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+//! Deserialisation from Nix to Rust values.
+
+use serde::de;
+use tvix_eval::Value;
+
+use crate::error::Error;
+
+struct Deserializer {
+    value: tvix_eval::Value,
+}
+
+pub fn from_str<'code, T>(src: &'code str) -> Result<T, Error>
+where
+    T: serde::Deserialize<'code>,
+{
+    // First step is to evaluate the Nix code ...
+    let eval = tvix_eval::Evaluation::new(src, None);
+    let source = eval.source_map();
+    let result = eval.evaluate();
+
+    if !result.errors.is_empty() {
+        return Err(Error::NixErrors {
+            errors: result.errors,
+            source,
+        });
+    }
+
+    let de = Deserializer {
+        value: result.value.expect("value should be present on success"),
+    };
+
+    T::deserialize(de)
+}
+
+fn unexpected(expected: &'static str, got: &Value) -> Error {
+    Error::UnexpectedType {
+        expected,
+        got: got.type_of(),
+    }
+}
+
+fn visit_integer<I: TryFrom<i64>>(v: &Value) -> Result<I, Error> {
+    match v {
+        Value::Integer(i) => I::try_from(*i).map_err(|_| Error::IntegerConversion {
+            got: *i,
+            need: std::any::type_name::<I>(),
+        }),
+
+        _ => Err(unexpected("integer", v)),
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> de::Deserializer<'de> for Deserializer {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn deserialize_any<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        match self.value {
+            Value::Null => visitor.visit_unit(),
+            Value::Bool(b) => visitor.visit_bool(b),
+            Value::Integer(i) => visitor.visit_i64(i),
+            Value::Float(f) => visitor.visit_f64(f),
+            Value::String(s) => visitor.visit_string(s.to_string()),
+            Value::Path(p) => visitor.visit_string(p.to_string_lossy().into()), // TODO: hmm
+            Value::Attrs(_) => self.deserialize_map(visitor),
+            Value::List(_) => self.deserialize_seq(visitor),
+
+            // tvix-eval types that can not be deserialized through serde.
+            Value::Closure(_)
+            | Value::Builtin(_)
+            | Value::Thunk(_)
+            | Value::AttrNotFound
+            | Value::Blueprint(_)
+            | Value::DeferredUpvalue(_)
+            | Value::UnresolvedPath(_) => Err(Error::Unserializable {
+                value_type: self.value.type_of(),
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_bool<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        match self.value {
+            Value::Bool(b) => visitor.visit_bool(b),
+            _ => Err(unexpected("bool", &self.value)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_i8<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        visitor.visit_i8(visit_integer(&self.value)?)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_i16<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        visitor.visit_i16(visit_integer(&self.value)?)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_i32<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        visitor.visit_i32(visit_integer(&self.value)?)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_i64<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        visitor.visit_i64(visit_integer(&self.value)?)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_u8<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        visitor.visit_u8(visit_integer(&self.value)?)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_u16<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        visitor.visit_u16(visit_integer(&self.value)?)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_u32<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        visitor.visit_u32(visit_integer(&self.value)?)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_u64<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        visitor.visit_u64(visit_integer(&self.value)?)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_f32<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        if let Value::Float(f) = self.value {
+            return visitor.visit_f32(f as f32);
+        }
+
+        Err(unexpected("float", &self.value))
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_f64<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        if let Value::Float(f) = self.value {
+            return visitor.visit_f64(f);
+        }
+
+        Err(unexpected("float", &self.value))
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_char<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        if let Value::String(s) = &self.value {
+            let chars = s.as_str().chars().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            if chars.len() == 1 {
+                return visitor.visit_char(chars[0]);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Err(unexpected("char", &self.value))
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_str<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        if let Value::String(s) = &self.value {
+            return visitor.visit_str(s.as_str());
+        }
+
+        Err(unexpected("string", &self.value))
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_string<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        if let Value::String(s) = &self.value {
+            return visitor.visit_str(s.as_str());
+        }
+
+        Err(unexpected("string", &self.value))
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_bytes<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        todo!("how to represent this?");
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_byte_buf<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        todo!("how to represent this?");
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_option<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        todo!("how to represent this?");
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_unit<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        if let Value::Null = self.value {
+            return visitor.visit_unit();
+        }
+
+        Err(unexpected("null", &self.value))
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_unit_struct<V>(
+        self,
+        name: &'static str,
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        todo!("how to represent this?");
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_newtype_struct<V>(
+        self,
+        name: &'static str,
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        todo!("how to represent this?");
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_seq<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_tuple<V>(self, len: usize, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_tuple_struct<V>(
+        self,
+        name: &'static str,
+        len: usize,
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_map<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_struct<V>(
+        self,
+        name: &'static str,
+        fields: &'static [&'static str],
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_enum<V>(
+        self,
+        name: &'static str,
+        variants: &'static [&'static str],
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_identifier<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_ignored_any<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+    {
+        visitor.visit_unit()
+    }
+}