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% Copyright (C) 2004-2006, 2011 The University of Melbourne.
% Copyright (C) 2013-2016, 2018, 2022, 2024-2025 The Mercury team.
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% File: version_store.m.
% Author: Ralph Becket <rafe@cs.mu.oz.au>
% Stability: medium.
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% See the header comments in version_array.m for an explanation of version
% types.
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% A version_store is similar to, albeit slightly slower than, an ordinary
% store, but does not depend upon uniqueness.
%
% Note that, unlike ordinary stores, liveness of data is via the version store
% rather than the mutvars. This means that dead data (i.e. data whose mutvar
% is out of scope) in a version_store may not be garbage collected.
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:- module version_store.
:- interface.
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:- type version_store(S).
:- type mutvar(T, S).
% Construct a new version store. This is distinguished from other
% version stores by its existentially quantified type. This means
% the compiler can automatically detect any attempt to use a mutvar
% with the wrong version store.
%
:- some [S] func init = version_store(S).
% new_mutvar(X, Mutvar, VS0, VS) adds a new mutvar with value reference X
% to the version store.
%
:- pred new_mutvar(T::in, mutvar(T, S)::out,
version_store(S)::in, version_store(S)::out) is det.
% new_cyclic_mutvar(F, Mutvar, VS0, VS) adds a new mutvar with value
% reference F(Mutvar) to the version store. This can be used to
% construct cyclic terms.
%
:- pred new_cyclic_mutvar((func(mutvar(T, S)) = T)::in, mutvar(T, S)::out,
version_store(S)::in, version_store(S)::out) is det.
% copy_mutvar(Mutvar, NewMutvar, VS0, VS) constructs NewMutvar
% with the same value reference as Mutvar.
%
:- pred copy_mutvar(mutvar(T, S)::in, mutvar(T, S)::out,
version_store(S)::in, version_store(S)::out) is det.
% lookup(VS, MutVar) = Element:
% VS ^ elem(Mutvar) = Element:
%
% Return the Element referenced by Mutvar in the version store VS.
%
:- func lookup(version_store(S), mutvar(T, S)) = T.
:- func elem(mutvar(T, S), version_store(S)) = T.
% get_mutvar(Mutvar, Element, VS, VS):
%
% Return the Element referenced by Mutvar in the version store VS,
% and also return the unchanged version store. This version of lookup
% may be useful in code using state variables.
%
:- pred get_mutvar(mutvar(T, S)::in, T::out,
version_store(S)::in, version_store(S)::out) is det.
% set(VS0, Mutvar, X) = VS:
% set_mutvar(Mutvar, X, VS0, VS):
% VS0 ^ elem(Mutvar) := X = VS:
%
% Update the version store VS0 so that Mutvar now refers to value X,
% returning the new version store as VS.
%
:- func set(version_store(S), mutvar(T, S), T) = version_store(S).
:- pred set_mutvar(mutvar(T, S)::in, T::in,
version_store(S)::in, version_store(S)::out) is det.
:- func 'elem :='(mutvar(T, S), version_store(S), T) = version_store(S).
% unsafe_rewind(VS) produces a version of VS for which all accesses
% are O(1). Invoking this predicate renders undefined VS and all later
% versions undefined that were derived by performing individual updates.
% Only use this when you are absolutely certain there are no live
% references to VS or later versions of VS.
%
% A predicate version is also provided.
%
:- func unsafe_rewind(version_store(T)) = version_store(T).
:- pred unsafe_rewind(version_store(T)::in, version_store(T)::out) is det.
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