nixpkgs/system/config.nix
Eelco Dolstra b6b5bafa22 * Refactoring.
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=7533
2007-01-04 10:29:40 +00:00

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Nix

# Given a configuration, this function returns an object with a `get'
# method for retrieving the values of options, falling back to the
# defaults declared in options.nix if no value is given for an
# option.
lib: config:
rec {
# The option declarations, i.e., option names with defaults and
# documentation.
declarations = import ./options.nix;
# Get the option named `name' from the user configuration, using
# its default value if it's not defined.
get = name:
let
decl =
lib.findSingle (decl: lib.eqLists decl.name name)
(abort ("Undeclared option `" + printName name + "'."))
declarations;
default =
if !decl ? default
then abort ("Option `" + printName name + "' has no default.")
else decl.default;
in lib.getAttr name default config;
printName = name: lib.concatStrings (lib.intersperse "." name);
}