From 935959858bd97789410d51f88fbbebe8072b5c1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emile Clark-Boman <emile@agribit.com.au>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:38:01 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] allow isolated modules

---
 nt/mix/mixture.nix        | 9 +++++++--
 nt/primitives/default.nix | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nt/mix/mixture.nix b/nt/mix/mixture.nix
index e4d305a..1a8f3e1 100644
--- a/nt/mix/mixture.nix
+++ b/nt/mix/mixture.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ in {
       modBuilder mixture.private
       |> projectOnto
       {
+        isolated = false;
+
         includes = {
           public = [];
           private = [];
@@ -35,8 +37,11 @@ in {
         # config = Terminal {};
       };
 
-    mkInputs = mixture: {this = mixture;} // inputs;
-    descendentInputs = mkInputs mixture.protected;
+    inputBuilder = mixture:
+      if decl.isolated
+      then inputs // {this = mixture;}
+      else {this = mixture;} // inputs;
+    descendentInputs = inputBuilder mixture.protected;
 
     mkMixtureIncludes = layer: mkIncludes decl.includes.${layer} descendentInputs;
     mkMixtureSubMods = layer: mkSubMods decl.submods.${layer} descendentInputs;
diff --git a/nt/primitives/default.nix b/nt/primitives/default.nix
index f1c9e24..afc8965 100644
--- a/nt/primitives/default.nix
+++ b/nt/primitives/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {mix, ...} @ inputs:
 mix.newMixture inputs (mixture: {
+  isolated = true;
   includes.public = [
     ./nt
   ];
-  # XXX: TODO: submods.protected STILL doesn't work??
-  submods.public = [
+  submods.protected = [
     ./std
   ];
 })