docs: document older let expression syntax #14843
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roberth
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Dec 20, 2025
I learned of this from reading Eelco Dolstra's PhD thesis (pp. 69, 73-74). Co-authored-by: Robert Hensing <[email protected]>
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Motivation
Even though it's older, it's still part of the language, and I think it should be documented accordingly.
Context
I learned of this from reading Eelco Dolstra's PhD thesis (pp. 69, 73-74). I chose a slightly different example in order to display that attributes other than
bodycan refer to other attributes recursively too.Unresolved issues
rec { body = ...; [ ident = expr; ]... }.body?Add 👍 to pull requests you find important.
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