lib/trivial: add a few examples of usage of assertMsg/assertOneOf

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/types.nix b/lib/types.nix
index 4d6ac51c898..441af98cb9b 100644
--- a/lib/types.nix
+++ b/lib/types.nix
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ rec {
       let
         betweenDesc = lowest: highest:
           "${toString lowest} and ${toString highest} (both inclusive)";
-        between = lowest: highest: assert lowest <= highest;
+        between = lowest: highest:
+          assert lib.assertMsg (lowest <= highest)
+            "ints.between: lowest must be smaller than highest";
           addCheck int (x: x >= lowest && x <= highest) // {
             name = "intBetween";
             description = "integer between ${betweenDesc lowest highest}";
@@ -439,7 +441,9 @@ rec {
     # Either value of type `finalType` or `coercedType`, the latter is
     # converted to `finalType` using `coerceFunc`.
     coercedTo = coercedType: coerceFunc: finalType:
-      assert coercedType.getSubModules == null;
+      assert assertMsg (coercedType.getSubModules == null)
+        "coercedTo: coercedType must not have submodules (it’s a ${
+          coercedType.description})";
       mkOptionType rec {
         name = "coercedTo";
         description = "${finalType.description} or ${coercedType.description} convertible to it";