[Nix-dev] Question about 'import'

[Luca Bruno]

On 13/07/2015 15:58, Joel Kleier wrote:
> 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!
>
Check http://nixos.org/nix/manual/#sec-common-env