{
  lib,
  pkgs,
}:
with lib;
let
  indent =
    indent: text:
    pkgs.lib.strings.concatMapLines (line: indent + line + "\n") (
      if builtins.isList text then text else pkgs.lib.strings.splitString "\n" text
    );
  pyBool = val: if val then "True" else "False";
  pyStr = val: "\"${builtins.replaceStrings ["\\" "\"" "\n"] ["\\\\" "\\\"" "\\n"] val}\"";
in
mkModule (self: {
  pythonRuntime = mkRuntime (self: {
    nativeFunctionTypes = [ self.func ];
    nativeDataFormats = with self.formats; [
      jsonObject
      blobStream
      blobString
    ];
    python = pkgs.python3;
    builder =
      bindings:
      let
        initialState = {
          repositories = [ ];
          bindings = [ ];
          functions = [ ];
          classes = [ ];
        };
        stateAppend =
          state: kind: obj:
          state // { ${kind} = state.${kind} ++ [ obj ]; };
        findOrAssign =
          lst: obj:
          let
            newIndex = builtins.length lst;
            index = pkgs.lib.lists.findFirstIndex (obj2: obj == obj2) newIndex lst;
            new = index == newIndex;
            newLst = lst ++ (if new then [ obj ] else [ ]);
          in
          {
            inherit index new;
            lst = newLst;
          };

        typeToAttr = {
          Function = "functions";
          Repo = "repositories";
          Class = "classes";
          Binding = "bindings";
        };

        visit = visitors: obj: visitors.${typeToAttr.${obj.__artinixType}} obj;
        childrenOf = obj: visit childVisitors obj;
        childVisitors = {
          repositories =
            repository:
            initialState
            // {
              classes = [ repository.class ];
            };
          classes = class: initialState;
          functions = func: initialState;
          bindings =
            binding:
            initialState
            // {
              classes = [ binding.class ];
              repositories =
                (mapAttrsToList (_: r: r) bindings.inputs) ++ (mapAttrsToList (_: r: r) bindings.outputs);
              functions = [ binding.function ];
            };
        };

        explode' = state: obj: let
          lst = state.${typeToAttr.${obj.__artinixType}};
          found = findOrAssign lst obj;
        in (if found.new then (let
          state1 = stateAppend state typeToAttr.${obj.__artinixType} obj;
          children = childrenOf obj;
          state3 = foldlAttrs (state2: _: childrenList: builtins.foldl' explode' state2 childrenList) state1 children;
        in state3) else state);
        explodeList = builtins.foldl' explode' initialState;

        indexOf = item: lst: findFirstIndex (obj: obj == item) (throw "Option was not found in the options list") lst;
        reloop = exploded: let
          numberVisitors = {
            repositories = repo: repo // { class = indexOf repo.class exploded.classes; };
            classes = class: class;
            functions = func: func;
            bindings = binding: binding // {
              class = indexOf binding.class exploded.classes;
              function = indexOf binding.function exploded.functions;
              inputs = builtins.mapAttrs (k: v: indexOf v exploded.repositories) binding.inputs;
              outputs = builtins.mapAttrs (k: v: indexOf v exploded.repositories) binding.outputs;
            };
          };
          numbered = builtins.mapAttrs (k: v: builtins.map numberVisitors.${k} v) exploded;
          result = pkgs.lib.converge (final: let
            reloopVisitors = {
              repositories = repo: repo // { class = builtins.elemAt final.classes repo.class; };
              classes = class: class;
              functions = func: func;
              bindings = binding: binding // {
                class = builtins.elemAt final.classes binding.class;
                function = builtins.elemAt final.functions binding.function;
                inputs = builtins.mapAttrs (k: v: builtins.elemAt final.repositories v) binding.inputs;
                outputs = builtins.mapAttrs (k: v: builtins.elemAt final.repositories v) binding.outputs;
              };
            };
            in
            builtins.mapAttrs (k: v: pkgs.lib.imap0 (i: v': (reloopVisitors.${k} v') // { __index = i; }) v) final
          ) numbered;
        in result;

        #index' = exploded: obj: let
        #  options = exploded.${typeToAttr.${obj.__artinixType}};
        #  index = indexOf obj options;
        #  relooped = reloop exploded;
        #  options' = relooped.${typeToAttr.${obj.__artinixType}};
        #in builtins.elemAt options' index;
        #indexList = lst: let exploded = explodeList lst; in builtins.map (index' exploded) lst;
        #index = obj: index' (explode obj) obj;
        #bindings = indexList bindings;

        finalState = reloop (explodeList bindings);

        inherit (pkgs.lib.attrsets) mapAttrsToList foldlAttrs;
        inherit (pkgs.lib.lists) findFirstIndex;

        allPyDeps = pkgs.lib.lists.concatMap (func: func.pythonDeps) attrs.nativeFunctions;
        pyEnv = self.python.withPackages (
          pythonPackages:
          builtins.map (dep: if builtins.isString dep then pythonPackages.${dep} else dep) allPyDeps
        );
      in
      pkgs.substituteAll {
        name = "driver.py";
        src = ./src/driver.py.template;
        interpreter = pyEnv.mainProgram;
        allowDefault = pyBool TODO;
        allowManual = pyBool TODO;
        entityClassSetup = indent "" (
          pkgs.lib.flip builtins.map finalState.bindings (
            binding: "entity_classes.append(ArtinixEntityClass(${pyStr binding.name}))"
          )
        );
        repositorySetup = indent "" (
          pkgs.lib.flip builtins.map finalState.repositories (
            repo: "repositories.append(ArtinixRepository(entity_classes[${repo.class.__index}], ${pyStr repo.name}, ${pystr "dtype?"}))"
          )
        );

        functionSetup = indent "" (
          pkgs.lib.flip builtins.map finalState.functions (
            func: "functions.append(ArtinixPythonFunction(${pyStr func.module_path}, ${pyStr func.func_name}))"
          )
        );
        datastoreSetup = "";
      };
  });
  # TODO integrate the typechecker right here I think?
  func = mkFuncType (
    { module, function }:
    {
      linker = self.pythonLinker;
      inherit module function;
    }
  );
  pythonTypeChecker = (
    {
      module,
      function,
      inputs,
      outputs,
    }:
    pkgs.runCommand "typecheck-python-${builtins.baseNameOf module}-${function}" { } ''
      # tee hee
      touch $out
    ''
  );
  formats = mkModule (self': {
    jsonObject = mkFormat { pythonConstructor = "ArtinixJsonObjectFormat()"; };
    blobStream = mkFormat { pythonConstructor = "ArtinixBlobStreamFormat()"; };
    blobString = mkFormat { pythonConstructor = "ArtinixBlobStringFormat()"; };
    pythonObject = ty: mkFormat { inherit ty; pythonConstructor = "ArtinixPythonObjectFormat(${pyStr ty})"; };
    generatorOf = subfmt: mkFormat { inherit subfmt; pythonConstructor = "ArtinixGeneratorOfFormat(${subfmt.pythonConstructor})"; };
  });
  dtypes = mkModule (self': {
    pythonClass = name: mkRepoType { inherit name; };
  });
})