Pass lists/attrsets to bash as (associative) arrays

tests/structured-attrs.nix

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+with import ./config.nix;
+
+mkDerivation {
+  name = "structured";
+
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  buildCommand = ''
+    set -x
+
+    [[ $int = 123456789 ]]
+    [[ -z $float ]]
+    [[ -n $boolTrue ]]
+    [[ -z $boolFalse ]]
+    [[ -n ''${hardening[format]} ]]
+    [[ -z ''${hardening[fortify]} ]]
+    [[ ''${#buildInputs[@]} = 7 ]]
+    [[ ''${buildInputs[2]} = c ]]
+    [[ -v nothing ]]
+    [[ -z $nothing ]]
+
+    mkdir ''${outputs[out]}
+    echo bar > $dest
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [ "a" "b" "c" 123 "'" "\"" null ];
+
+  hardening.format = true;
+  hardening.fortify = false;
+
+  outer.inner = [ 1 2 3 ];
+
+  int = 123456789;
+
+  float = 123.456;
+
+  boolTrue = true;
+  boolFalse = false;
+
+  nothing = null;
+
+  dest = "${placeholder "out"}/foo";
+
+  "foo bar" = "BAD";
+  "1foobar" = "BAD";
+  "foo$" = "BAD";
+}