From 33238a2bbf01df4b1067702edb014651d01d6c44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 13:26:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * findSingle: return a caller-specified value if there are
 multiple   matching elements in the list.

svn path=/nixpkgs/trunk/; revision=9397
---
 pkgs/lib/default.nix | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/lib/default.nix b/pkgs/lib/default.nix
index a06090e76be..1a5dddecdfe 100644
--- a/pkgs/lib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/lib/default.nix
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ rec {
 
 
   # Find the sole element in the list matching the specified
-  # predicate, or returns the default value.
-  findSingle = pred: default: list:
+  # predicate, returns `default' if no such element exists, or
+  # `multiple' if there are multiple matching elements.
+  findSingle = pred: default: multiple: list:
     let found = filter pred list;
     in if found == [] then default
-       else if tail found != [] then
-         abort "Multiple elements match predicate in findSingle."
+       else if tail found != [] then multiple
        else head found;