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diff --git a/users/Profpatsch/netstring/default.nix b/users/Profpatsch/netstring/default.nix
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+{ lib, pkgs, depot, ... }:
+let
+  toNetstring = s:
+    "${toString (builtins.stringLength s)}:${s},";
+
+  toNetstringKeyVal = attrs:
+    lib.concatStrings
+      (lib.mapAttrsToList
+        (k: v: toNetstring (toNetstring k + toNetstring v))
+        attrs);
+
+  python-netstring = depot.users.Profpatsch.writers.python3Lib {
+    name = "netstring";
+  } ''
+    def read_netstring(bytes):
+        (int_length, rest) = bytes.split(sep=b':', maxsplit=1)
+        val = rest[:int(int_length)]
+        # has to end on a ,
+        assert(rest[len(val)] == ord(','))
+        return (val, rest[len(val) + 1:])
+
+    def read_netstring_key_val(bytes):
+        (keyvalnet, rest) = read_netstring(bytes)
+        (key, valnet) = read_netstring(keyvalnet)
+        (val, nothing) = read_netstring(valnet)
+        assert(nothing == b"")
+        return (key, val, rest)
+
+    def read_netstring_key_val_list(bytes):
+        rest = bytes
+        res = {}
+        while rest != b"":
+            (key, val, r) = read_netstring_key_val(rest)
+            rest = r
+            res[key] = val
+        return res
+  '';
+
+  tests = import ./tests.nix {
+    inherit
+      depot
+      pkgs
+      lib
+      python-netstring
+      toNetstring
+      toNetstringKeyVal
+      ;
+  };
+
+in {
+  inherit
+    toNetstring
+    toNetstringKeyVal
+    python-netstring
+    tests
+      ;
+
+}