nix/doc/manual/source/language/builtins-prefix.md

# Built-ins

This section lists the values and functions built into the Nix language evaluator.
All built-ins are available through the global [`builtins`](#builtins-builtins) constant.

Some built-ins are also exposed directly in the global scope:

<!-- TODO(@rhendric, #10970): this list is incomplete -->

- [`derivation`](#builtins-derivation)
- [`import`](#builtins-import)
- [`abort`](#builtins-abort)
- [`throw`](#builtins-throw)

<dl>
  <dt id="builtins-derivation"><a href="#builtins-derivation"><code>derivation <var>attrs</var></code></a></dt>
  <dd><p><var>derivation</var> is described in
         <a href="derivations.md">its own section</a>.</p></dd>
docs: merge builtin-constants into builtins 2024-07-07 15:57:23 -04:00			`# Built-ins`
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docs: merge builtin-constants into builtins 2024-07-07 15:57:23 -04:00			`This section lists the values and functions built into the Nix language evaluator.`
			All built-ins are available through the global [`builtins`](#builtins-builtins) constant.
reword introduction to built-in functions add anchor to `builtins.derivation` and list some built-in functions that are exposed in the global scope. I decided not to list everything, because we probably don't want to encourage people using them that way. 2023-05-11 14:06:41 -04:00
docs: merge builtin-constants into builtins 2024-07-07 15:57:23 -04:00			`Some built-ins are also exposed directly in the global scope:`

			`<!-- TODO(@rhendric, #10970): this list is incomplete -->`
reword introduction to built-in functions add anchor to `builtins.derivation` and list some built-in functions that are exposed in the global scope. I decided not to list everything, because we probably don't want to encourage people using them that way. 2023-05-11 14:06:41 -04:00
			- [`derivation`](#builtins-derivation)
			- [`import`](#builtins-import)
			- [`abort`](#builtins-abort)
			- [`throw`](#builtins-throw)
Pandoc conversion 2020-07-22 17:17:48 -04:00
doc: builtins: use a definition list This looks a lot better (and is also more semantically meaningful). Since this list is generated in a Nix expression, I don't think using HTML here is going to be the thing that puts people off modifying this part of the documentation! 2021-05-05 09:56:23 -04:00			`<dl>`
reword introduction to built-in functions add anchor to `builtins.derivation` and list some built-in functions that are exposed in the global scope. I decided not to list everything, because we probably don't want to encourage people using them that way. 2023-05-11 14:06:41 -04:00			`<dt id="builtins-derivation"><a href="#builtins-derivation"><code>derivation <var>attrs</var></code></a></dt>`
fix many doc typos 2021-11-13 22:28:20 -05:00			`<dd><p><var>derivation</var> is described in`
doc: builtins: use a definition list This looks a lot better (and is also more semantically meaningful). Since this list is generated in a Nix expression, I don't think using HTML here is going to be the thing that puts people off modifying this part of the documentation! 2021-05-05 09:56:23 -04:00			`<a href="derivations.md">its own section</a>.</p></dd>`