[Nix-dev] Question about 'import'

[Joel Kleier]

Hello!

I'm not sure if this is the right spot to ask these kind of questions --
if not, I'd be happy to re-post this elsewhere.

My question:

I can't seem to find anywhere in the manual, or elsewhere, that defines
the form of 'import' that uses the greater-than/less-than symbols around
the path parameter.

Example:

     with import <nixpkgs> {};

I have some intuition as to what this is for, but I'm curious as to what
the '<>' are more formally defined as doing.

Thank you!

-- 
Joel Kleier