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20 changes: 18 additions & 2 deletions doc/manual/expressions/arguments-variables.xml
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Expand Up @@ -105,7 +105,23 @@ hello = callPackage ../applications/misc/hello/ex-1 { };
hello = callPackage ../applications/misc/hello/ex-1 { stdenv = myStdenv; };
</programlisting>

</para></note>
</para>

<para>A useful way to use the callPackage function would be to
change the name of the above <filename>default.nix</filename>
to <filename>hello.nix</filename> and create a new
<filename>default.nix</filename> as follows:</para>

<programlisting>
(import <nixpkgs> {}).callPackage ./hello.nix {}
</programlisting>

<para>This infrastructure allows you to build it as a local
package simply by running <literal>nix-build</literal> or drop
into a build environment shell with
<literal>nix-shell</literal></para>

</note>

</callout>

Expand All @@ -118,4 +134,4 @@ hello = callPackage ../applications/misc/hello/ex-1 { stdenv = myStdenv; };

</calloutlist>

</section>
</section>
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions tests/lang/eval-okay-builtins-add.exp
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[ 5 4 "int" "tt" "float" 4.0 ]
8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions tests/lang/eval-okay-builtins-add.nix
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[
(builtins.add 2 3)
(builtins.add 2 2)
(builtins.typeOf (builtins.add 2 2))
("t" + "t")
(builtins.typeOf (builtins.add 2.0 2))
(builtins.add 2.0 2)
]
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions tests/lang/eval-okay-builtins-mul.exp
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[ 4 "int" "float" 4.0 ]
6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions tests/lang/eval-okay-builtins-mul.nix
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[
(builtins.mul 2 2)
(builtins.typeOf (builtins.mul 2 2))
(builtins.typeOf (builtins.mul 2.0 2))
(builtins.mul 2.0 2)
]