[Nix-dev] Can recursive attribute sets refer to quoted attributes?

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 26/01/15 10:55, Peter Simons wrote:

> consider the following recursive attribute set:
> 
>     rec
>     {
>       "foo.bar" = "test";
>     }
> 
> Is there any way to refer to "foo.bar" within that set? 

No, except by giving the entire set a name, e.g.

  let attrs = rec { "foo.bar" = ...; x = attrs."foo.bar"; }; in attrs

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