[Nix-dev] eval or in-place expression execution

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 11/07/14 10:11, Sergey Mironov wrote:

> I agree, design is questionable, bu I keep automatic tests together
> with system being developed. Tests should know the original password
> so I store it as plain Nix string. But my main question relates to the
> fact that `import' can read the calculated path from /nix/store and
> `builtins.readFile' can not. Is it a bug or a feature? 

"Import from derivation" is a somewhat questionable feature. But for
consistency, readFile should also support this.

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