nix.nix

/* This code demonstrates the syntax highlighting for the Nix Expression Language */
{pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}:
let
  literals.null = null;
  literals.boolean = true;
  literals.number = 42;
  literals.string1 = "This is a normal string";
  literals.string2 = ''
    Broken escape sequence:  \${literals.number}
    Escaped interpolation:   ''${literals.number}
    Generic escape sequence: $''\{literals.number}
    '';
  literals.paths = [/etc/gitconfig ~/.gitconfig .git/config];
  # Note that unquoted URIs were deperecated by RFC 45
  literals.uri = https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/pull/45;
in {
  inherit (literals) number string1 string2 paths uri;
  baseNames = map baseNameOf literals.paths;
  f = { multiply ? 1, add ? 0, ... }@args:
    builtins.mapAttrs (name: value: multiply * value + add) args;
}