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Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.xml | 28 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.xml index 5a6dae6e991..9827615349d 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.xml @@ -23,16 +23,6 @@ <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term> - <varname>types.attrs</varname> - </term> - <listitem> - <para> - A free-form attribute set. - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> - <term> <varname>types.bool</varname> </term> <listitem> @@ -64,6 +54,24 @@ </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term> + <varname>types.attrs</varname> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + A free-form attribute set. + <warning><para> + This type will be deprecated in the future because it doesn't recurse + into attribute sets, silently drops earlier attribute definitions, and + doesn't discharge <literal>lib.mkDefault</literal>, <literal>lib.mkIf + </literal> and co. For allowing arbitrary attribute sets, prefer + <literal>types.attrsOf types.anything</literal> instead which doesn't + have these problems. + </para></warning> + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para> |