//! 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}, rc::Rc, }; use crate::{upvalues::UpvalueCarrier, Value}; use super::Lambda; /// Internal representation of the different states of a thunk. #[derive(Debug)] enum ThunkRepr { /// Thunk is closed over some values, suspended and awaiting /// execution. Suspended { lambda: Rc, upvalues: Vec, }, /// 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>); impl Thunk { pub fn new(lambda: Rc) -> Self { Thunk(Rc::new(RefCell::new(ThunkRepr::Suspended { upvalues: Vec::with_capacity(lambda.upvalue_count), lambda, }))) } } 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> { RefMut::map(self.0.borrow_mut(), |thunk| match thunk { ThunkRepr::Suspended { upvalues, .. } => upvalues, _ => panic!("upvalues() on non-suspended thunk"), }) } }