[Nix-dev] NixON initiative

[Kosyrev Serge]

Graham Christensen <graham at grahamc.com> writes:
> I think it is a great idea for these functions to return valid nix
> expressions, and to be able to directly write them to a file. I also
> really like the idea of creating a named subset only containing
> literal values.
>
> However... I disagree about calling it something special other than
> just a plain nix expression until the parser actually limits on what
> can be in the file.

It should, most emphatically, that's the whole point!

Stripping the Turing completeness with no remorse will open up a vast array
of options for data processing in the toolchain.

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