haskell-nix/hnix

Cache successful Nix parses by serializing expression trees into .nixc files

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#165 opened on Apr 10, 2018

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Description

Then when we need to parse again, we just deserialize directly.

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Research direction
Implement serialization of the parsed Nix expression tree to a binary format (.nixc) and add deserialization logic. Ensure cache invalidation when source files change.
Tech stack
haskell
Domain
backend
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2
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Half day
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Clear
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HaskellGit
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75