2 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/value/attrs.rs b/tvix/eval/src/value/attrs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..69688d3c5122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/value/attrs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/// This module implements Nix attribute sets. They have flexible
+/// backing implementations, as they are used in very versatile
+/// use-cases that are all exposed the same way in the language
+/// surface.
+use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::fmt::Display;
+
+use super::string::NixString;
+use super::Value;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum NixAttrs {
+    Map(BTreeMap<NixString, Value>),
+    KV { name: NixString, value: Value },
+}
+
+impl Display for NixAttrs {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str("{ ")?;
+
+        match self {
+            NixAttrs::KV { name, value } => {
+                f.write_fmt(format_args!("name = \"{}\"; ", name))?;
+                f.write_fmt(format_args!("value = {}; ", value))?;
+            }
+
+            NixAttrs::Map(map) => {
+                for (name, value) in map {
+                    f.write_fmt(format_args!("{} = {}; ", name, value))?;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        f.write_str("}")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/value/mod.rs b/tvix/eval/src/value/mod.rs
index 7052df3d4e66..628eefb8fdd8 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/value/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/value/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::fmt::Display;
 
 use crate::errors::{Error, EvalResult};
 
+mod attrs;
 mod string;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq)]