//! This module implements the runtime representation of Thunks. //! //! Thunks are a special kind of Nix value, similar to a 0-argument //! closure that yields some value. Thunks are used to implement the //! lazy evaluation behaviour of Nix: //! //! Whenever the compiler determines that an expression should be //! evaluated lazily, it creates a thunk instead of compiling the //! expression value directly. At any point in the runtime where the //! actual value of a thunk is required, it is "forced", meaning that //! the encompassing computation takes place and the thunk takes on //! its new value. //! //! Thunks have interior mutability to be able to memoise their //! computation. Once a thunk is evaluated, its internal //! representation becomes the result of the expression. It is legal //! for the runtime to replace a thunk object directly with its value //! object, but when forcing a thunk, the runtime *must* mutate the //! memoisable slot. use std::{ cell::{Ref, RefCell, RefMut}, fmt::Display, rc::Rc, }; use crate::{errors::ErrorKind, upvalues::UpvalueCarrier, vm::VM, Value}; use super::Lambda; /// Internal representation of the different states of a thunk. #[derive(Clone, Debug)] enum ThunkRepr { /// Thunk is closed over some values, suspended and awaiting /// execution. Suspended { lambda: Rc<Lambda>, upvalues: Vec<Value>, }, /// Thunk currently under-evaluation; encountering a blackhole /// value means that infinite recursion has occured. Blackhole, /// Fully evaluated thunk. Evaluated(Value), } #[derive(Clone, Debug)] pub struct Thunk(Rc<RefCell<ThunkRepr>>); impl Thunk { pub fn new(lambda: Rc<Lambda>) -> Self { Thunk(Rc::new(RefCell::new(ThunkRepr::Suspended { upvalues: Vec::with_capacity(lambda.upvalue_count), lambda, }))) } /// Evaluate the content of a thunk, potentially repeatedly, until /// a non-thunk value is returned. /// /// This will change the existing thunk (and thus all references /// to it, providing memoization) through interior mutability. In /// case of nested thunks, the intermediate thunk representations /// are replaced. pub fn force(&self, vm: &mut VM) -> Result<(), ErrorKind> { // Due to mutable borrowing rules, the following code can't // easily use a match statement or something like that; it // requires a bit of manual fiddling. let mut thunk_mut = self.0.borrow_mut(); loop { match *thunk_mut { ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Thunk(ref inner_thunk)) => { let inner_repr = inner_thunk.0.borrow().clone(); *thunk_mut = inner_repr; } ThunkRepr::Evaluated(_) => return Ok(()), ThunkRepr::Blackhole => return Err(ErrorKind::InfiniteRecursion), ThunkRepr::Suspended { .. } => { if let ThunkRepr::Suspended { lambda, upvalues } = std::mem::replace(&mut *thunk_mut, ThunkRepr::Blackhole) { *thunk_mut = ThunkRepr::Evaluated( vm.call(lambda, upvalues, 0) .map_err(|e| ErrorKind::ThunkForce(Box::new(e)))?, ); } } } } } /// Returns a reference to the inner evaluated value of a thunk. /// It is an error to call this on a thunk that has not been /// forced, or is not otherwise known to be fully evaluated. // Note: Due to the interior mutability of thunks this is // difficult to represent in the type system without impacting the // API too much. pub fn value(&self) -> Ref<Value> { Ref::map(self.0.borrow(), |thunk| { if let ThunkRepr::Evaluated(value) = thunk { return value; } panic!("Thunk::value called on non-evaluated thunk"); }) } } impl UpvalueCarrier for Thunk { fn upvalue_count(&self) -> usize { if let ThunkRepr::Suspended { lambda, .. } = &*self.0.borrow() { return lambda.upvalue_count; } panic!("upvalues() on non-suspended thunk"); } fn upvalues(&self) -> Ref<'_, [Value]> { Ref::map(self.0.borrow(), |thunk| match thunk { ThunkRepr::Suspended { upvalues, .. } => upvalues.as_slice(), _ => panic!("upvalues() on non-suspended thunk"), }) } fn upvalues_mut(&self) -> RefMut<'_, Vec<Value>> { RefMut::map(self.0.borrow_mut(), |thunk| match thunk { ThunkRepr::Suspended { upvalues, .. } => upvalues, _ => panic!("upvalues() on non-suspended thunk"), }) } } impl Display for Thunk { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result { match self.0.try_borrow() { Ok(repr) => match &*repr { ThunkRepr::Evaluated(v) => v.fmt(f), _ => f.write_str("internal[thunk]"), }, _ => f.write_str("internal[thunk]"), } } }