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3 May 2024
@kiike:matrix.orgEnric Morales joined the room.15:51:13
@stablejoy:matrix.org@stablejoy:matrix.org
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I think the point is more that "to assign" is more commonly understood than "to bind."
Can one say then you assign a value to a variable and you bind an expression to a variable. The second is said in nix repl help. Also binding functions vs assigning values?
16:05:27
@toonn:matrix.orgtoonn You bind to identifiers rather than values. 16:52:22
@toonn:matrix.orgtoonn In most languages functions aren't first-class values so a different term is useful to distinguish what you do with them. 16:52:54
@toonn:matrix.orgtoonn But in Nix functions are just values. 16:53:02
@qyriad:katesiria.orgQyriad
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I think the point is more that "to assign" is more commonly understood than "to bind."
Worth noting that Rust uses bind for their let construct, instead of assign, which seems to get by fine
16:58:39
@toonn:matrix.orgtoonn Sure, the reasoning is probably that Nix is more likely to be touched by non-programmers. 17:11:11
@stablejoy:matrix.org@stablejoy:matrix.org I made a yt channel and am making recordings while going through all nix dev tutorials. 17:46:58
@stablejoy:matrix.org@stablejoy:matrix.orghttps://youtu.be/YdrS3at-O9k?si=AttmjkwlTAFhAcBG17:47:35
4 May 2024
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6 May 2024
@stablejoy:matrix.org@stablejoy:matrix.orghttps://github.com/NixOS/nix.dev/pull/97406:33:20
@stablejoy:matrix.org@stablejoy:matrix.org the issue remains in the icat.nix 06:34:00
@stablejoy:matrix.org@stablejoy:matrix.org is the lib supposed to stay throughout the tutorial? 06:34:28
@fricklerhandwerk:matrix.orgfricklerhandwerk
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is the lib supposed to stay throughout the tutorial?
Replied in the PR thread
07:29:26
@stablejoy:matrix.org@stablejoy:matrix.org
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Replied in the PR thread
I made all the changes and updated the text a bit.
08:16:36
@stablejoy:matrix.org@stablejoy:matrix.orgoh nice I actually recorded an episode of fixing this :D08:19:15
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8 May 2024
@fricklerhandwerk:matrix.orgfricklerhandwerkHey everyone, today is the first documentation office hour. I'm hanging out in https://jitsi.lassul.us/nix-documentation08:02:59
@fricklerhandwerk:matrix.orgfricklerhandwerkHere's the announcement btw: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/documentation-office-hours-onboarding-for-new-maintainers/45015 The next session will be tomorrow, Thursday 2024-05-09 16:00-17:00 UTC. Since attendance is currently low and I'm sometimes flexible, feel free to ask if you want to move a particular meeting.08:18:58
9 May 2024
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13 May 2024
@philiptaron:matrix.orgPhilip Taron (UTC-8) Folks, I'd like to expose the derivations under doc/default.nix in the pkgs namespace. Are there reasons that I'm missing that they're not exposed there today? 15:39:20
@philiptaron:matrix.orgPhilip Taron (UTC-8) I see that pkgs/top-level/release.nix is the entry point for doc/default.nix. Other than the default variable there, I don't see where nixpkgs is actually filled out. 15:55:48
@infinisil:matrix.orginfinisil Philip Taron (UTC-8): That nixpkgs is set by Hydra :) 16:51:18
@infinisil:matrix.orginfinisil I think I've seen some recent discussions about exposing doc/default.nix from pkgs, but I don't think there was a reason against not doing that 16:52:08

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