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# Definitions related to run-time type checking. Used in particular
# to type-check NixOS configurations.
{ lib }:
let
inherit (lib)
elem
flip
isAttrs
isBool
isDerivation
isFloat
isFunction
isInt
isList
isString
isStorePath
throwIf
toDerivation
toList
;
inherit (lib.lists)
all
concatLists
count
elemAt
filter
foldl'
head
imap1
last
length
tail
;
inherit (lib.attrsets)
attrNames
filterAttrs
hasAttr
mapAttrs
optionalAttrs
zipAttrsWith
;
inherit (lib.options)
getFiles
getValues
mergeDefaultOption
mergeEqualOption
mergeOneOption
mergeUniqueOption
showFiles
showOption
;
inherit (lib.strings)
concatMapStringsSep
concatStringsSep
escapeNixString
hasInfix
isStringLike
;
inherit (lib.trivial)
boolToString
;
inherit (lib.modules)
mergeDefinitions
fixupOptionType
mergeOptionDecls
;
inAttrPosSuffix = v: name:
let pos = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos name v; in
if pos == null then "" else " at ${pos.file}:${toString pos.line}:${toString pos.column}";
outer_types =
rec {
__attrsFailEvaluation = true;
isType = type: x: (x._type or "") == type;
setType = typeName: value: value // {
_type = typeName;
};
# Default type merging function
# takes two type functors and return the merged type
defaultTypeMerge = f: f':
let wrapped = f.wrapped.typeMerge f'.wrapped.functor;
payload = f.binOp f.payload f'.payload;
in
# cannot merge different types
if f.name != f'.name
then null
# simple types
else if (f.wrapped == null && f'.wrapped == null)
&& (f.payload == null && f'.payload == null)
then f.type
# composed types
else if (f.wrapped != null && f'.wrapped != null) && (wrapped != null)
then f.type wrapped
# value types
else if (f.payload != null && f'.payload != null) && (payload != null)
then f.type payload
else null;
# Default type functor
defaultFunctor = name: {
inherit name;
type = types.${name} or null;
wrapped = null;
payload = null;
binOp = a: b: null;
};
isOptionType = isType "option-type";
mkOptionType =
{ # Human-readable representation of the type, should be equivalent to
# the type function name.
name
, # Description of the type, defined recursively by embedding the wrapped type if any.
description ? null
# A hint for whether or not this description needs parentheses. Possible values:
# - "noun": a noun phrase
# Example description: "positive integer",
# - "conjunction": a phrase with a potentially ambiguous "or" connective
# Example description: "int or string"
# - "composite": a phrase with an "of" connective
# Example description: "list of string"
# - "nonRestrictiveClause": a noun followed by a comma and a clause
# Example description: "positive integer, meaning >0"
# See the `optionDescriptionPhrase` function.
, descriptionClass ? null
, # DO NOT USE WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT YOU ARE DOING!
# Function applied to each definition that must return false when a definition
# does not match the type. It should not check more than the root of the value,
# because checking nested values reduces laziness, leading to unnecessary
# infinite recursions in the module system.
# Further checks of nested values should be performed by throwing in
# the merge function.
# Strict and deep type checking can be performed by calling lib.deepSeq on
# the merged value.
#
# See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/6794 that introduced this change,
# https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/173568 and
# https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/168295 that attempted to revert this,
# https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/191124 and
# https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-search/issues/391 for what happens if you ignore
# this disclaimer.
check ? (x: true)
, # Merge a list of definitions together into a single value.
# This function is called with two arguments: the location of
# the option in the configuration as a list of strings
# (e.g. ["boot" "loader "grub" "enable"]), and a list of
# definition values and locations (e.g. [ { file = "/foo.nix";
# value = 1; } { file = "/bar.nix"; value = 2 } ]).
merge ? mergeDefaultOption
, # Whether this type has a value representing nothingness. If it does,
# this should be a value of the form { value = <the nothing value>; }
# If it doesn't, this should be {}
# This may be used when a value is required for `mkIf false`. This allows the extra laziness in e.g. `lazyAttrsOf`.
emptyValue ? {}
, # Return a flat attrset of sub-options. Used to generate
# documentation.
getSubOptions ? prefix: {}
, # List of modules if any, or null if none.
getSubModules ? null
, # Function for building the same option type with a different list of
# modules.
substSubModules ? m: null
, # Function that merge type declarations.
# internal, takes a functor as argument and returns the merged type.
# returning null means the type is not mergeable
typeMerge ? defaultTypeMerge functor
, # The type functor.
# internal, representation of the type as an attribute set.
# name: name of the type
# type: type function.
# wrapped: the type wrapped in case of compound types.
# payload: values of the type, two payloads of the same type must be
# combinable with the binOp binary operation.
# binOp: binary operation that merge two payloads of the same type.
functor ? defaultFunctor name
, # The deprecation message to display when this type is used by an option
# If null, the type isn't deprecated
deprecationMessage ? null
, # The types that occur in the definition of this type. This is used to
# issue deprecation warnings recursively. Can also be used to reuse
# nested types
nestedTypes ? {}
}:
{ _type = "option-type";
inherit
name check merge emptyValue getSubOptions getSubModules substSubModules
typeMerge functor deprecationMessage nestedTypes descriptionClass;
description = if description == null then name else description;
};
# optionDescriptionPhrase :: (str -> bool) -> optionType -> str
#
# Helper function for producing unambiguous but readable natural language
# descriptions of types.
#
# Parameters
#
# optionDescriptionPhase unparenthesize optionType
#
# `unparenthesize`: A function from descriptionClass string to boolean.
# It must return true when the class of phrase will fit unambiguously into
# the description of the caller.
#
# `optionType`: The option type to parenthesize or not.
# The option whose description we're returning.
#
# Return value
#
# The description of the `optionType`, with parentheses if there may be an
# ambiguity.
optionDescriptionPhrase = unparenthesize: t:
if unparenthesize (t.descriptionClass or null)
then t.description
else "(${t.description})";
# When adding new types don't forget to document them in
# nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.xml!
types = rec {
raw = mkOptionType {
name = "raw";
description = "raw value";
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = value: true;
merge = mergeOneOption;
};
anything = mkOptionType {
name = "anything";
description = "anything";
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = value: true;
merge = loc: defs:
let
getType = value:
if isAttrs value && isStringLike value
then "stringCoercibleSet"
else builtins.typeOf value;
# Returns the common type of all definitions, throws an error if they
# don't have the same type
commonType = foldl' (type: def:
if getType def.value == type
then type
else throw "The option `${showOption loc}' has conflicting option types in ${showFiles (getFiles defs)}"
) (getType (head defs).value) defs;
mergeFunction = {
# Recursively merge attribute sets
set = (attrsOf anything).merge;
# Safe and deterministic behavior for lists is to only accept one definition
# listOf only used to apply mkIf and co.
list =
if length defs > 1
then throw "The option `${showOption loc}' has conflicting definitions, in ${showFiles (getFiles defs)}."
else (listOf anything).merge;
# This is the type of packages, only accept a single definition
stringCoercibleSet = mergeOneOption;
lambda = loc: defs: arg: anything.merge
(loc ++ [ "<function body>" ])
(map (def: {
file = def.file;
value = def.value arg;
}) defs);
# Otherwise fall back to only allowing all equal definitions
}.${commonType} or mergeEqualOption;
in mergeFunction loc defs;
};
unspecified = mkOptionType {
name = "unspecified";
description = "unspecified value";
descriptionClass = "noun";
};
bool = mkOptionType {
name = "bool";
description = "boolean";
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = isBool;
merge = mergeEqualOption;
};
boolByOr = mkOptionType {
name = "boolByOr";
description = "boolean (merged using or)";
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = isBool;
merge = loc: defs:
foldl'
(result: def:
# Under the assumption that .check always runs before merge, we can assume that all defs.*.value
# have been forced, and therefore we assume we don't introduce order-dependent strictness here
result || def.value
)
false
defs;
};
int = mkOptionType {
name = "int";
description = "signed integer";
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = isInt;
merge = mergeEqualOption;
};
# Specialized subdomains of int
ints =
let
betweenDesc = lowest: highest:
"${toString lowest} and ${toString highest} (both inclusive)";
between = lowest: highest:
assert lib.assertMsg (lowest <= highest)
"ints.between: lowest must be smaller than highest";
addCheck int (x: x >= lowest && x <= highest) // {
name = "intBetween";
description = "integer between ${betweenDesc lowest highest}";
};
ign = lowest: highest: name: docStart:
between lowest highest // {
inherit name;
description = docStart + "; between ${betweenDesc lowest highest}";
};
unsign = bit: range: ign 0 (range - 1)
"unsignedInt${toString bit}" "${toString bit} bit unsigned integer";
sign = bit: range: ign (0 - (range / 2)) (range / 2 - 1)
"signedInt${toString bit}" "${toString bit} bit signed integer";
in {
# TODO: Deduplicate with docs in nixos/doc/manual/development/option-types.section.md
/**
An int with a fixed range.
# Example
:::{.example}
## `lib.types.ints.between` usage example
```nix
(ints.between 0 100).check (-1)
=> false
(ints.between 0 100).check (101)
=> false
(ints.between 0 0).check 0
=> true
```
:::
*/
inherit between;
unsigned = addCheck types.int (x: x >= 0) // {
name = "unsignedInt";
description = "unsigned integer, meaning >=0";
descriptionClass = "nonRestrictiveClause";
};
positive = addCheck types.int (x: x > 0) // {
name = "positiveInt";
description = "positive integer, meaning >0";
descriptionClass = "nonRestrictiveClause";
};
u8 = unsign 8 256;
u16 = unsign 16 65536;
# the biggest int Nix accepts is 2^63 - 1 (9223372036854775808)
# the smallest int Nix accepts is -2^63 (-9223372036854775807)
u32 = unsign 32 4294967296;
# u64 = unsign 64 18446744073709551616;
s8 = sign 8 256;
s16 = sign 16 65536;
s32 = sign 32 4294967296;
};
# Alias of u16 for a port number
port = ints.u16;
float = mkOptionType {
name = "float";
description = "floating point number";
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = isFloat;
merge = mergeEqualOption;
};
number = either int float;
numbers = let
betweenDesc = lowest: highest:
"${builtins.toJSON lowest} and ${builtins.toJSON highest} (both inclusive)";
in {
between = lowest: highest:
assert lib.assertMsg (lowest <= highest)
"numbers.between: lowest must be smaller than highest";
addCheck number (x: x >= lowest && x <= highest) // {
name = "numberBetween";
description = "integer or floating point number between ${betweenDesc lowest highest}";
};
nonnegative = addCheck number (x: x >= 0) // {
name = "numberNonnegative";
description = "nonnegative integer or floating point number, meaning >=0";
descriptionClass = "nonRestrictiveClause";
};
positive = addCheck number (x: x > 0) // {
name = "numberPositive";
description = "positive integer or floating point number, meaning >0";
descriptionClass = "nonRestrictiveClause";
};
};
str = mkOptionType {
name = "str";
description = "string";
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = isString;
merge = mergeEqualOption;
};
nonEmptyStr = mkOptionType {
name = "nonEmptyStr";
description = "non-empty string";
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = x: str.check x && builtins.match "[ \t\n]*" x == null;
inherit (str) merge;
};
# Allow a newline character at the end and trim it in the merge function.
singleLineStr =
let
inherit (strMatching "[^\n\r]*\n?") check merge;
in
mkOptionType {
name = "singleLineStr";
description = "(optionally newline-terminated) single-line string";
descriptionClass = "noun";
inherit check;
merge = loc: defs:
lib.removeSuffix "\n" (merge loc defs);
};
strMatching = pattern: mkOptionType {
name = "strMatching ${escapeNixString pattern}";
description = "string matching the pattern ${pattern}";
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = x: str.check x && builtins.match pattern x != null;
inherit (str) merge;
};
# Merge multiple definitions by concatenating them (with the given
# separator between the values).
separatedString = sep: mkOptionType rec {
name = "separatedString";
description = if sep == ""
then "Concatenated string" # for types.string.
else "strings concatenated with ${builtins.toJSON sep}"
;
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = isString;
merge = loc: defs: concatStringsSep sep (getValues defs);
functor = (defaultFunctor name) // {
payload = sep;
binOp = sepLhs: sepRhs:
if sepLhs == sepRhs then sepLhs
else null;
};
};
lines = separatedString "\n";
commas = separatedString ",";
envVar = separatedString ":";
# Deprecated; should not be used because it quietly concatenates
# strings, which is usually not what you want.
# We use a lib.warn because `deprecationMessage` doesn't trigger in nested types such as `attrsOf string`
string = lib.warn
"The type `types.string` is deprecated. See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/66346 for better alternative types."
(separatedString "" // {
name = "string";
});
passwdEntry = entryType: addCheck entryType (str: !(hasInfix ":" str || hasInfix "\n" str)) // {
name = "passwdEntry ${entryType.name}";
description = "${optionDescriptionPhrase (class: class == "noun") entryType}, not containing newlines or colons";
descriptionClass = "nonRestrictiveClause";
};
attrs = mkOptionType {
name = "attrs";
description = "attribute set";
check = isAttrs;
merge = loc: foldl' (res: def: res // def.value) {};
emptyValue = { value = {}; };
};
# A package is a top-level store path (/nix/store/hash-name). This includes:
# - derivations
# - more generally, attribute sets with an `outPath` or `__toString` attribute
# pointing to a store path, e.g. flake inputs
# - strings with context, e.g. "${pkgs.foo}" or (toString pkgs.foo)
# - hardcoded store path literals (/nix/store/hash-foo) or strings without context
# ("/nix/store/hash-foo"). These get a context added to them using builtins.storePath.
# If you don't need a *top-level* store path, consider using pathInStore instead.
package = mkOptionType {
name = "package";
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = x: isDerivation x || isStorePath x;
merge = loc: defs:
let res = mergeOneOption loc defs;
in if builtins.isPath res || (builtins.isString res && ! builtins.hasContext res)
then toDerivation res
else res;
};
shellPackage = package // {
check = x: isDerivation x && hasAttr "shellPath" x;
};
pkgs = addCheck
(unique { message = "A Nixpkgs pkgs set can not be merged with another pkgs set."; } attrs // {
name = "pkgs";
descriptionClass = "noun";
description = "Nixpkgs package set";
})
(x: (x._type or null) == "pkgs");
path = mkOptionType {
name = "path";
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = x: isStringLike x && builtins.substring 0 1 (toString x) == "/";
merge = mergeEqualOption;
};
pathInStore = mkOptionType {
name = "pathInStore";
description = "path in the Nix store";
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = x: isStringLike x && builtins.match "${builtins.storeDir}/[^.].*" (toString x) != null;
merge = mergeEqualOption;
};
listOf = elemType: mkOptionType rec {
name = "listOf";
description = "list of ${optionDescriptionPhrase (class: class == "noun" || class == "composite") elemType}";
descriptionClass = "composite";
check = isList;
merge = loc: defs:
map (x: x.value) (filter (x: x ? value) (concatLists (imap1 (n: def:
imap1 (m: def':
(mergeDefinitions
(loc ++ ["[definition ${toString n}-entry ${toString m}]"])
elemType
[{ inherit (def) file; value = def'; }]
).optionalValue
) def.value
) defs)));
emptyValue = { value = []; };
getSubOptions = prefix: elemType.getSubOptions (prefix ++ ["*"]);
getSubModules = elemType.getSubModules;
substSubModules = m: listOf (elemType.substSubModules m);
functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = elemType; };
nestedTypes.elemType = elemType;
};
nonEmptyListOf = elemType:
let list = addCheck (types.listOf elemType) (l: l != []);
in list // {
description = "non-empty ${optionDescriptionPhrase (class: class == "noun") list}";
emptyValue = { }; # no .value attr, meaning unset
substSubModules = m: nonEmptyListOf (elemType.substSubModules m);
};
attrsOf = elemType: mkOptionType rec {
name = "attrsOf";
description = "attribute set of ${optionDescriptionPhrase (class: class == "noun" || class == "composite") elemType}";
descriptionClass = "composite";
check = isAttrs;
merge = loc: defs:
mapAttrs (n: v: v.value) (filterAttrs (n: v: v ? value) (zipAttrsWith (name: defs:
(mergeDefinitions (loc ++ [name]) elemType defs).optionalValue
)
# Push down position info.
(map (def: mapAttrs (n: v: { inherit (def) file; value = v; }) def.value) defs)));
emptyValue = { value = {}; };
getSubOptions = prefix: elemType.getSubOptions (prefix ++ ["<name>"]);
getSubModules = elemType.getSubModules;
substSubModules = m: attrsOf (elemType.substSubModules m);
functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = elemType; };
nestedTypes.elemType = elemType;
};
# A version of attrsOf that's lazy in its values at the expense of
# conditional definitions not working properly. E.g. defining a value with
# `foo.attr = mkIf false 10`, then `foo ? attr == true`, whereas with
# attrsOf it would correctly be `false`. Accessing `foo.attr` would throw an
# error that it's not defined. Use only if conditional definitions don't make sense.
lazyAttrsOf = elemType: mkOptionType rec {
name = "lazyAttrsOf";
description = "lazy attribute set of ${optionDescriptionPhrase (class: class == "noun" || class == "composite") elemType}";
descriptionClass = "composite";
check = isAttrs;
merge = loc: defs:
zipAttrsWith (name: defs:
let merged = mergeDefinitions (loc ++ [name]) elemType defs;
# mergedValue will trigger an appropriate error when accessed
in merged.optionalValue.value or elemType.emptyValue.value or merged.mergedValue
)
# Push down position info.
(map (def: mapAttrs (n: v: { inherit (def) file; value = v; }) def.value) defs);
emptyValue = { value = {}; };
getSubOptions = prefix: elemType.getSubOptions (prefix ++ ["<name>"]);
getSubModules = elemType.getSubModules;
substSubModules = m: lazyAttrsOf (elemType.substSubModules m);
functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = elemType; };
nestedTypes.elemType = elemType;
};
# TODO: deprecate this in the future:
loaOf = elemType: types.attrsOf elemType // {
name = "loaOf";
deprecationMessage = "Mixing lists with attribute values is no longer"
+ " possible; please use `types.attrsOf` instead. See"
+ " https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/1800 for the motivation.";
nestedTypes.elemType = elemType;
};
attrTag = tags:
let tags_ = tags; in
let
tags =
mapAttrs
(n: opt:
builtins.addErrorContext "while checking that attrTag tag ${lib.strings.escapeNixIdentifier n} is an option with a type${inAttrPosSuffix tags_ n}" (
throwIf (opt._type or null != "option")
"In attrTag, each tag value must be an option, but tag ${lib.strings.escapeNixIdentifier n} ${
if opt?_type then
if opt._type == "option-type"
then "was a bare type, not wrapped in mkOption."
else "was of type ${lib.strings.escapeNixString opt._type}."
else "was not."}"
opt // {
declarations = opt.declarations or (
let pos = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos n tags_;
in if pos == null then [] else [ pos.file ]
);
declarationPositions = opt.declarationPositions or (
let pos = builtins.unsafeGetAttrPos n tags_;
in if pos == null then [] else [ pos ]
);
}
))
tags_;
choicesStr = concatMapStringsSep ", " lib.strings.escapeNixIdentifier (attrNames tags);
in
mkOptionType {
name = "attrTag";
description = "attribute-tagged union";
descriptionClass = "noun";
getSubOptions = prefix:
mapAttrs
(tagName: tagOption: {
"${lib.showOption prefix}" =
tagOption // {
loc = prefix ++ [ tagName ];
};
})
tags;
check = v: isAttrs v && length (attrNames v) == 1 && tags?${head (attrNames v)};
merge = loc: defs:
let
choice = head (attrNames (head defs).value);
checkedValueDefs = map
(def:
assert (length (attrNames def.value)) == 1;
if (head (attrNames def.value)) != choice
then throw "The option `${showOption loc}` is defined both as `${choice}` and `${head (attrNames def.value)}`, in ${showFiles (getFiles defs)}."
else { inherit (def) file; value = def.value.${choice}; })
defs;
in
if tags?${choice}
then
{ ${choice} =
(lib.modules.evalOptionValue
(loc ++ [choice])
tags.${choice}
checkedValueDefs
).value;
}
else throw "The option `${showOption loc}` is defined as ${lib.strings.escapeNixIdentifier choice}, but ${lib.strings.escapeNixIdentifier choice} is not among the valid choices (${choicesStr}). Value ${choice} was defined in ${showFiles (getFiles defs)}.";
nestedTypes = tags;
functor = defaultFunctor "attrTag" // {
type = { tags, ... }: types.attrTag tags;
payload = { inherit tags; };
binOp =
let
# Add metadata in the format that submodules work with
wrapOptionDecl =
option: { options = option; _file = "<attrTag {...}>"; pos = null; };
in
a: b: {
tags = a.tags // b.tags //
mapAttrs
(tagName: bOpt:
lib.mergeOptionDecls
# FIXME: loc is not accurate; should include prefix
# Fortunately, it's only used for error messages, where a "relative" location is kinda ok.
# It is also returned though, but use of the attribute seems rare?
[tagName]
[ (wrapOptionDecl a.tags.${tagName}) (wrapOptionDecl bOpt) ]
// {
# mergeOptionDecls is not idempotent in these attrs:
declarations = a.tags.${tagName}.declarations ++ bOpt.declarations;
declarationPositions = a.tags.${tagName}.declarationPositions ++ bOpt.declarationPositions;
}
)
(builtins.intersectAttrs a.tags b.tags);
};
};
};
uniq = unique { message = ""; };
unique = { message }: type: mkOptionType rec {
name = "unique";
inherit (type) description descriptionClass check;
merge = mergeUniqueOption { inherit message; inherit (type) merge; };
emptyValue = type.emptyValue;
getSubOptions = type.getSubOptions;
getSubModules = type.getSubModules;
substSubModules = m: uniq (type.substSubModules m);
functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = type; };
nestedTypes.elemType = type;
};
# Null or value of ...
nullOr = elemType: mkOptionType rec {
name = "nullOr";
description = "null or ${optionDescriptionPhrase (class: class == "noun" || class == "conjunction") elemType}";
descriptionClass = "conjunction";
check = x: x == null || elemType.check x;
merge = loc: defs:
let nrNulls = count (def: def.value == null) defs; in
if nrNulls == length defs then null
else if nrNulls != 0 then
throw "The option `${showOption loc}` is defined both null and not null, in ${showFiles (getFiles defs)}."
else elemType.merge loc defs;
emptyValue = { value = null; };
getSubOptions = elemType.getSubOptions;
getSubModules = elemType.getSubModules;
substSubModules = m: nullOr (elemType.substSubModules m);
functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = elemType; };
nestedTypes.elemType = elemType;
};
functionTo = elemType: mkOptionType {
name = "functionTo";
description = "function that evaluates to a(n) ${optionDescriptionPhrase (class: class == "noun" || class == "composite") elemType}";
descriptionClass = "composite";
check = isFunction;
merge = loc: defs:
fnArgs: (mergeDefinitions (loc ++ [ "<function body>" ]) elemType (map (fn: { inherit (fn) file; value = fn.value fnArgs; }) defs)).mergedValue;
getSubOptions = prefix: elemType.getSubOptions (prefix ++ [ "<function body>" ]);
getSubModules = elemType.getSubModules;
substSubModules = m: functionTo (elemType.substSubModules m);
functor = (defaultFunctor "functionTo") // { wrapped = elemType; };
nestedTypes.elemType = elemType;
};
# A submodule (like typed attribute set). See NixOS manual.
submodule = modules: submoduleWith {
shorthandOnlyDefinesConfig = true;
modules = toList modules;
};
# A module to be imported in some other part of the configuration.
deferredModule = deferredModuleWith { };
# A module to be imported in some other part of the configuration.
# `staticModules`' options will be added to the documentation, unlike
# options declared via `config`.
deferredModuleWith = attrs@{ staticModules ? [] }: mkOptionType {
name = "deferredModule";
description = "module";
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = x: isAttrs x || isFunction x || path.check x;
merge = loc: defs: {
imports = staticModules ++ map (def: lib.setDefaultModuleLocation "${def.file}, via option ${showOption loc}" def.value) defs;
};
inherit (submoduleWith { modules = staticModules; })
getSubOptions
getSubModules;
substSubModules = m: deferredModuleWith (attrs // {
staticModules = m;
});
functor = defaultFunctor "deferredModuleWith" // {
type = types.deferredModuleWith;
payload = {
inherit staticModules;
};
binOp = lhs: rhs: {
staticModules = lhs.staticModules ++ rhs.staticModules;
};
};
};
# The type of a type!
optionType = mkOptionType {
name = "optionType";
description = "optionType";
descriptionClass = "noun";
check = value: value._type or null == "option-type";
merge = loc: defs:
if length defs == 1
then (head defs).value
else let
# Prepares the type definitions for mergeOptionDecls, which
# annotates submodules types with file locations
optionModules = map ({ value, file }:
{
_file = file;
# There's no way to merge types directly from the module system,
# but we can cheat a bit by just declaring an option with the type
options = lib.mkOption {
type = value;
};
}
) defs;
# Merges all the types into a single one, including submodule merging.
# This also propagates file information to all submodules
mergedOption = fixupOptionType loc (mergeOptionDecls loc optionModules);
in mergedOption.type;
};
submoduleWith =
{ modules
, specialArgs ? {}
, shorthandOnlyDefinesConfig ? false
, description ? null
, class ? null
}@attrs:
let
inherit (lib.modules) evalModules;
allModules = defs: map ({ value, file }:
if isAttrs value && shorthandOnlyDefinesConfig
then { _file = file; config = value; }
else { _file = file; imports = [ value ]; }
) defs;
base = evalModules {
inherit class specialArgs;
modules = [{
# This is a work-around for the fact that some sub-modules,
# such as the one included in an attribute set, expects an "args"
# attribute to be given to the sub-module. As the option
# evaluation does not have any specific attribute name yet, we
# provide a default for the documentation and the freeform type.
#
# This is necessary as some option declaration might use the
# "name" attribute given as argument of the submodule and use it
# as the default of option declarations.
#
# We use lookalike unicode single angle quotation marks because
# of the docbook transformation the options receive. In all uses
# &gt; and &lt; wouldn't be encoded correctly so the encoded values
# would be used, and use of `<` and `>` would break the XML document.
# It shouldn't cause an issue since this is cosmetic for the manual.
_module.args.name = lib.mkOptionDefault "name";
}] ++ modules;
};
freeformType = base._module.freeformType;
name = "submodule";
in
mkOptionType {
inherit name;
description =
if description != null then description
else freeformType.description or name;
check = x: isAttrs x || isFunction x || path.check x;
merge = loc: defs:
(base.extendModules {
modules = [ { _module.args.name = last loc; } ] ++ allModules defs;
prefix = loc;
}).config;
emptyValue = { value = {}; };
getSubOptions = prefix: (base.extendModules
{ inherit prefix; }).options // optionalAttrs (freeformType != null) {
# Expose the sub options of the freeform type. Note that the option
# discovery doesn't care about the attribute name used here, so this
# is just to avoid conflicts with potential options from the submodule
_freeformOptions = freeformType.getSubOptions prefix;
};
getSubModules = modules;
substSubModules = m: submoduleWith (attrs // {
modules = m;
});
nestedTypes = lib.optionalAttrs (freeformType != null) {
freeformType = freeformType;
};
functor = defaultFunctor name // {
type = types.submoduleWith;
payload = {
inherit modules class specialArgs shorthandOnlyDefinesConfig description;
};
binOp = lhs: rhs: {
class =
# `or null` was added for backwards compatibility only. `class` is
# always set in the current version of the module system.
if lhs.class or null == null then rhs.class or null
else if rhs.class or null == null then lhs.class or null
else if lhs.class or null == rhs.class then lhs.class or null
else throw "A submoduleWith option is declared multiple times with conflicting class values \"${toString lhs.class}\" and \"${toString rhs.class}\".";
modules = lhs.modules ++ rhs.modules;
specialArgs =
let intersecting = builtins.intersectAttrs lhs.specialArgs rhs.specialArgs;
in if intersecting == {}
then lhs.specialArgs // rhs.specialArgs
else throw "A submoduleWith option is declared multiple times with the same specialArgs \"${toString (attrNames intersecting)}\"";
shorthandOnlyDefinesConfig =
if lhs.shorthandOnlyDefinesConfig == null
then rhs.shorthandOnlyDefinesConfig
else if rhs.shorthandOnlyDefinesConfig == null
then lhs.shorthandOnlyDefinesConfig
else if lhs.shorthandOnlyDefinesConfig == rhs.shorthandOnlyDefinesConfig
then lhs.shorthandOnlyDefinesConfig
else throw "A submoduleWith option is declared multiple times with conflicting shorthandOnlyDefinesConfig values";
description =
if lhs.description == null
then rhs.description
else if rhs.description == null
then lhs.description
else if lhs.description == rhs.description
then lhs.description
else throw "A submoduleWith option is declared multiple times with conflicting descriptions";
};
};
};
# A value from a set of allowed ones.
enum = values:
let
inherit (lib.lists) unique;
show = v:
if builtins.isString v then ''"${v}"''
else if builtins.isInt v then builtins.toString v
else if builtins.isBool v then boolToString v
else ''<${builtins.typeOf v}>'';
in
mkOptionType rec {
name = "enum";
description =
# Length 0 or 1 enums may occur in a design pattern with type merging
# where an "interface" module declares an empty enum and other modules
# provide implementations, each extending the enum with their own
# identifier.
if values == [] then
"impossible (empty enum)"
else if builtins.length values == 1 then
"value ${show (builtins.head values)} (singular enum)"
else
"one of ${concatMapStringsSep ", " show values}";
descriptionClass =
if builtins.length values < 2
then "noun"
else "conjunction";
check = flip elem values;
merge = mergeEqualOption;
functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { payload = values; binOp = a: b: unique (a ++ b); };
};
# Either value of type `t1` or `t2`.
either = t1: t2: mkOptionType rec {
name = "either";
description =
if t1.descriptionClass or null == "nonRestrictiveClause"
then
# Plain, but add comma
"${t1.description}, or ${optionDescriptionPhrase (class: class == "noun" || class == "conjunction") t2}"
else
"${optionDescriptionPhrase (class: class == "noun" || class == "conjunction") t1} or ${optionDescriptionPhrase (class: class == "noun" || class == "conjunction" || class == "composite") t2}";
descriptionClass = "conjunction";
check = x: t1.check x || t2.check x;
merge = loc: defs:
let
defList = map (d: d.value) defs;
in
if all (x: t1.check x) defList
then t1.merge loc defs
else if all (x: t2.check x) defList
then t2.merge loc defs
else mergeOneOption loc defs;
typeMerge = f':
let mt1 = t1.typeMerge (elemAt f'.wrapped 0).functor;
mt2 = t2.typeMerge (elemAt f'.wrapped 1).functor;
in
if (name == f'.name) && (mt1 != null) && (mt2 != null)
then functor.type mt1 mt2
else null;
functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = [ t1 t2 ]; };
nestedTypes.left = t1;
nestedTypes.right = t2;
};
# Any of the types in the given list
oneOf = ts:
let
head' = if ts == [] then throw "types.oneOf needs to get at least one type in its argument" else head ts;
tail' = tail ts;
in foldl' either head' tail';
# Either value of type `coercedType` or `finalType`, the former is
# converted to `finalType` using `coerceFunc`.
coercedTo = coercedType: coerceFunc: finalType:
assert lib.assertMsg (coercedType.getSubModules == null)
"coercedTo: coercedType must not have submodules (its a ${
coercedType.description})";
mkOptionType rec {
name = "coercedTo";
description = "${optionDescriptionPhrase (class: class == "noun") finalType} or ${optionDescriptionPhrase (class: class == "noun") coercedType} convertible to it";
check = x: (coercedType.check x && finalType.check (coerceFunc x)) || finalType.check x;
merge = loc: defs:
let
coerceVal = val:
if coercedType.check val then coerceFunc val
else val;
in finalType.merge loc (map (def: def // { value = coerceVal def.value; }) defs);
emptyValue = finalType.emptyValue;
getSubOptions = finalType.getSubOptions;
getSubModules = finalType.getSubModules;
substSubModules = m: coercedTo coercedType coerceFunc (finalType.substSubModules m);
typeMerge = t1: t2: null;
functor = (defaultFunctor name) // { wrapped = finalType; };
nestedTypes.coercedType = coercedType;
nestedTypes.finalType = finalType;
};
# Augment the given type with an additional type check function.
addCheck = elemType: check: elemType // { check = x: elemType.check x && check x; };
};
};
in outer_types // outer_types.types