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* lib/asserts: use throw to display message for assertMsgsternenseemann2022-01-19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | `assert` has the annoying property that it dumps a lot of code at the user without the built in capability to display a nicer message. We have worked around this using `assertMsg` which would *additionally* display a nice message. We can do even better: By using `throw` we can make evaluation fail before assert draws its conclusions and prevent it from displaying the code making up the assert condition, so we get the nicer message of `throw` and the syntactical convenience of `assert`. Before: nix-repl> python.override { reproducibleBuild = true; stripBytecode = false; } trace: Deterministic builds require stripping bytecode. error: assertion (((lib).assertMsg (reproducibleBuild -> stripBytecode)) "Deterministic builds require stripping bytecode.") failed at /home/lukas/src/nix/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix:45:1 After: nix-repl> python.override { reproducibleBuild = true; stripBytecode = false; } error: Deterministic builds require stripping bytecode.
* lib: move assertMsg and assertOneOf to their own library fileProfpatsch2018-09-06
Since the `assertOneOf` uses `lib.generators`, they are not really trivial anymore and should go into their own library file.