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| author | Silvan Mosberger <contact@infinisil.com> | 2021-12-08 19:02:29 +0100 |
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| committer | Silvan Mosberger <contact@infinisil.com> | 2022-03-01 19:31:00 +0100 |
| commit | 5cbeddfde486ca5524baeaf3da6e8944075cf463 (patch) | |
| tree | d529522033bcfdc0272fba08e8e3fe1897dbe4e0 /nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development | |
| parent | 891e65b0fa1b7c75c42b5404934307f64828e428 (diff) | |
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lib.types: Introduce `types.optionType`
This type correctly merges multiple option types together while also annotating them with file information. In a future commit this will be used for `_module.freeformType`
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| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/option-types.section.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/option-types.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/option-types.section.xml index 90ef05a24e7..50a3da0ef5b 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/option-types.section.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/development/option-types.section.xml @@ -113,6 +113,20 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term> + <literal>types.optionType</literal> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + The type of an option’s type. Its merging operation ensures + that nested options have the correct file location + annotated, and that if possible, multiple option definitions + are correctly merged together. The main use case is as the + type of the <literal>_module.freeformType</literal> option. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term> <literal>types.attrs</literal> </term> <listitem> |