7 files changed, 96 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs b/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
index 770dfe5ba2f8..9c9d171a2102 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/builtins/mod.rs
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ mod pure_builtins {
     #[builtin("fromJSON")]
     fn builtin_from_json(_: &mut VM, json: Value) -> Result<Value, ErrorKind> {
         let json_str = json.to_str()?;
-        let json: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&json_str)?;
-        json.try_into()
+
+        serde_json::from_str(&json_str).map_err(|err| err.into())
     }
 
     #[builtin("genericClosure")]
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-fromjson.exp b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-fromjson.exp
index 4f75c09231b6..c855950a30d4 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-fromjson.exp
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-fromjson.exp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-[ { Image = { Animated = false; Height = 600; IDs = [ 116 943 234 38793 true false null -100 ]; Latitude = 37.7668; Longitude = -122.3959; Thumbnail = { Height = 125; Url = "http://www.example.com/image/481989943"; Width = 100; }; Title = "View from 15th Floor"; Width = 800; }; } { name = "a"; value = "b"; } ]
+[ { Image = { Animated = false; Height = 600; IDs = [ 116 943 234 38793 true false null -100 ]; Latitude = 37.7668; Longitude = -122.3959; Thumbnail = { Height = 125; Url = "http://www.example.com/image/481989943"; Width = 100; }; Title = "View from 15th Floor"; Width = 800; }; } { name = "a"; value = "b"; } [ 1 2 3 4 ] ]
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-fromjson.nix b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-fromjson.nix
index ccb83fd0bd72..e4f62131250e 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-fromjson.nix
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-fromjson.nix
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@
     }
   '')
   (builtins.fromJSON ''{"name": "a", "value": "b"}'')
+  (builtins.fromJSON "[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]")
 ]
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/value/attrs.rs b/tvix/eval/src/value/attrs.rs
index a41e7ce58a12..c6b274f0b70e 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/value/attrs.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/value/attrs.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 use std::iter::FromIterator;
 
 use imbl::{ordmap, OrdMap};
+use serde::de::{Deserializer, Error, Visitor};
+use serde::Deserialize;
 
 use crate::errors::ErrorKind;
 use crate::vm::VM;
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ use super::Value;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
 enum AttrsRep {
     Empty,
 
@@ -138,6 +140,39 @@ impl TotalDisplay for NixAttrs {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for NixAttrs {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        struct MapVisitor;
+
+        impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for MapVisitor {
+            type Value = NixAttrs;
+
+            fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+                formatter.write_str("a valid Nix attribute set")
+            }
+
+            fn visit_map<A>(self, mut map: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
+            where
+                A: serde::de::MapAccess<'de>,
+            {
+                let mut stack_array = Vec::with_capacity(map.size_hint().unwrap_or(0) * 2);
+
+                while let Some((key, value)) = map.next_entry()? {
+                    stack_array.push(key);
+                    stack_array.push(value);
+                }
+
+                NixAttrs::construct(stack_array.len() / 2, stack_array).map_err(A::Error::custom)
+            }
+        }
+
+        deserializer.deserialize_map(MapVisitor)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "arbitrary")]
 mod arbitrary {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/value/list.rs b/tvix/eval/src/value/list.rs
index fa1f266c8779..744130d2ac48 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/value/list.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/value/list.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ use std::ops::Index;
 
 use imbl::{vector, Vector};
 
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
 use crate::errors::ErrorKind;
 use crate::vm::VM;
 
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ use super::TotalDisplay;
 use super::Value;
 
 #[repr(transparent)]
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
 pub struct NixList(Vector<Value>);
 
 impl TotalDisplay for NixList {
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/value/mod.rs b/tvix/eval/src/value/mod.rs
index 49ab62fd180e..89e8fdd0937a 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/value/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/value/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::{cell::Ref, fmt::Display};
 
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
 #[cfg(feature = "arbitrary")]
 mod arbitrary;
 mod attrs;
@@ -31,30 +33,41 @@ pub use thunk::Thunk;
 use self::thunk::ThunkSet;
 
 #[warn(variant_size_differences)]
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
 pub enum Value {
     Null,
     Bool(bool),
     Integer(i64),
     Float(f64),
     String(NixString),
+
+    #[serde(skip)]
     Path(PathBuf),
     Attrs(Box<NixAttrs>),
     List(NixList),
+
+    #[serde(skip)]
     Closure(Rc<Closure>), // must use Rc<Closure> here in order to get proper pointer equality
+    #[serde(skip)]
     Builtin(Builtin),
 
     // Internal values that, while they technically exist at runtime,
     // are never returned to or created directly by users.
+    #[serde(skip)]
     Thunk(Thunk),
 
     // See [`compiler::compile_select_or()`] for explanation
+    #[serde(skip)]
     AttrNotFound,
 
     // this can only occur in Chunk::Constants and nowhere else
+    #[serde(skip)]
     Blueprint(Rc<Lambda>),
 
+    #[serde(skip)]
     DeferredUpvalue(StackIdx),
+    #[serde(skip)]
     UnresolvedPath(PathBuf),
 }
 
@@ -542,47 +555,9 @@ impl From<PathBuf> for Value {
     }
 }
 
-impl TryFrom<serde_json::Value> for Value {
-    type Error = ErrorKind;
-
-    fn try_from(value: serde_json::Value) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        // TODO(grfn): Replace with a real serde::Deserialize impl (for perf)
-        match value {
-            serde_json::Value::Null => Ok(Self::Null),
-            serde_json::Value::Bool(b) => Ok(Self::Bool(b)),
-            serde_json::Value::Number(n) => {
-                if let Some(i) = n.as_i64() {
-                    Ok(Self::Integer(i))
-                } else if let Some(f) = n.as_f64() {
-                    Ok(Self::Float(f))
-                } else {
-                    Err(ErrorKind::FromJsonError(format!(
-                        "JSON number not representable as Nix value: {n}"
-                    )))
-                }
-            }
-            serde_json::Value::String(s) => Ok(s.into()),
-            serde_json::Value::Array(a) => Ok(Value::List(
-                a.into_iter()
-                    .map(Value::try_from)
-                    .collect::<Result<imbl::Vector<_>, _>>()?
-                    .into(),
-            )),
-            serde_json::Value::Object(obj) => {
-                match (obj.len(), obj.get("name"), obj.get("value")) {
-                    (2, Some(name), Some(value)) => Ok(Self::attrs(NixAttrs::from_kv(
-                        name.clone().try_into()?,
-                        value.clone().try_into()?,
-                    ))),
-                    _ => Ok(Self::attrs(NixAttrs::from_iter(
-                        obj.into_iter()
-                            .map(|(k, v)| Ok((k.into(), v.try_into()?)))
-                            .collect::<Result<Vec<(NixString, Value)>, ErrorKind>>()?
-                            .into_iter(),
-                    ))),
-                }
-            }
-        }
+impl From<Vec<Value>> for Value {
+    fn from(val: Vec<Value>) -> Self {
+        Self::List(NixList::from_vec(val))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/value/string.rs b/tvix/eval/src/value/string.rs
index 9ebdf687d284..93cbc98dab9c 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/value/string.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/value/string.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::{borrow::Cow, fmt::Display, str::Chars};
 
+use serde::de::{Deserializer, Visitor};
+use serde::Deserialize;
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 enum StringRepr {
     Smol(SmolStr),
@@ -68,6 +71,39 @@ impl Hash for NixString {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for NixString {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        struct StringVisitor;
+
+        impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for StringVisitor {
+            type Value = NixString;
+
+            fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+                formatter.write_str("a valid Nix string")
+            }
+
+            fn visit_string<E>(self, v: String) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+            where
+                E: serde::de::Error,
+            {
+                Ok(v.into())
+            }
+
+            fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+            where
+                E: serde::de::Error,
+            {
+                Ok(v.into())
+            }
+        }
+
+        deserializer.deserialize_string(StringVisitor)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "arbitrary")]
 mod arbitrary {
     use super::*;