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doc: clarify that optional attrs in a function argument will be ignored unless specified
In `args@{ a ? 1 }: /* ... */` the value `a` won't be a part of `args` unless it's specified when calling the function, the default value will be ignored in this case. My personal point of view is that this behavior is a matter of taste, at least I was pretty sure that unmatched arguments will be a part of `args@` while debugging some Nix code last week. I decided to add a warning to the docs which hopefully reduces the confusion of further Nix developers who thought the same about `args@`.
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@ -217,7 +217,25 @@ but can also be written as:
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ellipsis(<literal>...</literal>) as you can access attribute names as
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<literal>a</literal>, using <literal>args.a</literal>, which was given as an
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additional attribute to the function.
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</para></listitem>
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</para>
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<warning>
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<para>
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The <literal>args@</literal> expression is bound to the argument passed to the function which
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means that attributes with defaults that aren't explicitly specified in the function call
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won't cause an evaluation error, but won't exist in <literal>args</literal>.
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</para>
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<para>
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For instance
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<programlisting>
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let
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function = args@{ a ? 23, ... }: args;
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in
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function {}
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</programlisting>
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will evaluate to an empty attribute set.
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</para>
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</warning></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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