[Nix-dev] Question about 'import'

[Joel Kleier]

Ahhhhh thank you!

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Joel Kleier

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015, at 02:03 AM, nix-dev-request at lists.science.uu.nl
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> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 16:03:55 +0200
> From: Luca Bruno <lethalman88 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nix-dev] Question about 'import'
> To: nix-dev at lists.science.uu.nl
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> 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
>