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A few more steps in explaining the use of `fix` in Nix overrides #228

Closed why-not-try-calmer closed 7 months ago

why-not-try-calmer commented 8 months ago

After coming back to Nix I absolutely loved the Nix pills! However I felt like the part on fix was a bit dense to digest. Here's an attempt to expound it a little bit.

roberth commented 7 months ago

lib.fix itself already has a fairly decent explanation in its reference documentation if I may say so.

Just fyi; in case it helps. Or maybe it could be linked to?

jtojnar commented 7 months ago

lib.fix itself already has a fairly decent explanation in its reference documentation if I may say so.

We already link an older version. Might be a good idea to update it.

Should be more understandable now.

To be honest, I still find the original version more focused and understandable. People should not really need to care about what a fix point actually is unless they want to.

why-not-try-calmer commented 7 months ago

lib.fix itself already has a fairly decent explanation in its reference documentation if I may say so.

We already link an older version. Might be a good idea to update it.

Should be more understandable now.

To be honest, I still find the original version more focused and understandable. People should not really need to care about what a fix point actually is unless they want to.

Got it. Thank you all for helping improve this, even if it didn't pan out as I wanted at the end.