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+use rnix::{Root, SyntaxKind, SyntaxNode};
+use rowan::ast::AstNode;
+
+/// An assignment of an identifier to a value in the context of a REPL.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub(crate) struct Assignment<'a> {
+    pub(crate) ident: &'a str,
+    pub(crate) value: rnix::ast::Expr,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Assignment<'a> {
+    /// Try to parse an [`Assignment`] from the given input string.
+    ///
+    /// Returns [`None`] if the parsing fails for any reason, since the intent is for us to
+    /// fall-back to trying to parse the input as a regular expression or other REPL commands for
+    /// any reason, since the intent is for us to fall-back to trying to parse the input as a
+    /// regular expression or other REPL command.
+    pub fn parse(input: &'a str) -> Option<Self> {
+        let mut tt = rnix::tokenizer::Tokenizer::new(input);
+        macro_rules! next {
+            ($kind:ident) => {{
+                loop {
+                    let (kind, tok) = tt.next()?;
+                    if kind == SyntaxKind::TOKEN_WHITESPACE {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    if kind != SyntaxKind::$kind {
+                        return None;
+                    }
+                    break tok;
+                }
+            }};
+        }
+
+        let ident = next!(TOKEN_IDENT);
+        let _equal = next!(TOKEN_ASSIGN);
+        let (green, errs) = rnix::parser::parse(tt);
+        let value = Root::cast(SyntaxNode::new_root(green))?.expr()?;
+
+        if !errs.is_empty() {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        Some(Self { ident, value })
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn simple_assignments() {
+        for input in ["x = 4", "x     =       \t\t\n\t4", "x=4"] {
+            let res = Assignment::parse(input).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(res.ident, "x");
+            assert_eq!(res.value.to_string(), "4");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn complex_exprs() {
+        let input = "x = { y = 4; z = let q = 7; in [ q (y // { z = 9; }) ]; }";
+        let res = Assignment::parse(input).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(res.ident, "x");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn not_an_assignment() {
+        let input = "{ x = 4; }";
+        let res = Assignment::parse(input);
+        assert!(res.is_none(), "{input:?}");
+    }
+}