daemon w/ tests PoC

src/daemon/api.rs

@@ -47,6 +47,24 @@ impl ConvenientAttrPath {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
+pub enum NixLiteral {
+    String(String),
+    Number(f64),
+    // FIXME: add the rest =P
+}
+
+impl NixLiteral {
+    pub fn to_nix_source(&self) -> String {
+        match self {
+            NixLiteral::String(s) => format!("\"{s}\""),
+            NixLiteral::Number(n) => n.to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 #[derive(serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "action", content = "args", rename_all = "snake_case")]
@@ -54,6 +72,6 @@ impl ConvenientAttrPath {
 pub enum DaemonCmd {
     Append {
         name: ConvenientAttrPath,
-        value: Box<str>,
+        value: Box<NixLiteral>,
     },
 }