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@kranzes:matrix.orgIlan Joselevich (Kranzes)Is there a place explaining NIX_PATH parsing with more complex paths like "nixpkgs=flake:github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-22.05" which include many colons?17:08:25
@kranzes:matrix.orgIlan Joselevich (Kranzes)I'm trying to implement the full NIX_PATH parsing logic in snix but I dont even understand the behavior in Nix.17:09:17
@kranzes:matrix.orgIlan Joselevich (Kranzes) Could someone write a NIX_PATH string that includes all the 5 search path attrsets in this example? https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.33/language/builtins#builtins-findFile 17:11:33
@kranzes:matrix.orgIlan Joselevich (Kranzes)(If that's even possible?)17:11:56
@ss:someonex.netSomeoneSerge (back on matrix)
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(If that's even possible?)
Looking at the code, it's not; -I only works because it skips parseNixPath or something
17:16:32
@ss:someonex.netSomeoneSerge (back on matrix)But nix path parsing is already stateful, so you could make a backwards incompatible change to accommodate those?17:18:07
@xokdvium:matrix.orgSergei Zimmerman (xokdvium)
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But nix path parsing is already stateful, so you could make a backwards incompatible change to accommodate those?
Greedy behaviour here would have been nice, but from my discussion with raito that’s not exactly a priority atm
17:39:42
@xokdvium:matrix.orgSergei Zimmerman (xokdvium)Valentin had a meme for this17:40:23
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@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariusit would be ideal to find a path forward to destroy NIX_PATH parsing18:15:16
@raitobezarius:matrix.orgraitobezariusespecially due to the meme18:15:24
@kranzes:matrix.orgIlan Joselevich (Kranzes) https://gist.github.com/Kranzes/da0ee0920adf9ce94183b6cec3bbe9c2 18:24:28

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