{ stdenv, lib, glibcLocales, unzip, hasktags, ctags } : {
  # optional srcDir
  annotatedWithSourceAndTagInfo = x : (x ? passthru && x.passthru ? sourceWithTags 
                                      || x ? meta && x.meta ? sourceWithTags );
  # hack because passthru doesn't work the way I'd expect. Don't have time to spend on this right now
  # that's why I'm abusing meta for the same purpose in ghcsAndLibs
  sourceWithTagsFromDerivation = x : if x ? passthru && x.passthru ? sourceWithTags  then x.passthru.sourceWithTags
                                     else if x ? meta && x.meta ? sourceWithTags  then x.meta.sourceWithTags
                                       else null;

  # createTagFiles =  [ { name  = "my_tag_name_without_suffix", tagCmd = "ctags -R . -o \$TAG_FILE"; } ]
  # tag command must create file named $TAG_FILE
  sourceWithTagsDerivation = {name, src, srcDir ? ".", tagSuffix ? "_tags", createTagFiles ? []} :  
    stdenv.mkDerivation {
    phases = "unpackPhase buildPhase";
    inherit src srcDir tagSuffix;
    name = "${name}-source-with-tags";
    buildInputs = [ unzip ];
    # using separate tag directory so that you don't have to glob that much files when starting your editor
    # is this a good choice?
    buildPhase =
      let createTags = lib.concatStringsSep "\n"
          (map (a: ''
            TAG_FILE="$SRC_DEST/${a.name}$tagSuffix"
            echo running tag cmd "${a.tagCmd}" in `pwd`
            ${a.tagCmd}
            TAG_FILES="$TAG_FILES''${TAG_FILES:+:}$TAG_FILE"
           '') createTagFiles );
      in ''
      SRC_DEST=$out/src/$name
      mkdir -p $SRC_DEST
      pwd; ls
      cp -r $srcDir $SRC_DEST
      cd $SRC_DEST
      ${createTags}

      mkdir -p $out/nix-support
      echo "TAG_FILES=\"\$TAG_FILES\''${TAG_FILES:+:}$TAG_FILES\"" >> $out/nix-support/setup-hook
    '';
  };
  # example usage
  #testSourceWithTags = sourceWithTagsDerivation (ghc68extraLibs ghcsAndLibs.ghc68).happs_server_darcs.passthru.sourceWithTags;


  # creates annotated derivation (comments see above)
  addHasktagsTaggingInfo = deriv : deriv // {
      passthru = {
        sourceWithTags = {
         inherit (deriv) src;
         srcDir = if deriv ? srcDir then deriv.srcDir else ".";
         name = deriv.name;
         createTagFiles = [
               { name = "${deriv.name}_haskell";
                 # tagCmd = "${toString ghcsAndLibs.ghc68.ghc}/bin/hasktags --ignore-close-implementation --ctags `find . -type f -name \"*.*hs\"`; sort tags > \$TAG_FILE"; }
                 # *.*hs.* to catch gtk2hs .hs.pp files
                 tagCmd = "
                   srcs=\"`find . -type f -name \"*.*hs\"; find . -type f -name \"*.*hs*\";`\"
                   [ -z \"$srcs\" ] || {
                    # without this creating tag files for lifted-base fails
                    export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
                    export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
                    ${if stdenv.isLinux then "export LOCALE_ARCHIVE=${glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive;" else ""}

                    ${toString hasktags}/bin/hasktags --ignore-close-implementation --ctags .
                    mv tags \$TAG_FILE
                   }";
              }
          ];
       };
    };
  };


  addCTaggingInfo = deriv :
    deriv // { 
      passthru = {
        sourceWithTags = {
         inherit (deriv) src;
         name = "${deriv.name}-source-ctags";
         createTagFiles = [
               { inherit  (deriv) name;
                 tagCmd = "${toString ctags}/bin/ctags --sort=yes -o \$TAG_FILE -R ."; }
          ];
        };
  }; };
}
/*
experimental
idea:
a) Attach some information to a nexpression telling how to create a tag file which can then be used within your favourite editor
   Do this in a way not affecting the expression (using passthru or meta which is ignored when calculating the hash)
   implementations: addCTaggingInfo (C / C++) and addHasktagsTaggingInfo (Haskell)
b) use sourceWithTagsDerivation function to create a derivation installing the source along with the generated tag files
   so that you can use them easily witihn your favourite text editor
*/