3 files changed, 19 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/lib.rs b/tvix/eval/src/lib.rs
index 72cfefee496d..5d854fcc5f07 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/lib.rs
@@ -131,21 +131,21 @@ pub struct EvaluationResult {
     pub expr: Option<rnix::ast::Expr>,
 }
 
-/// TODO: this approach of creating the struct, then mutating its values
-/// unnecessarily restricts the type of IO (b/262)
-impl<'co, 'ro> Default for Evaluation<'co, 'ro, Box<dyn EvalIO>> {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        let source_map = SourceCode::default();
-
+impl<'co, 'ro, IO> Evaluation<'co, 'ro, IO>
+where
+    IO: AsRef<dyn EvalIO> + 'static,
+{
+    /// Initialize an `Evaluation`.
+    pub fn new(io_handle: IO, enable_import: bool) -> Self {
         let mut builtins = builtins::pure_builtins();
         builtins.extend(builtins::placeholders()); // these are temporary
 
         Self {
-            source_map,
+            source_map: SourceCode::default(),
+            enable_import,
+            io_handle,
             builtins,
             src_builtins: vec![],
-            io_handle: Box::new(DummyIO {}) as Box<dyn EvalIO>,
-            enable_import: false,
             strict: false,
             nix_path: None,
             compiler_observer: None,
@@ -158,16 +158,18 @@ impl<'co, 'ro> Evaluation<'co, 'ro, Box<dyn EvalIO>> {
     #[cfg(feature = "impure")]
     /// Initialise an `Evaluation`, with all impure features turned on by default.
     pub fn new_impure() -> Self {
-        let mut eval = Self {
-            enable_import: true,
-            io_handle: Box::new(StdIO),
-            ..Default::default()
-        };
+        let mut eval = Self::new(Box::new(StdIO) as Box<dyn EvalIO>, true);
 
         eval.builtins.extend(builtins::impure_builtins());
 
         eval
     }
+
+    /// Initialize an `Evaluation`, without the import statement available, and
+    /// all IO operations stubbed out.
+    pub fn new_pure() -> Self {
+        Self::new(Box::new(DummyIO) as Box<dyn EvalIO>, false)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'co, 'ro, IO> Evaluation<'co, 'ro, IO>
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/tests/mod.rs b/tvix/eval/src/tests/mod.rs
index e3d3445a45ac..d8b593ae9967 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -117,11 +117,8 @@ fn eval_test(code_path: PathBuf, expect_success: bool) {
 fn identity(#[files("src/tests/tvix_tests/identity-*.nix")] code_path: PathBuf) {
     let code = std::fs::read_to_string(code_path).expect("should be able to read test code");
 
-    let eval = crate::Evaluation {
-        strict: true,
-        io_handle: Box::new(crate::StdIO) as Box<dyn EvalIO>,
-        ..Default::default()
-    };
+    let mut eval = crate::Evaluation::new(Box::new(crate::StdIO) as Box<dyn EvalIO>, false);
+    eval.strict = true;
 
     let result = eval.evaluate(&code, None);
     assert!(
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/tests/one_offs.rs b/tvix/eval/src/tests/one_offs.rs
index 6024058a1296..565d1dd48f77 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/tests/one_offs.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/tests/one_offs.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ fn test_source_builtin() {
 
 #[test]
 fn skip_broken_bytecode() {
-    let result = Evaluation::default().evaluate(/* code = */ "x", None);
+    let result = Evaluation::new_pure().evaluate(/* code = */ "x", None);
 
     assert_eq!(result.errors.len(), 1);