VarName

Description

VarName represents identifiers in Nix code: variable names, attribute names, parameter names, etc.

Nix Source ↔ AST

# Nix
myVariable

# AST (inside Sym)
{ "tag": "Sym", "contents": "myVariable" }

Used as the contents field of:

• Sym: variable references
• Param: function parameters
• StaticKey: static attribute keys
• Inherit: inherited names
• ParamSet: parameter set parameter names

Related

• Expr
• KeyName
• Binding

Nix Library Access

syntax.mkSym "myVariable"