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+//! 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,
+    fmt::Debug,
+    rc::Rc,
+};
+
+use crate::{
+    errors::ErrorKind,
+    opcode::OpCode,
+    spans::LightSpan,
+    upvalues::Upvalues,
+    value::Closure,
+    vm::generators::{self, GenCo},
+    Value,
+};
+
+use super::{Lambda, TotalDisplay};
+use codemap::Span;
+
+/// Internal representation of a suspended native thunk.
+struct SuspendedNative(Box<dyn Fn() -> Result<Value, ErrorKind>>);
+
+impl Debug for SuspendedNative {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "SuspendedNative({:p})", self.0)
+    }
+}
+
+/// 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(Debug)]
+enum ThunkRepr {
+    /// Thunk is closed over some values, suspended and awaiting
+    /// execution.
+    Suspended {
+        lambda: Rc<Lambda>,
+        upvalues: Rc<Upvalues>,
+        light_span: LightSpan,
+    },
+
+    /// Thunk is a suspended native computation.
+    Native(SuspendedNative),
+
+    /// Thunk currently under-evaluation; encountering a blackhole
+    /// value means that infinite recursion has occured.
+    Blackhole {
+        /// Span at which the thunk was first forced.
+        forced_at: LightSpan,
+
+        /// Span at which the thunk was originally suspended.
+        suspended_at: Option<LightSpan>,
+
+        /// Span of the first instruction of the actual code inside
+        /// the thunk.
+        content_span: Option<Span>,
+    },
+
+    // TODO(amjoseph): consider changing `Value` to `Rc<Value>` to avoid
+    // expensive clone()s in Thunk::force().
+    /// Fully evaluated thunk.
+    Evaluated(Value),
+}
+
+impl ThunkRepr {
+    fn debug_repr(&self) -> String {
+        match self {
+            ThunkRepr::Evaluated(v) => format!("thunk(val|{})", v),
+            ThunkRepr::Blackhole { .. } => "thunk(blackhole)".to_string(),
+            ThunkRepr::Native(_) => "thunk(native)".to_string(),
+            ThunkRepr::Suspended { lambda, .. } => format!("thunk({:p})", *lambda),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Return the Value within a fully-evaluated ThunkRepr; panics
+    /// if the thunk is not fully-evaluated.
+    fn expect(self) -> Value {
+        match self {
+            ThunkRepr::Evaluated(value) => value,
+            ThunkRepr::Blackhole { .. } => panic!("Thunk::expect() called on a black-holed thunk"),
+            ThunkRepr::Suspended { .. } | ThunkRepr::Native(_) => {
+                panic!("Thunk::expect() called on a suspended thunk")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn expect_ref(&self) -> &Value {
+        match self {
+            ThunkRepr::Evaluated(value) => value,
+            ThunkRepr::Blackhole { .. } => panic!("Thunk::expect() called on a black-holed thunk"),
+            ThunkRepr::Suspended { .. } | ThunkRepr::Native(_) => {
+                panic!("Thunk::expect() called on a suspended thunk")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn is_forced(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Thunk(_)) => false,
+            ThunkRepr::Evaluated(_) => true,
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// 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: Box<dyn Fn() -> Result<Value, ErrorKind>>) -> Self {
+        Thunk(Rc::new(RefCell::new(ThunkRepr::Native(SuspendedNative(
+            native,
+        )))))
+    }
+
+    /// Helper function to create a [`Thunk`] that calls a function given as the
+    /// [`Value`] `callee` with the argument `arg` when it is forced. This is
+    /// particularly useful in builtin implementations if the result of calling
+    /// a function does not need to be forced immediately, because e.g. it is
+    /// stored in an attribute set.
+    pub fn new_suspended_call(callee: Value, arg: Value, light_span: LightSpan) -> Self {
+        let mut lambda = Lambda::default();
+        let span = light_span.span();
+
+        let arg_idx = lambda.chunk().push_constant(arg);
+        let f_idx = lambda.chunk().push_constant(callee);
+
+        // This is basically a recreation of compile_apply():
+        // We need to push the argument onto the stack and then the function.
+        // The function (not the argument) needs to be forced before calling.
+        lambda.chunk.push_op(OpCode::OpConstant(arg_idx), span);
+        lambda.chunk().push_op(OpCode::OpConstant(f_idx), span);
+        lambda.chunk.push_op(OpCode::OpForce, span);
+        lambda.chunk.push_op(OpCode::OpCall, span);
+
+        // Inform the VM that the chunk has ended
+        lambda.chunk.push_op(OpCode::OpReturn, span);
+
+        Thunk(Rc::new(RefCell::new(ThunkRepr::Suspended {
+            upvalues: Rc::new(Upvalues::with_capacity(0)),
+            lambda: Rc::new(lambda),
+            light_span,
+        })))
+    }
+
+    fn prepare_blackhole(&self, forced_at: LightSpan) -> ThunkRepr {
+        match &*self.0.borrow() {
+            ThunkRepr::Suspended {
+                light_span, lambda, ..
+            } => ThunkRepr::Blackhole {
+                forced_at,
+                suspended_at: Some(light_span.clone()),
+                content_span: Some(lambda.chunk.first_span()),
+            },
+
+            _ => ThunkRepr::Blackhole {
+                forced_at,
+                suspended_at: None,
+                content_span: None,
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn force(myself: Thunk, co: GenCo, span: LightSpan) -> Result<Value, ErrorKind> {
+        Self::force_(myself, &co, span).await
+    }
+    pub async fn force_(
+        mut myself: Thunk,
+        co: &GenCo,
+        span: LightSpan,
+    ) -> Result<Value, ErrorKind> {
+        // This vector of "thunks which point to the thunk-being-forced", to
+        // be updated along with it, is necessary in order to write this
+        // function in iterative (and later, mutual-tail-call) form.
+        let mut also_update: Vec<Rc<RefCell<ThunkRepr>>> = vec![];
+
+        loop {
+            // If the current thunk is already fully evaluated, return its evaluated
+            // value. The VM will continue running the code that landed us here.
+            if myself.is_forced() {
+                let val = myself.unwrap_or_clone();
+                for other_thunk in also_update.into_iter() {
+                    other_thunk.replace(ThunkRepr::Evaluated(val.clone()));
+                }
+                return Ok(val);
+            }
+
+            // Begin evaluation of this thunk by marking it as a blackhole, meaning
+            // that any other forcing frame encountering this thunk before its
+            // evaluation is completed detected an evaluation cycle.
+            let inner = myself.0.replace(myself.prepare_blackhole(span.clone()));
+
+            match inner {
+                // If there was already a blackhole in the thunk, this is an
+                // evaluation cycle.
+                ThunkRepr::Blackhole {
+                    forced_at,
+                    suspended_at,
+                    content_span,
+                } => {
+                    return Err(ErrorKind::InfiniteRecursion {
+                        first_force: forced_at.span(),
+                        suspended_at: suspended_at.map(|s| s.span()),
+                        content_span,
+                    })
+                }
+
+                // If there is a native function stored in the thunk, evaluate it
+                // and replace this thunk's representation with the result.
+                ThunkRepr::Native(native) => {
+                    let value = native.0()?;
+                    myself.0.replace(ThunkRepr::Evaluated(value));
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // When encountering a suspended thunk, request that the VM enters
+                // it and produces the result.
+                ThunkRepr::Suspended {
+                    lambda,
+                    upvalues,
+                    light_span,
+                } => {
+                    // TODO(amjoseph): use #[tailcall::mutual] here.  This can
+                    // be turned into a tailcall to vm::execute_bytecode() by
+                    // passing `also_update` to it.
+                    let value =
+                        generators::request_enter_lambda(co, lambda, upvalues, light_span).await;
+                    myself.0.replace(ThunkRepr::Evaluated(value));
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // nested thunks -- try to flatten before forcing
+                ThunkRepr::Evaluated(Value::Thunk(inner_thunk)) => {
+                    match Rc::try_unwrap(inner_thunk.0) {
+                        Ok(refcell) => {
+                            // we are the only reference to the inner thunk,
+                            // so steal it
+                            myself.0.replace(refcell.into_inner());
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        Err(rc) => {
+                            let inner_thunk = Thunk(rc);
+                            if inner_thunk.is_forced() {
+                                // tail call to force the inner thunk; note that
+                                // this means the outer thunk remains unforced
+                                // even after calling force() on it; however the
+                                // next time it is forced we will be one
+                                // thunk-forcing closer to it being
+                                // fully-evaluated.
+                                myself
+                                    .0
+                                    .replace(ThunkRepr::Evaluated(inner_thunk.value().clone()));
+                                continue;
+                            }
+                            also_update.push(myself.0.clone());
+                            myself = inner_thunk;
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                ThunkRepr::Evaluated(val) => {
+                    return Ok(val);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    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 { .. } | ThunkRepr::Native(_)
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// Returns true if forcing this thunk will not change it.
+    pub fn is_forced(&self) -> bool {
+        self.0.borrow().is_forced()
+    }
+
+    /// 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) => value,
+            ThunkRepr::Blackhole { .. } => panic!("Thunk::value called on a black-holed thunk"),
+            ThunkRepr::Suspended { .. } | ThunkRepr::Native(_) => {
+                panic!("Thunk::value called on a suspended thunk")
+            }
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the inner evaluated value of a thunk, cloning it if
+    /// the Rc has more than one strong reference.  It is an error
+    /// to call this on a thunk that has not been forced, or is not
+    /// otherwise known to be fully evaluated.
+    fn unwrap_or_clone(self) -> Value {
+        match Rc::try_unwrap(self.0) {
+            Ok(refcell) => refcell.into_inner().expect(),
+            Err(rc) => Ref::map(rc.borrow(), |thunkrepr| thunkrepr.expect_ref()).clone(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    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,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Helper function to format thunks in observer output.
+    pub(crate) fn debug_repr(&self) -> String {
+        self.0.borrow().debug_repr()
+    }
+}
+
+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.borrow() {
+            ThunkRepr::Evaluated(v) => v.total_fmt(f, set),
+            ThunkRepr::Suspended { .. } | ThunkRepr::Native(_) => f.write_str("<CODE>"),
+            other => write!(f, "internal[{}]", other.debug_repr()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// A wrapper type for tracking which thunks have already been seen
+/// in a context. This is necessary for printing and deeply forcing
+/// cyclic non-diverging data structures like `rec { f = [ f ]; }`.
+/// This is separate from the ThunkRepr::Blackhole mechanism, which
+/// detects diverging data structures like `(rec { f = f; }).f`.
+///
+/// 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<*const 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: *const ThunkRepr = thunk.0.as_ptr();
+        self.0.insert(ptr)
+    }
+}