5 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/users/sterni/nix/flow/default.nix b/users/sterni/nix/flow/default.nix
index 838e65bfb20e..a9fe3c673532 100644
--- a/users/sterni/nix/flow/default.nix
+++ b/users/sterni/nix/flow/default.nix
@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@ let
   # TODO(sterni): condf or magic
   # like <nixpkgs/pkgs/build-support/coq/extra-lib.nix>
 
-  match = val: matcher: matcher."${val}";
 
 in {
   inherit
     cond
-    match
     ;
 }
diff --git a/users/sterni/nix/flow/tests/default.nix b/users/sterni/nix/flow/tests/default.nix
index 0bec4a3bd779..54cea01858e7 100644
--- a/users/sterni/nix/flow/tests/default.nix
+++ b/users/sterni/nix/flow/tests/default.nix
@@ -33,17 +33,7 @@ let
       ]))
   ];
 
-  testMatch = it "tests match" [
-    (assertEq "basic match usage" 42
-      (match "answer" {
-        "answer" = 42;
-        "banana" = dontEval;
-        "maleur" = dontEval;
-      }))
-  ];
-
 in
   runTestsuite "nix.flow" [
     testCond
-    testMatch
   ]
diff --git a/users/sterni/nix/int/tests/default.nix b/users/sterni/nix/int/tests/default.nix
index 966ac5a1289e..fac45dd251e1 100644
--- a/users/sterni/nix/int/tests/default.nix
+++ b/users/sterni/nix/int/tests/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ let
     int
     string
     fun
-    flow
     ;
 
   testBounds = it "checks minBound and maxBound" [
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ let
 
   checkShift = { a, b, c, op }@args:
     let
-      f = flow.match op {
+      f = string.match op {
         "<<" = int.bitShiftL;
         ">>" = int.bitShiftR;
       };
diff --git a/users/sterni/nix/string/default.nix b/users/sterni/nix/string/default.nix
index 782f86b7f79b..e2b27571c73f 100644
--- a/users/sterni/nix/string/default.nix
+++ b/users/sterni/nix/string/default.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ let
       then s
       else pad { inherit char; "${side}" = diff; } s;
 
+  # pattern matching for strings only
+  match = val: matcher: matcher."${val}";
+
 in {
   inherit
     take
@@ -67,5 +70,6 @@ in {
     fromChars
     pad
     fit
+    match
     ;
 }
diff --git a/users/sterni/nix/string/tests/default.nix b/users/sterni/nix/string/tests/default.nix
index 576952673471..2caecbfa7b3f 100644
--- a/users/sterni/nix/string/tests/default.nix
+++ b/users/sterni/nix/string/tests/default.nix
@@ -45,9 +45,21 @@ let
       null)
   ];
 
+  dontEval = builtins.throw "this should not get evaluated";
+
+  testMatch = it "tests match" [
+    (assertEq "basic match usage" 42
+      (string.match "answer" {
+        "answer" = 42;
+        "banana" = dontEval;
+        "maleur" = dontEval;
+      }))
+  ];
+
 in
   runTestsuite "nix.string" [
     testTakeDrop
     testIndexing
     testFinding
+    testMatch
   ]