src/libsyntax/ptr.rs

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//! The AST pointer
//!
//! Provides `P<T>`, a frozen owned smart pointer, as a replacement for `@T` in
//! the AST.
//!
//! # Motivations and benefits
//!
//! * **Identity**: sharing AST nodes is problematic for the various analysis
//!   passes (e.g. one may be able to bypass the borrow checker with a shared
//!   `ExprKind::AddrOf` node taking a mutable borrow). The only reason `@T` in the
//!   AST hasn't caused issues is because of inefficient folding passes which
//!   would always deduplicate any such shared nodes. Even if the AST were to
//!   switch to an arena, this would still hold, i.e. it couldn't use `&'a T`,
//!   but rather a wrapper like `P<'a, T>`.
//!
//! * **Immutability**: `P<T>` disallows mutating its inner `T`, unlike `Box<T>`
//!   (unless it contains an `Unsafe` interior, but that may be denied later).
//!   This mainly prevents mistakes, but can also enforces a kind of "purity".
//!
//! * **Efficiency**: folding can reuse allocation space for `P<T>` and `Vec<T>`,
//!   the latter even when the input and output types differ (as it would be the
//!   case with arenas or a GADT AST using type parameters to toggle features).
//!
//! * **Maintainability**: `P<T>` provides a fixed interface - `Deref`,
//!   `and_then` and `map` - which can remain fully functional even if the
//!   implementation changes (using a special thread-local heap, for example).
//!   Moreover, a switch to, e.g. `P<'a, T>` would be easy and mostly automated.

use std::fmt::{self, Display, Debug};
use std::iter::FromIterator;
use std::ops::Deref;
use std::{ptr, slice, vec};

use serialize::{Encodable, Decodable, Encoder, Decoder};

/// An owned smart pointer.
#[derive(Hash, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
pub struct P<T: ?Sized> {
    ptr: Box<T>
}

#[allow(non_snake_case)]
/// Construct a `P<T>` from a `T` value.
pub fn P<T: 'static>(value: T) -> P<T> {
    P {
        ptr: Box::new(value)
    }
}

impl<T: 'static> P<T> {
    /// Move out of the pointer.
    /// Intended for chaining transformations not covered by `map`.
    pub fn and_then<U, F>(self, f: F) -> U where
        F: FnOnce(T) -> U,
    {
        f(*self.ptr)
    }
    /// Equivalent to and_then(|x| x)
    pub fn unwrap(self) -> T {
        *self.ptr
    }

    /// Transform the inner value, consuming `self` and producing a new `P<T>`.
    pub fn map<F>(mut self, f: F) -> P<T> where
        F: FnOnce(T) -> T,
    {
        unsafe {
            let p = &mut *self.ptr;
            // FIXME(#5016) this shouldn't need to drop-fill to be safe.
            ptr::write(p, f(ptr::read_and_drop(p)));
        }
        self
    }
}

impl<T: ?Sized> Deref for P<T> {
    type Target = T;

    fn deref(&self) -> &T {
        &self.ptr
    }
}

impl<T: 'static + Clone> Clone for P<T> {
    fn clone(&self) -> P<T> {
        P((**self).clone())
    }
}

impl<T: ?Sized + Debug> Debug for P<T> {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        Debug::fmt(&self.ptr, f)
    }
}

impl<T: Display> Display for P<T> {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        Display::fmt(&**self, f)
    }
}

impl<T> fmt::Pointer for P<T> {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
        fmt::Pointer::fmt(&self.ptr, f)
    }
}

impl<T: 'static + Decodable> Decodable for P<T> {
    fn decode<D: Decoder>(d: &mut D) -> Result<P<T>, D::Error> {
        Decodable::decode(d).map(P)
    }
}

impl<T: Encodable> Encodable for P<T> {
    fn encode<S: Encoder>(&self, s: &mut S) -> Result<(), S::Error> {
        (**self).encode(s)
    }
}

impl<T> P<[T]> {
    pub fn new() -> P<[T]> {
        P { ptr: Default::default() }
    }

    #[inline(never)]
    pub fn from_vec(v: Vec<T>) -> P<[T]> {
        P { ptr: v.into_boxed_slice() }
    }

    #[inline(never)]
    pub fn into_vec(self) -> Vec<T> {
        self.ptr.into_vec()
    }
}

impl<T> Default for P<[T]> {
    fn default() -> P<[T]> {
        P::new()
    }
}

impl<T: Clone> Clone for P<[T]> {
    fn clone(&self) -> P<[T]> {
        P::from_vec(self.to_vec())
    }
}

impl<T> From<Vec<T>> for P<[T]> {
    fn from(v: Vec<T>) -> Self {
        P::from_vec(v)
    }
}

impl<T> Into<Vec<T>> for P<[T]> {
    fn into(self) -> Vec<T> {
        self.into_vec()
    }
}

impl<T> FromIterator<T> for P<[T]> {
    fn from_iter<I: IntoIterator<Item=T>>(iter: I) -> P<[T]> {
        P::from_vec(iter.into_iter().collect())
    }
}

impl<T> IntoIterator for P<[T]> {
    type Item = T;
    type IntoIter = vec::IntoIter<T>;

    fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
        self.into_vec().into_iter()
    }
}

impl<'a, T> IntoIterator for &'a P<[T]> {
    type Item = &'a T;
    type IntoIter = slice::Iter<'a, T>;
    fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
        self.ptr.into_iter()
    }
}

impl<T: Encodable> Encodable for P<[T]> {
    fn encode<S: Encoder>(&self, s: &mut S) -> Result<(), S::Error> {
        Encodable::encode(&**self, s)
    }
}

impl<T: Decodable> Decodable for P<[T]> {
    fn decode<D: Decoder>(d: &mut D) -> Result<P<[T]>, D::Error> {
        Ok(P::from_vec(match Decodable::decode(d) {
            Ok(t) => t,
            Err(e) => return Err(e)
        }))
    }
}