lib: add test and testString

3 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 9399a01..803a614 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ let
 
     setAttr = name: value: set: set // { ${name} = value; };
 
+    test = re: x: isString x && testString re x;
+
+    testString = re: x: match re x != null;
+
     toC = x: let
       type = typeOf x;
       reject = throw "cannot convert ${type}";
diff --git a/lib/shell.nix b/lib/shell.nix
index a8ff5db..f977902 100644
--- a/lib/shell.nix
+++ b/lib/shell.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with lib;
 rec {
   escape =
     let
-      isSafeChar = c: match "[-+./0-9:=A-Z_a-z]" c != null;
+      isSafeChar = testString "[-+./0-9:=A-Z_a-z]";
     in
     stringAsChars (c:
       if isSafeChar c then c
diff --git a/lib/types.nix b/lib/types.nix
index 530cd1e..5a01e5b 100644
--- a/lib/types.nix
+++ b/lib/types.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 let
   inherit (lib)
-    all any concatMapStringsSep concatStringsSep const filter flip genid
-    hasSuffix head isInt isString length match mergeOneOption mkOption
+    all any concatMapStringsSep concatStringsSep const filter flip
+    genid hasSuffix head isInt isString length mergeOneOption mkOption
     mkOptionType optional optionalAttrs optionals range splitString
-    stringLength substring typeOf;
+    stringLength substring test typeOf;
   inherit (lib.types)
     attrsOf bool either enum int listOf nullOr path str string submodule;
 in
@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ rec {
     check = let
       IPv4address = let d = "([1-9]?[0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|2[0-4][0-9]|25[0-5])"; in
         concatMapStringsSep "." (const d) (range 1 4);
-    in x: isString x && match IPv4address x != null;
+    in
+      test IPv4address;
     merge = mergeOneOption;
   };
   addr6 = mkOptionType {
@@ -346,7 +347,8 @@ rec {
     check = let
       # TODO check IPv6 address harder
       IPv6address = "[0-9a-f.:]+";
-    in x: isString x && match IPv6address x != null;
+    in
+      test IPv6address;
     merge = mergeOneOption;
   };
 
@@ -396,14 +398,13 @@ rec {
 
   file-mode = mkOptionType {
     name = "file mode";
-    check = x: isString x && match "[0-7]{4}" x != null;
+    check = test "[0-7]{4}";
     merge = mergeOneOption;
   };
 
   haskell.conid = mkOptionType {
     name = "Haskell constructor identifier";
-    check = x:
-      isString x && match "[[:upper:]][[:lower:]_[:upper:]0-9']*" x != null;
+    check = test "[[:upper:]][[:lower:]_[:upper:]0-9']*";
     merge = mergeOneOption;
   };
 
@@ -426,14 +427,14 @@ rec {
     name = "label";
     # TODO case-insensitive labels
     check = x: isString x
-            && match "[0-9A-Za-z]([0-9A-Za-z-]*[0-9A-Za-z])?" x != null;
+            && test "[0-9A-Za-z]([0-9A-Za-z-]*[0-9A-Za-z])?" x;
     merge = mergeOneOption;
   };
 
   # POSIX.1‐2013, 3.278 Portable Filename Character Set
   filename = mkOptionType {
     name = "POSIX filename";
-    check = x: isString x && match "([0-9A-Za-z._])[0-9A-Za-z._-]*" x != null;
+    check = test "([0-9A-Za-z._])[0-9A-Za-z._-]*";
     merge = mergeOneOption;
   };