traefik/vendor/github.com/BurntSushi/ty/type-check.go
2017-03-09 13:13:02 +01:00

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Go

package ty
import (
"fmt"
"reflect"
"strings"
)
// TypeError corresponds to any error reported by the `Check` function.
// Since `Check` panics, if you want to run `Check` safely, it is
// appropriate to recover and use a type switch to discover a `TypeError`
// value.
type TypeError string
func (te TypeError) Error() string {
return string(te)
}
func pe(format string, v ...interface{}) TypeError {
return TypeError(fmt.Sprintf(format, v...))
}
func ppe(format string, v ...interface{}) {
panic(pe(format, v...))
}
// Typed corresponds to the information returned by `Check`.
type Typed struct {
// In correspondence with the `as` parameter to `Check`.
Args []reflect.Value
// In correspondence with the return types of `f` in `Check`.
Returns []reflect.Type
// The type environment generated via unification in `Check`.
// (Its usefulness in the public API is questionable.)
TypeEnv map[string]reflect.Type
}
// Check accepts a function `f`, which may have a parametric type, along with a
// number of arguments in correspondence with the arguments to `f`,
// and returns inferred Go type information. This type information includes
// a list of `reflect.Value` in correspondence with `as`, a list of
// `reflect.Type` in correspondence with the return types of `f` and a type
// environment mapping type variables to `reflect.Type`.
//
// The power of `Check` comes from the following invariant: if `Check` returns,
// then the types of the arguments corresponding to `as` are consistent
// with the parametric type of `f`, *and* the parametric return types of `f`
// were made into valid Go types that are not parametric. Otherwise, there is
// a bug in `Check`.
//
// More concretely, consider a simple parametric function `Map`, which
// transforms a list of elements by applying a function to each element in
// order to generate a new list. Such a function constructed only for integers
// might have a type like
//
// func Map(func(int) int, []int) []int
//
// But the parametric type of `Map` could be given with
//
// func Map(func(A) B, []A) []B
//
// which in English reads, "Given a function from any type `A` to any type `B`
// and a slice of `A`, `Map` returns a slice of `B`."
//
// To write a parametric function like `Map`, one can pass a pointer
// to a nil function of the desired parametric type to get the reflection
// information:
//
// func Map(f, xs interface{}) interface{} {
// // Given the parametric type and the arguments, Check will
// // return all the reflection information you need to write `Map`.
// uni := ty.Check(
// new(func(func(ty.A) ty.B, []ty.A) []ty.B),
// f, xs)
//
// // `vf` and `vxs` are `reflect.Value`s of `f` and `xs`.
// vf, vxs := uni.Args[0], uni.Args[1]
//
// // `tys` is a `reflect.Type` of `[]ty.B` where `ty.B` is replaced
// // with the return type of the given function `f`.
// tys := uni.Returns[0]
//
// // Given the promise of `Check`, we now know that `vf` has
// // type `func(ty.A) ty.B` and `vxs` has type `[]ty.A`.
// xsLen := vxs.Len()
//
// // Constructs a new slice which will have type `[]ty.B`.
// vys := reflect.MakeSlice(tys, xsLen, xsLen)
//
// // Actually perform the `Map` operation, but in the world of
// // reflection.
// for i := 0; i < xsLen; i++ {
// vy := vf.Call([]reflect.Value{vxs.Index(i)})[0]
// vys.Index(i).Set(vy)
// }
//
// // The `reflect.Value.Interface` method is how we exit the world of
// // reflection. The onus is now on the caller to type assert it to
// // the appropriate type.
// return vys.Interface()
// }
//
// Working in the reflection world is certainly more inconvenient than writing
// regular Go code, but the information and invariants held by `Check` provide
// a more convenient experience than how one normally works with reflection.
// (Notice that there is no error-prone type switching or boiler plate to
// construct new types, since `Check` guarantees the types are consistent
// with the inputs for us.)
//
// And while writing such functions is still not so convenient,
// invoking them is simple:
//
// square := func(x int) int { return x * x }
// squared := Map(square, []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}).([]int)
//
// Restrictions
//
// There are a few restrictions imposed on the parametric return types of
// `f`: type variables may only be found in types that can be composed by the
// `reflect` package. This *only* includes channels, maps, pointers and slices.
// If a type variable is found in an array, function or struct, `Check` will
// panic.
//
// Also, type variables inside of structs are ignored in the types of the
// arguments `as`. This restriction may be lifted in the future.
//
// To be clear: type variables *may* appear in arrays or functions in the types
// of the arguments `as`.
func Check(f interface{}, as ...interface{}) *Typed {
rf := reflect.ValueOf(f)
tf := rf.Type()
if tf.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
rf = reflect.Indirect(rf)
tf = rf.Type()
}
if tf.Kind() != reflect.Func {
ppe("The type of `f` must be a function, but it is a '%s'.", tf.Kind())
}
if tf.NumIn() != len(as) {
ppe("`f` expects %d arguments, but only %d were given.",
tf.NumIn(), len(as))
}
// Populate the argument value list.
args := make([]reflect.Value, len(as))
for i := 0; i < len(as); i++ {
args[i] = reflect.ValueOf(as[i])
}
// Populate our type variable environment through unification.
tyenv := make(tyenv)
for i := 0; i < len(args); i++ {
tp := typePair{tyenv, tf.In(i), args[i].Type()}
// Mutates the type variable environment.
if err := tp.unify(tp.param, tp.input); err != nil {
argTypes := make([]string, len(args))
for i := range args {
argTypes[i] = args[i].Type().String()
}
ppe("\nError type checking\n\t%s\nwith argument types\n\t(%s)\n%s",
tf, strings.Join(argTypes, ", "), err)
}
}
// Now substitute those types into the return types of `f`.
retTypes := make([]reflect.Type, tf.NumOut())
for i := 0; i < tf.NumOut(); i++ {
retTypes[i] = (&returnType{tyenv, tf.Out(i)}).tysubst(tf.Out(i))
}
return &Typed{args, retTypes, map[string]reflect.Type(tyenv)}
}
// tyenv maps type variable names to their inferred Go type.
type tyenv map[string]reflect.Type
// typePair represents a pair of types to be unified. They act as a way to
// report sensible error messages from within the unification algorithm.
//
// It also includes a type environment, which is mutated during unification.
type typePair struct {
tyenv tyenv
param reflect.Type
input reflect.Type
}
func (tp typePair) error(format string, v ...interface{}) error {
return pe("Type error when unifying type '%s' and '%s': %s",
tp.param, tp.input, fmt.Sprintf(format, v...))
}
// unify attempts to satisfy a pair of types, where the `param` type is the
// expected type of a function argument and the `input` type is the known
// type of a function argument. The `param` type may be parametric (that is,
// it may contain a type that is convertible to TypeVariable) but the
// `input` type may *not* be parametric.
//
// Any failure to unify the two types results in a panic.
//
// The end result of unification is a type environment: a set of substitutions
// from type variable to a Go type.
func (tp typePair) unify(param, input reflect.Type) error {
if tyname := tyvarName(input); len(tyname) > 0 {
return tp.error("Type variables are not allowed in the types of " +
"arguments.")
}
if tyname := tyvarName(param); len(tyname) > 0 {
if cur, ok := tp.tyenv[tyname]; ok && cur != input {
return tp.error("Type variable %s expected type '%s' but got '%s'.",
tyname, cur, input)
} else if !ok {
tp.tyenv[tyname] = input
}
return nil
}
if param.Kind() != input.Kind() {
return tp.error("Cannot unify different kinds of types '%s' and '%s'.",
param, input)
}
switch param.Kind() {
case reflect.Array:
return tp.unify(param.Elem(), input.Elem())
case reflect.Chan:
if param.ChanDir() != input.ChanDir() {
return tp.error("Cannot unify '%s' with '%s' "+
"(channel directions are different: '%s' != '%s').",
param, input, param.ChanDir(), input.ChanDir())
}
return tp.unify(param.Elem(), input.Elem())
case reflect.Func:
if param.NumIn() != input.NumIn() || param.NumOut() != input.NumOut() {
return tp.error("Cannot unify '%s' with '%s'.", param, input)
}
for i := 0; i < param.NumIn(); i++ {
if err := tp.unify(param.In(i), input.In(i)); err != nil {
return err
}
}
for i := 0; i < param.NumOut(); i++ {
if err := tp.unify(param.Out(i), input.Out(i)); err != nil {
return err
}
}
case reflect.Map:
if err := tp.unify(param.Key(), input.Key()); err != nil {
return err
}
return tp.unify(param.Elem(), input.Elem())
case reflect.Ptr:
return tp.unify(param.Elem(), input.Elem())
case reflect.Slice:
return tp.unify(param.Elem(), input.Elem())
}
// The only other container types are Interface and Struct.
// I am unsure about what to do with interfaces. Mind is fuzzy.
// Structs? I don't think it really makes much sense to use type
// variables inside of them.
return nil
}
// returnType corresponds to the type of a single return value of a function,
// in which the type may be parametric. It also contains a type environment
// constructed from unification.
type returnType struct {
tyenv tyenv
typ reflect.Type
}
func (rt returnType) panic(format string, v ...interface{}) {
ppe("Error substituting in return type '%s': %s",
rt.typ, fmt.Sprintf(format, v...))
}
// tysubst attempts to substitute all type variables within a single return
// type with their corresponding Go type from the type environment.
//
// tysubst will panic if a type variable is unbound, or if it encounters a
// type that cannot be dynamically created. Such types include arrays,
// functions and structs. (A limitation of the `reflect` package.)
func (rt returnType) tysubst(typ reflect.Type) reflect.Type {
if tyname := tyvarName(typ); len(tyname) > 0 {
if thetype, ok := rt.tyenv[tyname]; !ok {
rt.panic("Unbound type variable %s.", tyname)
} else {
return thetype
}
}
switch typ.Kind() {
case reflect.Array:
rt.panic("Cannot dynamically create Array types.")
case reflect.Chan:
return reflect.ChanOf(typ.ChanDir(), rt.tysubst(typ.Elem()))
case reflect.Func:
rt.panic("Cannot dynamically create Function types.")
case reflect.Interface:
// rt.panic("TODO")
// Not sure if this is right.
return typ
case reflect.Map:
return reflect.MapOf(rt.tysubst(typ.Key()), rt.tysubst(typ.Elem()))
case reflect.Ptr:
return reflect.PtrTo(rt.tysubst(typ.Elem()))
case reflect.Slice:
return reflect.SliceOf(rt.tysubst(typ.Elem()))
case reflect.Struct:
rt.panic("Cannot dynamically create Struct types.")
case reflect.UnsafePointer:
rt.panic("Cannot dynamically create unsafe.Pointer types.")
}
// We've covered all the composite types, so we're only left with
// base types.
return typ
}
func tyvarName(t reflect.Type) string {
if !t.ConvertibleTo(tyvarUnderlyingType) {
return ""
}
return t.Name()
}
// AssertType panics with a `TypeError` if `v` does not have type `t`.
// Otherwise, it returns the `reflect.Value` of `v`.
func AssertType(v interface{}, t reflect.Type) reflect.Value {
rv := reflect.ValueOf(v)
tv := rv.Type()
if tv != t {
ppe("Value '%v' has type '%s' but expected '%s'.", v, tv, t)
}
return rv
}