Improve types.listOf error message

If an option value is not a list, you now get

  The option value `bla' in `file.nix' is not a list.

rather than

  value is a string while a list was expected, at .../nixpkgs/lib/lists.nix:49:56
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Eelco Dolstra 2016-05-25 11:02:38 +02:00
parent 32bed83b18
commit b056948c00

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@ -114,13 +114,17 @@ rec {
name = "list of ${elemType.name}s";
check = isList;
merge = loc: defs:
map (x: x.value) (filter (x: x ? value) (concatLists (imap (n: def: imap (m: def':
map (x: x.value) (filter (x: x ? value) (concatLists (imap (n: def:
if isList def.value then
imap (m: def':
(mergeDefinitions
(loc ++ ["[definition ${toString n}-entry ${toString m}]"])
elemType
[{ inherit (def) file; value = def'; }]
).optionalValue
) def.value) defs)));
) def.value
else
throw "The option value `${showOption loc}' in `${def.file}' is not a list.") defs)));
getSubOptions = prefix: elemType.getSubOptions (prefix ++ ["*"]);
getSubModules = elemType.getSubModules;
substSubModules = m: listOf (elemType.substSubModules m);