| | | | |
| V | | |
| .------------. | | |
| | value | | | |
| '------------' | | |
+----------------------+ +------------------------+
```
In more detail, the following sequence diagram shows how the expression is evaluated step by step, and where evaluation is blocked to wait for the build output to appear.
```
.-------. .-------------. .---------.
|Nix CLI| |Nix evaluator| |Nix store|
'-------' '-------------' '---------'
| | |
|evaluate IFD.nix| |
|--------------->| |
| | |
| evaluate `"${readFile drv} world"` |
| | |
| evaluate `readFile drv` |
| | |
| evaluate `drv` as string |
| | |
| |instantiate /nix/store/...-hello.drv|
| |----------------------------------->|
| : |
| : realise /nix/store/...-hello.drv |
| :----------------------------------->|
| : |
| |--------.
| : | |
| (evaluation blocked) | echo hello > $out
| : | |
| |<-------'
| : /nix/store/...-hello |
| |<-----------------------------------|
| | |
| resume `readFile /nix/store/...-hello` |
| | |
| | readFile /nix/store/...-hello |
| |----------------------------------->|
| | |
| | hello |
| |<-----------------------------------|
| | |
| resume `"${"hello"} world"` |
| | |
| resume `"hello world"` |
| | |
| "hello world" | |
|<---------------| |
.-------. .-------------. .---------.
|Nix CLI| |Nix evaluator| |Nix store|
'-------' '-------------' '---------'
```