0.1",[]),NoPos),Bind("src",Call(Var("fetchurl"),Attrs([Bind("md5",Str("7e935a42428d63a387b3c048be0f2756",[]),NoPos),Bind("url",Str("http://freedesktop.org/~xlibs/release/libXi-6.0.1.tar.bz2",[]),NoPos)])),NoPos)])),NoPos)
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