nushell/crates/nu-std
Stefan Holderbach 7f39609d9a
Remove python-like string multiplication (#10293)
# Description
Currently we support "multiplication" of strings, resulting in a terse
way to repeat a particular string.
This can have unintended side effects when dealing with mixed data (e.g.
after parsing data that is not all numbers).
Furthermore as we frequently fall-back to strings while parsing source
code, this introduced a runaway edge case in const evaluation (#10212)

Work for #10233

## Details
- Remove python-like string multiplication.
- Workaround for indentation
  - This should probably be addressed with a purpose built command
- Remove special const-eval error test

# User-Facing Changes
**Major breaking change!**
`"string" * 42` will stop working. (This was used for example in the
stdlib)

We should bless a good alternative before landing this

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Co-authored-by: JT <547158+jntrnr@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-09-13 19:52:04 +12:00
..
src add 'from ndjson' into standard library (#10283) 2023-09-11 14:59:07 +02:00
std Remove python-like string multiplication (#10293) 2023-09-13 19:52:04 +12:00
tests add std repeat command to replace "foo" * 3 (#10339) 2023-09-12 21:59:31 +02:00
Cargo.toml bump nushell to dev version 0.84.1 (#10101) 2023-08-23 15:23:27 -05:00
CONTRIBUTING.md fix the std test commands calls in dev documents (#9535) 2023-07-12 18:26:47 +02:00
LICENSE add LICENSE to nu-std (#8803) 2023-04-07 13:39:21 -07:00
README.md refactor the CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines for nu-std (#8912) 2023-04-19 22:21:27 +02:00

Welcome to the standard library of `nushell`!

The standard library is a pure-nushell collection of custom commands which provide interactive utilities and building blocks for users writing casual scripts or complex applications.

To see what's here:

> use std
> help commands | select name usage | where name =~ "std "
╭────┬─────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│  # │            name             │                                usage                           │
├────┼─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  0 │ std assert                  │ Universal assert command                                       │
│  1 │ std assert equal            │ Assert $left == $right                                         │
           . . .
│ 11 │ std clip                    │ put the end of a pipe into the system clipboard.               │
│ 12 │ std dirs add                │ Add one or more directories to the list.                       │
           . . .
├────┼─────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  # │            name             │                                usage                           │
╰────┴─────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

🧰 Using the standard library in the REPL or in scripts

All commands in the standard library must be "imported" into the running environment (the interactive read-execute-print-loop (REPL) or a .nu script) using the use command.

You can choose to import the whole module, but then must refer to individual commands with a std prefix, e.g:

use std

std log debug "Running now"
std assert (1 == 2)

Or you can enumerate the specific commands you want to import and invoke them without the std prefix.

use std ["log debug" assert]

log debug "Running again"
assert (2 == 1)

This is probably the form of import you'll want to add to your env.nu for interactive use.

✏️ contribute to the standard library

You're invited to contribute to the standard library! See CONTRIBUTING.md for details