From 8b8ee53bc73769bb25d967ba259dabc9b23e2e6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:29:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Add=20builtin=20constants=20=E2=80=98langVersio?=
 =?UTF-8?q?n=E2=80=99=20and=20=E2=80=98nixVersion=E2=80=99?=
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The integer constant ‘langVersion’ denotes the current language
version.  It gets increased every time a language feature is
added/changed/removed.  It's currently 1.

The string constant ‘nixVersion’ contains the current Nix version,
e.g. "1.2pre2980_9de6bc5".
---
 src/libexpr/primops.cc   | 10 ++++++++++
 src/libmain/Makefile.am  |  1 -
 src/libmain/shared.cc    |  2 +-
 src/libstore/Makefile.am |  1 +
 src/libstore/globals.cc  |  3 +++
 src/libstore/globals.hh  |  3 +++
 6 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index 509297003f..6876b2853a 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -1143,6 +1143,16 @@ void EvalState::createBaseEnv()
     mkString(v, settings.thisSystem.c_str());
     addConstant("__currentSystem", v);
 
+    mkString(v, nixVersion.c_str());
+    addConstant("__nixVersion", v);
+
+    /* Language version.  This should be increased every time a new
+       language feature gets added.  It's not necessary to increase it
+       when primops get added, because you can just use `builtins ?
+       primOp' to check. */
+    mkInt(v, 1);
+    addConstant("__langVersion", v);
+
     // Miscellaneous
     addPrimOp("import", 1, prim_import);
     addPrimOp("isNull", 1, prim_isNull);
diff --git a/src/libmain/Makefile.am b/src/libmain/Makefile.am
index 404353c629..6a2d7f5f58 100644
--- a/src/libmain/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libmain/Makefile.am
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@ libmain_la_LIBADD = ../libstore/libstore.la @BDW_GC_LIBS@
 pkginclude_HEADERS = shared.hh
 
 AM_CXXFLAGS = \
- -DNIX_VERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" \
  -I$(srcdir)/.. -I$(srcdir)/../libutil \
  -I$(srcdir)/../libstore
diff --git a/src/libmain/shared.cc b/src/libmain/shared.cc
index 2cf5b08df3..ead3fc017a 100644
--- a/src/libmain/shared.cc
+++ b/src/libmain/shared.cc
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static void initAndRun(int argc, char * * argv)
             return;
         }
         else if (arg == "--version") {
-            std::cout << format("%1% (Nix) %2%") % programId % NIX_VERSION << std::endl;
+            std::cout << format("%1% (Nix) %2%") % programId % nixVersion << std::endl;
             return;
         }
         else if (arg == "--keep-failed" || arg == "-K")
diff --git a/src/libstore/Makefile.am b/src/libstore/Makefile.am
index 46e18be231..3dfb1e0c3a 100644
--- a/src/libstore/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/libstore/Makefile.am
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ AM_CXXFLAGS = -Wall \
  -DNIX_CONF_DIR=\"$(sysconfdir)/nix\" \
  -DNIX_LIBEXEC_DIR=\"$(libexecdir)\" \
  -DNIX_BIN_DIR=\"$(bindir)\" \
+ -DNIX_VERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" \
  -I$(srcdir)/.. -I$(srcdir)/../libutil \
  -I$(srcdir)/../libstore
 
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.cc b/src/libstore/globals.cc
index 7b881d1d2f..bb453a4519 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.cc
@@ -197,4 +197,7 @@ Settings::SettingsMap Settings::getOverrides()
 }
 
 
+const string nixVersion = NIX_VERSION;
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/globals.hh b/src/libstore/globals.hh
index d25ee6adca..953eed9c36 100644
--- a/src/libstore/globals.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/globals.hh
@@ -190,4 +190,7 @@ private:
 extern Settings settings;
 
 
+extern const string nixVersion;
+
+
 }