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%% @doc Utility functions for Core Erlang case/receive clauses.
%%
%%
Syntax trees are defined in the module cerl
.
%%
%% @type cerl() = cerl:cerl()
-module(cerl_clauses).
-export([any_catchall/1, eval_guard/1, is_catchall/1, match/2,
match_list/2, reduce/1, reduce/2]).
-import(cerl, [alias_pat/1, alias_var/1, data_arity/1, data_es/1,
data_type/1, clause_guard/1, clause_pats/1, concrete/1,
is_data/1, is_c_var/1, let_body/1, letrec_body/1,
seq_body/1, try_arg/1, type/1, values_es/1]).
%% ---------------------------------------------------------------------
%% @spec is_catchall(Clause::cerl()) -> boolean()
%%
%% @doc Returns true
if an abstract clause is a
%% catch-all, otherwise false
. A clause is a catch-all if
%% all its patterns are variables, and its guard expression always
%% evaluates to true
; cf. eval_guard/1
.
%%
%% Note: Clause
must have type
%% clause
.
%%
%% @see eval_guard/1
%% @see any_catchall/1
-spec is_catchall(cerl:c_clause()) -> boolean().
is_catchall(C) ->
case all_vars(clause_pats(C)) of
true ->
case eval_guard(clause_guard(C)) of
{value, true} ->
true;
_ ->
false
end;
false ->
false
end.
all_vars([C | Cs]) ->
case is_c_var(C) of
true ->
all_vars(Cs);
false ->
false
end;
all_vars([]) ->
true.
%% @spec any_catchall(Clauses::[cerl()]) -> boolean()
%%
%% @doc Returns true
if any of the abstract clauses in
%% the list is a catch-all, otherwise false
. See
%% is_catchall/1
for details.
%%
%% Note: each node in Clauses
must have type
%% clause
.
%%
%% @see is_catchall/1
-spec any_catchall([cerl:cerl()]) -> boolean().
any_catchall([C | Cs]) ->
case is_catchall(C) of
true ->
true;
false ->
any_catchall(Cs)
end;
any_catchall([]) ->
false.
%% @spec eval_guard(Expr::cerl()) -> none | {value, term()}
%%
%% @doc Tries to reduce a guard expression to a single constant value,
%% if possible. The returned value is {value, Term}
if the
%% guard expression Expr
always yields the constant value
%% Term
, and is otherwise none
.
%%
%% Note that although guard expressions should only yield boolean
%% values, this function does not guarantee that Term
is
%% either true
or false
. Also note that only
%% simple constructs like let-expressions are examined recursively;
%% general constant folding is not performed.
%%
%% @see is_catchall/1
%% This function could possibly be improved further, but constant
%% folding should in general be performed elsewhere.
-spec eval_guard(cerl:cerl()) -> 'none' | {'value', term()}.
eval_guard(E) ->
case type(E) of
literal ->
{value, concrete(E)};
values ->
case values_es(E) of
[E1] ->
eval_guard(E1);
_ ->
none
end;
'try' ->
eval_guard(try_arg(E));
seq ->
eval_guard(seq_body(E));
'let' ->
eval_guard(let_body(E));
'letrec' ->
eval_guard(letrec_body(E));
_ ->
none
end.
%% ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-type bindings() :: [{cerl:cerl(), cerl:cerl()}].
%% @spec reduce(Clauses) -> {true, {Clause, Bindings}}
%% | {false, Clauses}
%%
%% @equiv reduce(Cs, [])
-spec reduce([cerl:c_clause()]) ->
{'true', {cerl:c_clause(), bindings()}} | {'false', [cerl:c_clause()]}.
reduce(Cs) ->
reduce(Cs, []).
%% @spec reduce(Clauses::[Clause], Exprs::[Expr]) ->
%% {true, {Clause, Bindings}}
%% | {false, [Clause]}
%%
%% Clause = cerl()
%% Expr = any | cerl()
%% Bindings = [{cerl(), cerl()}]
%%
%% @doc Selects a single clause, if possible, or otherwise reduces the
%% list of selectable clauses. The input is a list Clauses
%% of abstract clauses (i.e., syntax trees of type clause
),
%% and a list of switch expressions Exprs
. The function
%% tries to uniquely select a single clause or discard unselectable
%% clauses, with respect to the switch expressions. All abstract clauses
%% in the list must have the same number of patterns. If
%% Exprs
is not the empty list, it must have the same
%% length as the number of patterns in each clause; see
%% match_list/2
for details.
%%
%% A clause can only be selected if its guard expression always
%% yields the atom true
, and a clause whose guard
%% expression always yields the atom false
can never be
%% selected. Other guard expressions are considered to have unknown
%% value; cf. eval_guard/1
.
%%
%% If a particular clause can be selected, the function returns
%% {true, {Clause, Bindings}}
, where Clause
is
%% the selected clause and Bindings
is a list of pairs
%% {Var, SubExpr}
associating the variables occurring in
%% the patterns of Clause
with the corresponding
%% subexpressions in Exprs
. The list of bindings is given
%% in innermost-first order; see the match/2
function for
%% details.
%%
%% If no clause could be definitely selected, the function returns
%% {false, NewClauses}
, where NewClauses
is
%% the list of entries in Clauses
that remain after
%% eliminating unselectable clauses, preserving the relative order.
%%
%% @see eval_guard/1
%% @see match/2
%% @see match_list/2
-type expr() :: 'any' | cerl:cerl().
-spec reduce([cerl:c_clause()], [expr()]) ->
{'true', {cerl:c_clause(), bindings()}} | {'false', [cerl:c_clause()]}.
reduce(Cs, Es) ->
reduce(Cs, Es, []).
reduce([C | Cs], Es, Cs1) ->
Ps = clause_pats(C),
case match_list(Ps, Es) of
none ->
%% Here, we know that the current clause cannot possibly be
%% selected, so we drop it and visit the rest.
reduce(Cs, Es, Cs1);
{false, _} ->
%% We are not sure if this clause might be selected, so we
%% save it and visit the rest.
reduce(Cs, Es, [C | Cs1]);
{true, Bs} ->
case eval_guard(clause_guard(C)) of
{value, true} when Cs1 =:= [] ->
%% We have a definite match - we return the residual
%% expression and signal that a selection has been
%% made. All other clauses are dropped.
{true, {C, Bs}};
{value, true} ->
%% Unless one of the previous clauses is selected,
%% this clause will definitely be, so we can drop
%% the rest.
{false, lists:reverse([C | Cs1])};
{value, false} ->
%% This clause can never be selected, since its
%% guard is never 'true', so we drop it.
reduce(Cs, Es, Cs1);
_ ->
%% We are not sure if this clause might be selected
%% (or might even cause a crash), so we save it and
%% visit the rest.
reduce(Cs, Es, [C | Cs1])
end
end;
reduce([], _, Cs) ->
%% All clauses visited, without a complete match. Signal "not
%% reduced" and return the saved clauses, in the correct order.
{false, lists:reverse(Cs)}.
%% ---------------------------------------------------------------------
%% @spec match(Pattern::cerl(), Expr) ->
%% none | {true, Bindings} | {false, Bindings}
%%
%% Expr = any | cerl()
%% Bindings = [{cerl(), Expr}]
%%
%% @doc Matches a pattern against an expression. The returned value is
%% none
if a match is impossible, {true,
%% Bindings}
if Pattern
definitely matches
%% Expr
, and {false, Bindings}
if a match is
%% not definite, but cannot be excluded. Bindings
is then
%% a list of pairs {Var, SubExpr}
, associating each
%% variable in the pattern with either the corresponding subexpression
%% of Expr
, or with the atom any
if no
%% matching subexpression exists. (Recall that variables may not be
%% repeated in a Core Erlang pattern.) The list of bindings is given
%% in innermost-first order; this should only be of interest if
%% Pattern
contains one or more alias patterns. If the
%% returned value is {true, []}
, it implies that the
%% pattern and the expression are syntactically identical.
%%
%% Instead of a syntax tree, the atom any
can be
%% passed for Expr
(or, more generally, be used for any
%% subtree of Expr
, in as much the abstract syntax tree
%% implementation allows it); this means that it cannot be decided
%% whether the pattern will match or not, and the corresponding
%% variable bindings will all map to any
. The typical use
%% is for producing bindings for receive
clauses.
%%
%% Note: Binary-syntax patterns are never structurally matched
%% against binary-syntax expressions by this function.
%%
%% Examples:
%%
%% - Matching a pattern "
{X, Y}
" against the
%% expression "{foo, f(Z)}
" yields {true,
%% Bindings}
where Bindings
associates
%% "X
" with the subtree "foo
" and
%% "Y
" with the subtree "f(Z)
".
%%
%% - Matching pattern "
{X, {bar, Y}}
" against
%% expression "{foo, f(Z)}
" yields {false,
%% Bindings}
where Bindings
associates
%% "X
" with the subtree "foo
" and
%% "Y
" with any
(because it is not known
%% if "{foo, Y}
" might match the run-time value of
%% "f(Z)
" or not).
%%
%% - Matching pattern "
{foo, bar}
" against expression
%% "{foo, f()}
" yields {false, []}
,
%% telling us that there might be a match, but we cannot deduce any
%% bindings.
%%
%% - Matching
{foo, X = {bar, Y}}
against expression
%% "{foo, {bar, baz}}
" yields {true,
%% Bindings}
where Bindings
associates
%% "Y
" with "baz
", and "X
"
%% with "{bar, baz}
".
%%
%% - Matching a pattern "
{X, Y}
" against
%% any
yields {false, Bindings}
where
%% Bindings
associates both "X
" and
%% "Y
" with any
.
%%
-type match_ret() :: 'none' | {'true', bindings()} | {'false', bindings()}.
-spec match(cerl:cerl(), expr()) -> match_ret().
match(P, E) ->
match(P, E, []).
match(P, E, Bs) ->
case type(P) of
var ->
%% Variables always match, since they cannot have repeated
%% occurrences in a pattern.
{true, [{P, E} | Bs]};
alias ->
%% All variables in P1 will be listed before the alias
%% variable in the result.
match(alias_pat(P), E, [{alias_var(P), E} | Bs]);
binary ->
%% The most we can do is to say "definitely no match" if a
%% binary pattern is matched against non-binary data.
if E =:= any ->
{false, Bs};
true ->
case type(E) of
literal ->
case is_bitstring(concrete(E)) of
false ->
none;
true ->
{false, Bs}
end;
cons ->
none;
tuple ->
none;
_ ->
{false, Bs}
end
end;
map ->
%% The most we can do is to say "definitely no match" if a
%% binary pattern is matched against non-binary data.
case E of
any ->
{false, Bs};
_ ->
case type(E) of
literal ->
none;
cons ->
none;
tuple ->
none;
_ ->
{false, Bs}
end
end;
_ ->
match_1(P, E, Bs)
end.
match_1(P, E, Bs) ->
case is_data(P) of
true when E =:= any ->
%% If we don't know the structure of the value of E at this
%% point, we just match the subpatterns against 'any', and
%% make sure the result is a "maybe".
Ps = data_es(P),
Es = [any || _ <- Ps],
case match_list(Ps, Es, Bs) of
{_, Bs1} ->
{false, Bs1};
none ->
none
end;
true ->
%% Test if the expression represents a constructor
case is_data(E) of
true ->
T1 = {data_type(E), data_arity(E)},
T2 = {data_type(P), data_arity(P)},
%% Note that we must test for exact equality.
if T1 =:= T2 ->
match_list(data_es(P), data_es(E), Bs);
true ->
none
end;
false ->
%% We don't know the run-time structure of E, and P
%% is not a variable or an alias pattern, so we
%% match against 'any' instead.
match_1(P, any, Bs)
end;
false ->
%% Strange pattern - give up, but don't say "no match".
{false, Bs}
end.
%% @spec match_list(Patterns::[cerl()], Exprs::[Expr]) ->
%% none | {true, Bindings} | {false, Bindings}
%%
%% Expr = any | cerl()
%% Bindings = [{cerl(), cerl()}]
%%
%% @doc Like match/2
, but matching a sequence of patterns
%% against a sequence of expressions. Passing an empty list for
%% Exprs
is equivalent to passing a list of
%% any
atoms of the same length as Patterns
.
%%
%% @see match/2
-spec match_list([cerl:cerl()], [expr()]) -> match_ret().
match_list([], []) ->
{true, []}; % no patterns always match
match_list(Ps, []) ->
match_list(Ps, [any || _ <- Ps], []);
match_list(Ps, Es) ->
match_list(Ps, Es, []).
match_list([P | Ps], [E | Es], Bs) ->
case match(P, E, Bs) of
{true, Bs1} ->
match_list(Ps, Es, Bs1);
{false, Bs1} ->
%% Make sure "maybe" is preserved
case match_list(Ps, Es, Bs1) of
{_, Bs2} ->
{false, Bs2};
none ->
none
end;
none ->
none
end;
match_list([], [], Bs) ->
{true, Bs}.