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Revert "Add the tool "nixos-typecheck" that can check an option declaration to:"

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This reverts commit cad8957eab. It
breaks NixOps, but more importantly, such major changes to the module
system really need to be reviewed.
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Eelco Dolstra
2016-03-01 20:52:06 +01:00
parent bf4cafd1dd
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nixos/doc/manual/development/option-declarations.xml
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
<para>An option declaration specifies the name, type and description
of a NixOS configuration option. It is illegal to define an option
that has not been declared in any module. A option declaration
that hasn’t been declared in any module. A option declaration
generally looks like this:
<programlisting>
@@ -145,108 +145,6 @@ options = {
You can also create new types using the function
<varname>mkOptionType</varname>. See
<filename>lib/types.nix</filename> in Nixpkgs for details.
An option declaration must follow the following rules:
<itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
<listitem>
<para>A <varname>defaultText</varname> must be defined if and only if the type of the option
derives from <varname>package</varname>, <varname>packageSet</varname> or <varname>nixpkgsConfig
</varname>, and if and only if a <varname>default</varname> attribute is defined and if and only if
the value of the <varname>default</varname> attribute is not the default of the type of the
option declaration.
For example, a <varname>defaultText</varname> must be defined for
<programlisting>
type = types.listOf types.package;
default = [ pkgs.foo; ];
defaultText = "[ pkgs.foo; ]";
</programlisting>.
But no <varname>defaultText</varname> must be defined for
<programlisting>
type = types.listOf types.package;
default = [];
</programlisting>,
as <varname>[]</varname> is the default of <varname>types.listOf types.package</varname>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A <varname>defaultText</varname> can be defined if the type of the option derives from
<varname>path</varname> and if a <varname>default</varname> attribute is defined.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The value of the <varname>example</varname> attribute must be wrapped with <varname>
literalExample</varname> if the type of the option derives from <varname>package</varname>,
<varname>packageSet</varname> or <varname>nixpkgsConfig</varname>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The value of <varname>defaultText</varname> and <varname>literalExample</varname> must
be a string which contains a valid nix expression. The nix expression has to evaluate in
<code>{pkgs}: <replaceable>value</replaceable></code>.
For example:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>A <varname>defaultText</varname> could, e.g., be:
<programlisting>
type = types.package;
default = pkgs.foo;
defaultText = "pkgs.foo";
</programlisting>
But not <code>defaultText = "pkgs.foo;";</code>, as that
corresponds to <code>{pkgs}: pkgs.foo;</code>, which is an
invalid nix expression due to the ending with <varname>;</varname>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>A <varname>literalExample</varname> could be used as, e.g.:
<programlisting>
type = types.path;
example = literalExample "\"\${pkgs.bar}/bin/bar\"";
</programlisting>
But not <code>literalExample "\${pkgs.bar}/bin/bar";</code>, as that corresponds
to <code>{pkgs}: ${pkgs.bar}/bin/bar</code>, which is an invalid nix expression
as the <varname>path</varname> is not a <varname>string</varname> anymore.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>The <varname>type</varname> attribute must be defined for every option declaration.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
NixOS ships the tool <varname>nixos-typecheck</varname> that can check an option declaration to:
<itemizedlist mark='bullet'>
<listitem>
<para>Enforce that an option declaration has a <varname>defaultText</varname> if and only if the
type of the option derives from <varname>package</varname>, <varname>packageSet</varname> or
<varname>nixpkgsConfig</varname> and if a <varname>default</varname> attribute is defined.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Enforce that the value of the <varname>example</varname> attribute is wrapped with <varname>
literalExample</varname> if the type of the option derives from <varname>package</varname>,
<varname>packageSet</varname> or <varname>nixpkgsConfig</varname>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Warn if a <varname>defaultText</varname> is defined in an option declaration if the type of
the option does not derive from <varname>package</varname>, <varname>packageSet</varname> or
<varname>nixpkgsConfig</varname>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Warn if no <varname>type</varname> is defined in an option declaration.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>
<filename>lib/types.nix</filename> in Nixpkgs for details.</para>
</section>