Hi! Eelco Dolstra <e.dols...@tudelft.nl> writes:
> Since this is fairly common, how about some special syntax for supplying a > default value to the "." selection operator? I propose the optional "or" > keyword following an attribute selection "x.<attrpath>". E.g. > > mainCfg.extraModules or [] > > or > > config.python.db4Support or true > > Comments? Of course, my first reaction was that “[p]rogramming languages should be designed not by piling feature on top of feature, but by removing the weaknesses and restrictions that make additional features appear necessary.” ;-) Other than that, I think it’s a valuable improvement. Thanks, Ludo’. _______________________________________________ nix-dev mailing list nix-dev@cs.uu.nl https://mail.cs.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev
