//: Exclusive containers contain exactly one of a fixed number of 'variants' //: of different types. //: //: They also implicitly contain a tag describing precisely which variant is //: currently stored in them. :(before "End Mu Types Initialization") //: We'll use this container as a running example, with two number elements. { type_ordinal tmp = Type_ordinal["number-or-point"] = Next_type_ordinal++; Type[tmp].size = 2; Type[tmp].kind = exclusive_container; Type[tmp].name = "number-or-point"; vector t1; t1.push_back(number); Type[tmp].elements.push_back(t1); vector t2; t2.push_back(point); Type[tmp].elements.push_back(t2); Type[tmp].element_names.push_back("i"); Type[tmp].element_names.push_back("p"); } //: Tests in this layer often explicitly setup memory before reading it as an //: array. Don't do this in general. I'm tagging exceptions with /raw to //: avoid warnings. :(scenario copy_exclusive_container) # Copying exclusive containers copies all their contents and an extra location for the tag. recipe main [ 1:number <- copy 1 # 'point' variant 2:number <- copy 34 3:number <- copy 35 4:number-or-point <- copy 1:number-or-point/raw # unsafe ] +mem: storing 1 in location 4 +mem: storing 34 in location 5 +mem: storing 35 in location 6 :(before "End size_of(types) Cases") if (t.kind == exclusive_container) { // size of an exclusive container is the size of its largest variant // (So like containers, it can't contain arrays.) long long int result = 0; for (long long int i = 0; i < t.size; ++i) { long long int tmp = size_of(t.elements.at(i)); if (tmp > result) result = tmp; } // ...+1 for its tag. return result+1; } //:: To access variants of an exclusive container, use 'maybe-convert'. //: It always returns an address (so that you can modify it) or null (to //: signal that the conversion failed (because the container contains a //: different variant). //: 'maybe-convert' requires a literal in ingredient 1. We'll use a synonym //: called 'variant'. :(before "End Mu Types Initialization") Type_ordinal["variant"] = 0; :(scenario maybe_convert) recipe main [ 12:number <- copy 1 13:number <- copy 35 14:number <- copy 36 20:address:point <- maybe-convert 12:number-or-point/raw, 1:variant # unsafe ] +mem: storing 13 in location 20 :(scenario maybe_convert_fail) recipe main [ 12:number <- copy 1 13:number <- copy 35 14:number <- copy 36 20:address:point <- maybe-convert 12:number-or-point/raw, 0:variant # unsafe ] +mem: storing 0 in location 20 :(before "End Primitive Recipe Declarations") MAYBE_CONVERT, :(before "End Primitive Recipe Numbers") Recipe_ordinal["maybe-convert"] = MAYBE_CONVERT; :(before "End Primitive Recipe Implementations") case MAYBE_CONVERT: { if (SIZE(ingredients) != 2) { raise << current_recipe_name() << ": 'maybe-convert' expects exactly 2 ingredients in '" << current_instruction().to_string() << "'\n" << end(); break; } reagent base = canonize(current_instruction().ingredients.at(0)); long long int base_address = base.value; if (base_address == 0) { raise << current_recipe_name() << ": tried to access location 0 in '" << current_instruction().to_string() << "'\n" << end(); break; } type_ordinal base_type = base.types.at(0); if (Type[base_type].kind != exclusive_container) { raise << current_recipe_name () << ": first ingredient of 'maybe-convert' should be an exclusive-container, but got " << base.original_string << '\n' << end(); break; } if (!is_literal(current_instruction().ingredients.at(1))) { raise << current_recipe_name() << ": second ingredient of 'maybe-convert' should have type 'variant', but got " << current_instruction().ingredients.at(1).original_string << '\n' << end(); break; } long long int tag = current_instruction().ingredients.at(1).value; long long int result; if (tag == static_cast(Memory[base_address])) { result = base_address+1; } else { result = 0; } products.resize(1); products.at(0).push_back(result); break; } //:: Allow exclusive containers to be defined in mu code. :(scenario exclusive_container) exclusive-container foo [ x:number y:number ] +parse: reading exclusive-container foo +parse: element name: x +parse: type: 1 +parse: element name: y +parse: type: 1 :(before "End Command Handlers") else if (command == "exclusive-container") { insert_container(command, exclusive_container, in); } //:: To construct exclusive containers out of variant types, use 'merge'. :(scenario lift_to_exclusive_container) exclusive-container foo [ x:number y:number ] recipe main [ 1:number <- copy 34 2:foo <- merge 0/x, 1:number 4:foo <- merge 1/x, 1:number ] +mem: storing 0 in location 2 +mem: storing 34 in location 3 +mem: storing 1 in location 4 +mem: storing 34 in location 5