//! 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},
collections::HashSet,
rc::Rc,
};
use crate::{
chunk::Chunk,
errors::{Error, ErrorKind},
spans::LightSpan,
upvalues::Upvalues,
value::{Builtin, Closure},
vm::{Trampoline, TrampolineAction, VM},
Value,
};
use super::{Lambda, TotalDisplay};
/// Internal representation of the different states of a thunk.
///
/// Upvalues must be finalised before leaving the initial state
/// (Suspended or RecursiveClosure). The [`value()`] function may
/// not be called until the thunk is in the final state (Evaluated).
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
enum ThunkRepr {
/// Thunk is closed over some values, suspended and awaiting
/// execution.
Suspended {
lambda: Rc<Lambda>,
upvalues: Rc<Upvalues>,
light_span: LightSpan,
},
/// Thunk currently under-evaluation; encountering a blackhole
/// value means that infinite recursion has occured.
Blackhole,
/// Fully evaluated thunk.
Evaluated(Value),
}
/// A thunk is created for any value which requires non-strict
/// evaluation due to self-reference or lazy semantics (or both).
/// Every reference cycle involving `Value`s will contain at least
/// one `Thunk`.
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
pub struct Thunk(Rc<RefCell<ThunkRepr>>);
impl Thunk {
pub fn new_closure(lambda: Rc<Lambda>) -> Self {
Thunk(Rc::new(RefCell::new(ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Closure(
Rc::new(Closure {
upvalues: Rc::new(Upvalues::with_capacity(lambda.upvalue_count)),
lambda: lambda.clone(),
}),
)))))
}
pub fn new_suspended(lambda: Rc<Lambda>, light_span: LightSpan) -> Self {
Thunk(Rc::new(RefCell::new(ThunkRepr::Suspended {
upvalues: Rc::new(Upvalues::with_capacity(lambda.upvalue_count)),
lambda: lambda.clone(),
light_span,
})))
}
pub fn new_suspended_native(
native: Rc<Box<dyn Fn(&mut VM) -> Result<Value, ErrorKind>>>,
) -> Self {
let span = codemap::CodeMap::new()
.add_file("<internal>".to_owned(), "<internal>".to_owned())
.span;
let builtin = Builtin::new(
"Thunk::new_suspended_native()",
&[crate::value::builtin::BuiltinArgument {
strict: true,
name: "fake",
}],
None,
move |v: Vec<Value>, vm: &mut VM| {
// sanity check that only the dummy argument was popped
assert!(v.len() == 1);
assert!(matches!(v[0], Value::Null));
native(vm)
},
);
let mut chunk = Chunk::default();
let constant_idx = chunk.push_constant(Value::Builtin(builtin));
// Tvix doesn't have "0-ary" builtins, so we have to push a fake argument
chunk.push_op(crate::opcode::OpCode::OpNull, span);
chunk.push_op(crate::opcode::OpCode::OpConstant(constant_idx), span);
chunk.push_op(crate::opcode::OpCode::OpCall, span);
let lambda = Lambda {
name: None,
formals: None,
upvalue_count: 0,
chunk,
};
Thunk(Rc::new(RefCell::new(ThunkRepr::Suspended {
lambda: Rc::new(lambda),
upvalues: Rc::new(Upvalues::with_capacity(0)),
light_span: LightSpan::new_actual(span),
})))
}
/// Force a thunk from a context that can't handle trampoline
/// continuations, eg outside the VM's normal execution loop. Calling
/// `force_trampoline()` instead should be preferred whenever possible.
pub fn force(&self, vm: &mut VM) -> Result<(), ErrorKind> {
if self.is_forced() {
return Ok(());
}
vm.push(Value::Thunk(self.clone()));
let mut trampoline = Self::force_trampoline(vm)?;
loop {
match trampoline.action {
None => (),
Some(TrampolineAction::EnterFrame {
lambda,
upvalues,
arg_count,
light_span: _,
}) => vm.enter_frame(lambda, upvalues, arg_count)?,
}
match trampoline.continuation {
None => break (),
Some(cont) => {
trampoline = cont(vm)?;
continue;
}
}
}
vm.pop();
Ok(())
}
/// 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.
///
/// The thunk to be forced should be at the top of the VM stack,
/// and will be left there (but possibly partially forced) when
/// this function returns.
pub fn force_trampoline(vm: &mut VM) -> Result<Trampoline, ErrorKind> {
match vm.pop() {
Value::Thunk(thunk) => thunk.force_trampoline_self(vm),
v => {
vm.push(v);
Ok(Trampoline::default())
}
}
}
fn force_trampoline_self(&self, vm: &mut VM) -> Result<Trampoline, ErrorKind> {
loop {
if !self.is_suspended() {
let thunk = self.0.borrow();
match *thunk {
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Thunk(ref inner_thunk)) => {
let inner_repr = inner_thunk.0.borrow().clone();
drop(thunk);
self.0.replace(inner_repr);
}
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(ref v) => {
vm.push(v.clone());
return Ok(Trampoline::default());
}
ThunkRepr::Blackhole => return Err(ErrorKind::InfiniteRecursion),
_ => panic!("impossible"),
}
} else {
match self.0.replace(ThunkRepr::Blackhole) {
ThunkRepr::Suspended {
lambda,
upvalues,
light_span,
} => {
let self_clone = self.clone();
return Ok(Trampoline {
action: Some(TrampolineAction::EnterFrame {
lambda,
upvalues: upvalues.clone(),
arg_count: 0,
light_span: light_span.clone(),
}),
continuation: Some(Box::new(move |vm| {
let should_be_blackhole =
self_clone.0.replace(ThunkRepr::Evaluated(vm.pop()));
assert!(matches!(should_be_blackhole, ThunkRepr::Blackhole));
vm.push(Value::Thunk(self_clone));
return Self::force_trampoline(vm).map_err(|kind| Error {
kind,
span: light_span.span(),
});
})),
});
}
_ => panic!("impossible"),
}
}
}
}
pub fn finalise(&self, stack: &[Value]) {
self.upvalues_mut().resolve_deferred_upvalues(stack);
}
pub fn is_evaluated(&self) -> bool {
matches!(*self.0.borrow(), ThunkRepr::Evaluated(_))
}
pub fn is_suspended(&self) -> bool {
matches!(*self.0.borrow(), ThunkRepr::Suspended { .. })
}
/// Returns true if forcing this thunk will not change it.
pub fn is_forced(&self) -> bool {
match *self.0.borrow() {
ThunkRepr::Blackhole => panic!("is_forced() called on a blackholed thunk"),
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Thunk(_)) => false,
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(_) => true,
_ => false,
}
}
/// 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| match thunk {
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(value) => {
/*
#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
if matches!(
value,
Value::Closure(Closure {
is_finalised: false,
..
})
) {
panic!("Thunk::value called on an unfinalised closure");
}
*/
return value;
}
ThunkRepr::Blackhole => panic!("Thunk::value called on a black-holed thunk"),
ThunkRepr::Suspended { .. } => panic!("Thunk::value called on a suspended thunk"),
})
}
pub fn upvalues(&self) -> Ref<'_, Upvalues> {
Ref::map(self.0.borrow(), |thunk| match thunk {
ThunkRepr::Suspended { upvalues, .. } => upvalues.as_ref(),
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Closure(c)) => &c.upvalues,
_ => panic!("upvalues() on non-suspended thunk"),
})
}
pub fn upvalues_mut(&self) -> RefMut<'_, Upvalues> {
RefMut::map(self.0.borrow_mut(), |thunk| match thunk {
ThunkRepr::Suspended { upvalues, .. } => Rc::get_mut(upvalues).unwrap(),
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Closure(c)) => Rc::get_mut(
&mut Rc::get_mut(c).unwrap().upvalues,
)
.expect(
"upvalues_mut() was called on a thunk which already had multiple references to it",
),
thunk => panic!("upvalues() on non-suspended thunk: {thunk:?}"),
})
}
/// Do not use this without first reading and understanding
/// `tvix/docs/value-pointer-equality.md`.
pub(crate) fn ptr_eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
if Rc::ptr_eq(&self.0, &other.0) {
return true;
}
match &*self.0.borrow() {
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Closure(c1)) => match &*other.0.borrow() {
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Closure(c2)) => Rc::ptr_eq(c1, c2),
_ => false,
},
_ => false,
}
}
}
impl TotalDisplay for Thunk {
fn total_fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>, set: &mut ThunkSet) -> std::fmt::Result {
if !set.insert(self) {
return f.write_str("<CYCLE>");
}
match self.0.try_borrow() {
Ok(repr) => match &*repr {
ThunkRepr::Evaluated(v) => v.total_fmt(f, set),
_ => f.write_str("internal[thunk]"),
},
_ => f.write_str("internal[thunk]"),
}
}
}
/// A wrapper type for tracking which thunks have already been seen in a
/// context. This is necessary for cycle detection.
///
/// The inner `HashSet` is not available on the outside, as it would be
/// potentially unsafe to interact with the pointers in the set.
#[derive(Default)]
pub struct ThunkSet(HashSet<*mut ThunkRepr>);
impl ThunkSet {
/// Check whether the given thunk has already been seen. Will mark the thunk
/// as seen otherwise.
pub fn insert(&mut self, thunk: &Thunk) -> bool {
let ptr: *mut ThunkRepr = thunk.0.as_ptr();
self.0.insert(ptr)
}
}
