From ce96057588821156d08b48cf8647b6cb8730e63c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Zagrodnick <cz@flyingcircus.io>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2015 16:17:45 +0100
Subject: add helper to lib/attrsets: hasAttrByPath

---
 lib/attrsets.nix | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

(limited to 'lib/attrsets.nix')

diff --git a/lib/attrsets.nix b/lib/attrsets.nix
index 22ecc808679d0..84f6cb3658b90 100644
--- a/lib/attrsets.nix
+++ b/lib/attrsets.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ rec {
       then attrByPath (tail attrPath) default e.${attr}
       else default;
 
+  /* Return if an attribute from nested attribute set exists.
+     For instance ["x" "y"] applied to some set e returns true, if e.x.y exists. False
+     is returned otherwise. */
+  hasAttrByPath = attrPath: e:
+    let attr = head attrPath;
+    in
+      if attrPath == [] then true
+      else if e ? ${attr}
+      then hasAttrByPath (tail attrPath) e.${attr}
+      else false;
+
 
   /* Return nested attribute set in which an attribute is set.  For instance
      ["x" "y"] applied with some value v returns `x.y = v;' */
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