tvl-depot/yants.nix
Vincent Ambo f6635fec98 feat: Add rough initial version of sum types
Sum types are represented as attribute sets with a single key in them.
2019-08-28 14:36:55 +01:00

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# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
#
# Provides a "type-system" for Nix that provides various primitive &
# polymorphic types as well as the ability to define & check records.
#
# All types (should) compose as expected.
{ toPretty ? ((import <nixpkgs> {}).lib.generators.toPretty {}) }:
with builtins; let
typeError = type: val:
throw "Expected type '${type}', but value '${toPretty val}' is of type '${typeOf val}'";
typedef = name: check: {
inherit name check;
__functor = self: value:
if check value then value
else typeError name value;
};
poly = n: c: { "${n}" = t: typedef "${n}<${t.name}>" (c t); };
poly2 = n: c: {
"${n}" = t1: t2: typedef "${n}<${t1.name},${t2.name}>" (c t1 t2);
};
typeSet = foldl' (s: t: s // (if t ? "name" then { "${t.name}" = t; } else t)) {};
# Struct implementation. Checks that all fields match their declared
# types, no optional fields are missing and no unexpected fields
# occur in the struct.
#
# Anonymous structs are supported (e.g. for nesting) by omitting the
# name.
checkField = def: value: current: field:
let fieldVal = if hasAttr field value then value."${field}" else null;
type = def."${field}";
checked = type.check fieldVal;
in if checked then (current && true)
else if isNull fieldVal then (throw "Missing required ${type.name} field '${field}'")
else (throw "Field ${field} is of type ${typeOf fieldVal}, but expected ${type.name}");
checkExtraneous = name: def: present:
if (length present) == 0 then true
else if (hasAttr (head present) def)
then checkExtraneous name def (tail present)
else (throw "Found unexpected field '${head present}' in struct '${name}'");
struct' = name: def: {
inherit name def;
check = value:
let fieldMatch = foldl' (checkField def value) true (attrNames def);
noExtras = checkExtraneous name def (attrNames value);
in (isAttrs value && fieldMatch && noExtras);
__functor = self: value: if self.check value then value
else (throw "Expected '${self.name}'-struct, but ${toPretty value} is of type ${typeOf value}");
};
struct = arg: if isString arg then (struct' arg)
else (struct' "anonymous" arg);
enum = name: values: rec {
inherit name values;
check = (x: elem x values);
__functor = self: x: if self.check x then x
else (throw "'${x}' is not a member of enum '${self.name}'");
match = x: actions: let
actionKeys = map (__functor { inherit name check; }) (attrNames actions);
missing = foldl' (m: k: if (elem k actionKeys) then m else m ++ [ k ]) [] values;
in if (length missing) > 0
then throw "Missing match action for members: ${toPretty missing}"
else actions."${__functor { inherit name check; } x}";
};
sum = name: values: let
isVariant = x:
let name = elemAt (attrNames x) 0;
in if hasAttr name values
then values."${name}".check x."${name}"
else false;
check = x: isAttrs x && length (attrNames x) == 1 && isVariant x;
in {
inherit name values check;
__functor = self: x: if self.check x
then x
else throw "'${toPretty x}' is not a valid variant of '${name}'";
};
mkFunc = sig: f: {
inherit sig;
__toString = self: foldl' (s: t: "${s} -> ${t.name}")
"λ :: ${(head self.sig).name}" (tail self.sig);
__functor = _: f;
};
defun' = sig: func: if length sig > 2
then mkFunc sig (x: defun' (tail sig) (func ((head sig) x)))
else mkFunc sig (x: ((head (tail sig)) (func ((head sig) x))));
defun = sig: func: if length sig < 2
then (throw "Signature must at least have two types (a -> b)")
else defun' sig func;
in (typeSet [
# Primitive types
(typedef "any" (_: true))
(typedef "int" isInt)
(typedef "bool" isBool)
(typedef "float" isFloat)
(typedef "string" isString)
(typedef "derivation" (x: isAttrs x && x ? "type" && x.type == "derivation"))
(typedef "function" (x: isFunction x || (isAttrs x && x ? "__functor"
&& isFunction x.__functor)))
# Polymorphic types
(poly "option" (t: v: (isNull v) || t.check v))
(poly "list" (t: v: isList v && (foldl' (s: e: s && (
if t.check e then true
else throw "Expected list element of type '${t.name}', but '${toPretty e}' is of type '${typeOf e}'"
)) true v)))
(poly "attrs" (t: v: isAttrs v && (foldl' (s: e: s && (
if t.check e then true
else throw "Expected attribute set element of type '${t.name}', but '${toPretty e}' is of type '${typeOf e}'"
)) true (attrValues v))))
(poly2 "either" (t1: t2: v: t1.check v || t2.check v))
]) // { inherit struct enum sum defun; }