placeholder

builtins.placeholder

Primop

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Takes 1 arguments

output

Return an output placeholder string for the specified output that will be substituted by the corresponding output path at build time.

Typical outputs would be "out", "bin" or "dev".

This function is not defined in a .nix file. It is likely a builtins function or an alias of a builtins function. Builtins functions are predefined functions provided by Nix.

Noogle detected

Detected Type

placeholder :: String -> String

Implementation

This function is implemented in c++ and is part of the native nix runtime.