// Simple bidirectional type checking use crate::ast::*; /// Checking judgement: takes an expression and a type to check against and calls out to `infer` as needed. pub fn check(context: &Context, expression: Expression, target: &Type) -> Result<(), String> { match expression { // fall through to inference mode Expression::Annotation { expr, kind } => { let result = infer(context, Expression::Annotation { expr, kind })?; return match subtype(&result, &target) { true => Ok(()), false => Err(format!("inferred type {result} does not match target {target}")) } }, // Bt-CheckInfer Expression::Constant { term } => match subtype(&convert(&term)?, &target) { true => Ok(()), false => Err(format!("constant is of wrong type, expected {target}")) // false => Ok(()) // all our constants are Empty for now }, // Bt-CheckInfer Expression::Variable { id } => match context.get(&id) { Some(term) if subtype(&convert(term)?, &target) => Ok(()), Some(_) => Err(format!("variable {id} is of wrong type")), None => Err(format!("failed to find variable {id} in context")) }, // Bt-Abs Expression::Abstraction { param, func } => match target { Type::Function { from, to } => { let mut context = context.clone(); context.insert(param, default(from)?); return check(&context, *func, &to); }, _ => Err(format!("attempting to check an abstraction with a non-function type {target}")) }, // fall through to inference mode Expression::Application { func, arg } => { let result = &infer(context, Expression::Application { func, arg })?; return match subtype(&result, &target) { true => Ok(()), false => Err(format!("inferred type {result} does not match {target}")) } }, // T-If Expression::Conditional { if_cond, if_then, if_else } => { check(context, *if_cond, &Type::Boolean)?; check(context, *if_then, &target)?; check(context, *if_else, &target)?; return Ok(()); } } } /// Inference judgement: takes an expression and attempts to infer the associated type. pub fn infer(context: &Context, expression: Expression) -> Result { match expression { // Bt-Ann Expression::Annotation { expr, kind } => check(context, *expr, &kind).map(|x| kind), // Bt-True / Bt-False / etc Expression::Constant { term } => convert(&term), // Bt-Var Expression::Variable { id } => match context.get(&id) { Some(term) => infer(&Context::new(), Expression::Constant { term: term.clone() }), None => Err(format!("failed to find variable in context {context:?}")) }, // Bt-App Expression::Application { func, arg } => match infer(context, *func)? { Type::Function { from, to } => check(context, *arg, &*from).map(|x| *to), _ => Err(format!("application abstraction is not a function type")) }, // inference from an abstraction is always an error // we could try and infer the func without adding the parameter to scope: // but this is overwhelmingly likely to be an error, so just report it now. Expression::Abstraction { param, func } => Err(format!("attempting to infer from an abstraction")), // idk Expression::Conditional { if_cond, if_then, if_else } => { check(context, *if_cond, &Type::Boolean)?; let if_then = infer(context, *if_then)?; let if_else = infer(context, *if_else)?; if subtype(&if_then, &if_else) && subtype(&if_else, &if_then) { Ok(if_then) // fixme: should be the join } else { Err(format!("if clauses of different types: {if_then} and {if_else}")) } } } } /// The subtyping relation between any two types. pub fn subtype(is: &Type, of: &Type) -> bool { match (is, of) { (Type::Record(is_fields), Type::Record(of_fields)) => { // width, depth, and permutation for (key, of_value) in of_fields { match is_fields.get(key) { Some(is_value) => { if !subtype(is_value, of_value) { return false; } } None => return false } } return true; }, (Type::Enum(is_variants), Type::Enum(of_variants)) => false, // fixme (Type::Function { from: is_from, to: is_to }, Type::Function { from: of_from, to: of_to }) => { subtype(of_from, is_from) && subtype(is_to, of_to) }, (Type::Natural, Type::Integer) => true, // obviously not, but let's pretend (_, Type::Empty) => true, (Type::Error, _) => true, (_, _) if is == of => true, (_, _) => false } }