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19 deconstruct

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% Copyright (C) 2002-2007 The University of Melbourne.
% Copyright (C) 2014-2015, 2017-2022 The Mercury team.
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% File: deconstruct.m.
% Main author: zs.
% Stability: low.
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:- module deconstruct.
:- interface.

:- import_module construct.
:- import_module list.
:- import_module maybe.
:- import_module univ.

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    % Values of type noncanon_handling are intended to control how
    % predicates that deconstruct terms behave when they find that
    % the term they are about to deconstruct is of a noncanonical type,
    % i.e. of a type in which a single logical value may have more than one
    % concrete representation.
    %
    % The value `do_not_allow' means that in such circumstances the
    % predicate should cause a runtime abort.
    %
    % The value `canonicalize' means that in such circumstances the
    % predicate should return a constant giving the identity of the type,
    % regardless of the actual value of the term.
    %
    % The value `include_details_cc' means that in such circumstances
    % the predicate should proceed as if the term were of a canonical type.
    % Use of this option requires a committed choice context.

:- type noncanon_handling
    --->    do_not_allow
    ;       canonicalize
    ;       include_details_cc.

:- inst do_not_allow for noncanon_handling/0
    --->    do_not_allow.
:- inst canonicalize for noncanon_handling/0
    --->    canonicalize.
:- inst include_details_cc for noncanon_handling/0
    --->    include_details_cc.
:- inst canonicalize_or_do_not_allow for noncanon_handling/0
    --->    do_not_allow
    ;       canonicalize.
:- inst do_not_allow_or_include_details_cc for noncanon_handling/0
    --->    do_not_allow
    ;       include_details_cc.

    % functor, argument and deconstruct and their variants take any type
    % (including univ), and return representation information for that type.
    %
    % The string representation of the functor that these predicates
    % return is:
    %
    %   - for user defined types with standard equality, the functor
    %     that is given in the type definition. For lists, this means
    %     the functors [|]/2 and []/0 are used, even if the list uses
    %     the [....] shorthand.
    %   - for user-defined types with user-defined equality, the
    %     functor will be of the form <<module.type/arity>>, except
    %     with include_details_cc, in which case the type will be
    %     handled as if it had standard equality.
    %   - for integers, the string is a base 10 number;
    %     positive integers have no sign.
    %   - for finite floats, the string is a base 10 floating point number;
    %     positive floating point numbers have no sign;
    %     for infinite floats, the string "infinity" or "-infinity".
    %   - for strings, the string, inside double quotation marks using
    %     backslash escapes if necessary and backslash or octal escapes for
    %     all characters for which char.is_control/1 is true.
    %   - for characters, the character inside single quotation marks using
    %     a backslash escape if necessary and a backslash or octal escape for
    %     for all characters for which char.is_control/1 is true.
    %   - for predicates, the string <<predicate>>, and for functions,
    %     the string <<function>>, except with include_details_cc,
    %     in which case it will be the predicate or function name.
    %     (The predicate or function name will be artificial for
    %     predicate and function values created by lambda expressions.)
    %   - for tuples, the string {}.
    %   - for arrays, the string <<array>>.
    %   - for c_pointers, the string c_pointer(0xXXXX) where XXXX is the
    %     hexadecimal representation of the pointer.
    %   - for foreign types, a string of the form <<foreign(Name, Rep)>> where
    %     Name is the type's Mercury name and Rep is a target language specific
    %     representation of the term's value.
    %   - for bitmaps, the bitmap converted to a length and a
    %     hexadecimal string inside angle brackets and quotes of the
    %     form """<[0-9]:[0-9A-F]*>""".
    %
    % The arity that these predicates return is:
    %
    %   - for user defined types with standard equality, the arity
    %     of the functor.
    %   - for user defined types with user-defined equality, zero,
    %     except with include_details_cc, in which case the type
    %     will be handled as if it had standard equality.
    %   - for integers, zero.
    %   - for floats, zero.
    %   - for strings, zero.
    %   - for characters, zero.
    %   - for predicates and functions, zero, except with
    %     include_details_cc, in which case it will be the number of
    %     arguments hidden in the closure.
    %   - for tuples, the number of elements in the tuple.
    %   - for arrays, the number of elements in the array.
    %   - for c_pointers, zero.
    %   - for foreign types, zero.
    %   - for bitmaps, zero.
    %
    % Note that in the current University of Melbourne implementation,
    % the implementations of these predicates depart from the above
    % specification in that with --high-level-code, they do not
    % deconstruct predicate- and function-valued terms even with
    % include_details_cc; instead, they return <<predicate>> or
    % <<function>> (in both cases with arity zero) as appropriate.

    % functor(Data, NonCanon, Functor, Arity)
    %
    % Given a data item (Data), binds Functor to a string representation
    % of the functor and Arity to the arity of this data item.
    %
:- pred functor(T, noncanon_handling, string, int).
:- mode functor(in, in(do_not_allow), out, out) is det.
:- mode functor(in, in(canonicalize), out, out) is det.
:- mode functor(in, in(include_details_cc), out, out) is cc_multi.
:- mode functor(in, in, out, out) is cc_multi.

    % functor_number(Data, FunctorNumber, Arity)
    %
    % Given a data item, return the number of the functor,
    % suitable for use by construct.construct, and the arity.
    % Fail if the item does not have a discriminated union type.
    % Cause a runtime abort if the type has user-defined equality.
    %
:- pred functor_number(T::in, functor_number_lex::out, int::out) is semidet.

    % functor_number_cc(Data, FunctorNumber, Arity)
    %
    % Given a data item, return the number of the functor,
    % suitable for use by construct.construct, and the arity.
    % Fail if the item does not have a discriminated union type.
    % Do not cause a runtime abort if the type has user-defined equality.
    %
:- pred functor_number_cc(T::in, functor_number_lex::out,
    int::out) is cc_nondet.

    % arg(Data, NonCanon, Index, Argument)
    %
    % Given a data item (Data) and an argument index (Index), starting
    % at 0 for the first argument, binds Argument to that argument of
    % the functor of the data item. If the argument index is out of range
    % -- that is, greater than or equal to the arity of the functor or
    % lower than 0 -- then the call fails.
    %
    % Note that this predicate only returns an answer when NonCanon is
    % do_not_allow or canonicalize. If you need the include_details_cc
    % behaviour use deconstruct.arg_cc/3.
    %
:- some [ArgT] pred arg(T, noncanon_handling, int, ArgT).
:- mode arg(in, in(do_not_allow), in, out) is semidet.
:- mode arg(in, in(canonicalize), in, out) is semidet.
:- mode arg(in, in(canonicalize_or_do_not_allow), in, out) is semidet.

:- type maybe_arg
    --->    some [T] arg(T)
    ;       no_arg.

    % arg_cc/3 is similar to arg/4, except that it handles arguments with
    % non-canonical types. The possible non-existence of an argument is
    % encoded using a maybe type.
    %
:- pred arg_cc(T::in, int::in, maybe_arg::out) is cc_multi.

    % named_arg(Data, NonCanon, Name, Argument)
    %
    % Same as arg/4, except the chosen argument is specified by giving
    % its name rather than its position. If Data has no argument with that
    % name, named_arg fails.
    %
:- some [ArgT] pred named_arg(T, noncanon_handling, string, ArgT).
:- mode named_arg(in, in(do_not_allow), in, out) is semidet.
:- mode named_arg(in, in(canonicalize), in, out) is semidet.
:- mode named_arg(in, in(canonicalize_or_do_not_allow), in, out) is semidet.

    % named_arg_cc/3 is similar to named_arg/4, except that it handles
    % arguments with non-canonical types.
    %
:- pred named_arg_cc(T::in, string::in, maybe_arg::out) is cc_multi.

    % det_arg(Data, NonCanon, Index, Argument)
    %
    % Same as arg/4, except that for cases where arg/4 would fail,
    % det_arg/4 will throw an exception.
    %
:- some [ArgT] pred det_arg(T, noncanon_handling, int, ArgT).
:- mode det_arg(in, in(do_not_allow), in, out) is det.
:- mode det_arg(in, in(canonicalize), in, out) is det.
:- mode det_arg(in, in(include_details_cc), in, out) is cc_multi.
:- mode det_arg(in, in, in, out) is cc_multi.

    % det_named_arg(Data, NonCanon, Name, Argument)
    %
    % Same as named_arg/4, except that for cases where named_arg/4 would fail,
    % det_named_arg/4 will throw an exception.
    %
:- some [ArgT] pred det_named_arg(T, noncanon_handling, string, ArgT).
:- mode det_named_arg(in, in(do_not_allow), in, out) is det.
:- mode det_named_arg(in, in(canonicalize), in, out) is det.
:- mode det_named_arg(in, in(include_details_cc), in, out) is cc_multi.
:- mode det_named_arg(in, in, in, out) is cc_multi.

    % deconstruct(Data, NonCanon, Functor, Arity, Arguments)
    %
    % Given a data item (Data), binds Functor to a string representation
    % of the functor, Arity to the arity of this data item, and Arguments
    % to a list of arguments of the functor. The arguments in the list
    % are each of type univ.
    %
    % The cost of calling deconstruct depends greatly on how many arguments
    % Data has. If Data is an array, then each element of the array is
    % considered one of its arguments. Therefore calling deconstruct
    % on large arrays can take a very large amount of memory and a very
    % long time. If you call deconstruct in a situation in which you may
    % pass it a large array, you should probably use limited_deconstruct
    % instead.
    %
:- pred deconstruct(T, noncanon_handling, string, int, list(univ)).
:- mode deconstruct(in, in(do_not_allow), out, out, out) is det.
:- mode deconstruct(in, in(canonicalize), out, out, out) is det.
:- mode deconstruct(in, in(include_details_cc), out, out, out) is cc_multi.
:- mode deconstruct(in, in, out, out, out) is cc_multi.

    % deconstruct_du(Data, NonCanon, FunctorNumber, Arity, Arguments)
    %
    % Given a data item (Data) which has a discriminated union type, binds
    % FunctorNumber to the number of the functor in lexicographic order,
    % Arity to the arity of this data item, and Arguments to a list of
    % arguments of the functor. The arguments in the list are each of type
    % univ.
    %
    % Fails if Data does not have discriminated union type.
    %
:- pred deconstruct_du(T, noncanon_handling, functor_number_lex,
    int, list(univ)).
:- mode deconstruct_du(in, in(do_not_allow), out, out, out) is semidet.
:- mode deconstruct_du(in, in(include_details_cc), out, out, out) is cc_nondet.
:- mode deconstruct_du(in, in, out, out, out) is cc_nondet.

    % limited_deconstruct(Data, NonCanon, MaxArity,
    %   Functor, Arity, Arguments)
    %
    % limited_deconstruct works like deconstruct, but if the arity of T is
    % greater than MaxArity, limited_deconstruct fails. This is useful in
    % avoiding bad performance in cases where Data may be a large array.
    %
    % Note that this predicate only returns an answer when NonCanon is
    % do_not_allow or canonicalize. If you need the include_details_cc
    % behaviour use deconstruct.limited_deconstruct_cc/3.
    %
:- pred limited_deconstruct(T, noncanon_handling, int, string, int,
    list(univ)).
:- mode limited_deconstruct(in, in(do_not_allow), in, out, out, out)
    is semidet.
:- mode limited_deconstruct(in, in(canonicalize), in, out, out, out)
    is semidet.

:- pred limited_deconstruct_cc(T::in, int::in,
    maybe({string, int, list(univ)})::out) is cc_multi.

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