Module string

This module implements Nix language strings.

See NixString for more information about the internals of string values

Re-exports

pub use context::NixContext;

pub use context::NixContextElement;

Modules

arbitrary 🔒

context 🔒

Structs

Interner 🔒

InternerInner 🔒

NixString

Nix string values

NixStringInner 🔒

This type is never instantiated, but serves to document the memory layout of the actual heap allocation for Nix strings.

Constants

INTERNER 🔒

INTERN_THRESHOLD 🔒

Set non-scientifically. TODO(aspen): think more about what this should be

Functions

hash 🔒

is_keyword 🔒

Return true if this string is a keyword – character strings which lexically match the “identifier” production but are not parsed as identifiers. See also cppnix commit b72bc4a972fe568744d98b89d63adcd504cb586c.

is_valid_nix_identifier 🔒

Return true if this string can be used as an identifier in Nix.

nix_escape_char 🔒

nix_escape_string 🔒

Escape a Nix string for display, as most user-visible representation are escaped strings.