adding lib function haskell's drop x elements from head of list

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=21141

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/lib/lists.nix b/pkgs/lib/lists.nix
index 6141ad413d3..9b8334a5b9d 100644
--- a/pkgs/lib/lists.nix
+++ b/pkgs/lib/lists.nix
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ rec {
     if list == [] || count == 0 then []
     else [ (head list) ] ++ take (builtins.sub count 1) (tail list);
 
+  # haskell's drop. drop count elements from head of list
+  drop = count: list:
+    if count == 0 then list
+    else drop (builtins.sub count 1) (tail list);
+
   last = list:
     assert list != [];
     let loop = l: if tail l == [] then head l else loop (tail l); in