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Get string coercions right

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According to @shlevy , there are 2 axes of string coercion:

  • coerceToString + coerceMore: Do I coerce integers? Do I recurse into lists?
  • addToStore: If coercing a path, do I just convert it into a string, or add it to the store?

There are several string coercion contexts:

  • toString: coerceMore = true, addToStore = false
  • ${: coerceMore = false, addToStore = true
  • derivation argument: coerceMore = true, addToStore = true
  • implicit coercion: coerceMore = false, addToStore = false
  • forceString: it simply must be a string and nothing else

Shea will double check this.

According to these criteria, we are getting this wrong on toString right now.

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