{ lib }:
/**
  Usage:

    You define you custom builder script by adding all build steps to a list.
    for example:
         builder = writeScript "fsg-4.4-builder"
                 (textClosure [doUnpack addInputs preBuild doMake installPhase doForceShare]);

    a step is defined by noDepEntry, fullDepEntry or packEntry.
    To ensure that prerequisite are met those are added before the task itself by
    textClosureDupList. Duplicated items are removed again.

    See trace/nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/top-level/builder-defs.nix for some predefined build steps

    Attention:

    let
      pkgs = (import <nixpkgs>) {};
    in let
      inherit (pkgs.stringsWithDeps) fullDepEntry packEntry noDepEntry textClosureMap;
      inherit (pkgs.lib) id;

      nameA = noDepEntry "Text a";
      nameB = fullDepEntry "Text b" ["nameA"];
      nameC = fullDepEntry "Text c" ["nameA"];

      stages = {
        nameHeader = noDepEntry "#! /bin/sh \n";
        inherit nameA nameB nameC;
      };
    in
      textClosureMap id stages
      [ "nameHeader" "nameA" "nameB" "nameC"
        nameC # <- added twice. add a dep entry if you know that it will be added once only [1]
        "nameB" # <- this will not be added again because the attr name (reference) is used
      ]

    # result: Str("#! /bin/sh \n\nText a\nText b\nText c\nText c",[])

    [1] maybe this behaviour should be removed to keep things simple (?)
*/

let
  inherit (lib)
    concatStringsSep
    head
    isAttrs
    listToAttrs
    tail
    ;
in
rec {

  /**
    Topologically sort a collection of dependent strings.
    Only the values to keys listed in `arg` and their dependencies will be included in the result.

    ::: {.note}
    This function doesn't formally fulfill the definition of topological sorting, but it's good enough for our purposes in Nixpkgs.
    :::

    # Inputs

    `predefined` (attribute set)

    : strings with annotated dependencies (strings or attribute set)
      A value can be a simple string if it has no dependencies.
      Otherwise, is can be an attribute set with the following attributes:
      - `deps` (list of strings)
      - `text` (Any

    `arg` (list of strings)

    : Keys for which the values in the dependency closure will be included in the result

    # Type

    ```
    textClosureList :: { ${phase} :: { deps :: [String]; text :: String; } | String; } -> [String] -> [String]
    ```

    # Examples
    :::{.example}
    ## `lib.stringsWithDeps.textClosureList` usage example

    ```nix
    textClosureList {
      a = {
        deps = [ "b" "c" "e" ];
        text = "a: depends on b, c and e";
      };
      b = {
        deps = [ ];
        text = "b: no dependencies";
      };
      c = {
        deps = [ "b" ];
        text = "c: depends on b";
      };
      d = {
        deps = [ "c" ];
        text = "d: not being depended on by anything in `arg`";
      };
      e = {
        deps = [ "c" ];
        text = "e: depends on c, depended on by a, not in `arg`";
      };
    } [
      "a"
      "b"
      "c"
    ]
    => [
      "b: no dependencies"
      "c: depends on b"
      "e: depends on c, depended on by a, not in `arg`"
      "a: depends on b, c and e"
    ]
    ```
    :::

    Common real world usages are:
    - Ordering the dependent phases of `system.activationScripts`
    - Ordering the dependent phases of `system.userActivationScripts`

    For further examples see: [NixOS activation script](https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/#sec-activation-script)
  */
  textClosureList =
    predefined: arg:
    let
      f =
        done: todo:
        if todo == [ ] then
          {
            result = [ ];
            inherit done;
          }
        else
          let
            entry = head todo;
          in
          if isAttrs entry then
            let
              x = f done entry.deps;
              y = f x.done (tail todo);
            in
            {
              result = x.result ++ [ entry.text ] ++ y.result;
              done = y.done;
            }
          else if done ? ${entry} then
            f done (tail todo)
          else
            f (
              done
              // listToAttrs [
                {
                  name = entry;
                  value = 1;
                }
              ]
            ) ([ predefined.${entry} ] ++ tail todo);
    in
    (f { } arg).result;

  textClosureMap =
    f: predefined: names:
    concatStringsSep "\n" (map f (textClosureList predefined names));

  noDepEntry = text: {
    inherit text;
    deps = [ ];
  };
  fullDepEntry = text: deps: { inherit text deps; };
  packEntry = deps: {
    inherit deps;
    text = "";
  };

  stringAfter = deps: text: { inherit text deps; };

}