// Simple bidirectional type checking #![allow(unused_variables)] use crate::ast::*; pub fn check(context: Context, expression: Expression, target: Type) -> Result<(), (&'static str, Context, Type)> { match expression { // fall through to inference mode Expression::Annotation { expr, kind } => { let result = infer(context.clone(), Expression::Annotation { expr, kind })?; return match subtype(&result, &target) { true => Ok(()), false => Err(("inferred type does not match target", context, target)) } }, // Bt-CheckInfer Expression::Constant { term } => match subtype(&term.kind, &target) { true => Ok(()), false => Ok(()) // all our constants are Empty for now // false => Err(("constant is of wrong type", context, target)) }, // Bt-CheckInfer Expression::Variable { id } => match context.get(&id) { Some(term) if subtype(&term.kind, &target) => Ok(()), Some(_) => Err(("variable is of wrong type", context, target)), None => Err(("failed to find variable in context", context, target)) }, // Bt-Abs Expression::Abstraction { param, func } => match target { Type::Function { from, to } => { let mut context = context; context.insert(param, Term { val: 0, kind: *from }); // hack return check(context, *func, *to); }, _ => Err(("attempting to check an abstraction with a non-function type", context, target)) }, // fall through to inference mode Expression::Application { func, arg } => { let result = &infer(context.clone(), Expression::Application { func, arg })?; return match subtype(&result, &target) { true => Ok(()), false => Err(("inferred type does not match target", context, target)) } }, // T-If Expression::Conditional { if_cond, if_then, if_else } => { check(context.clone(), *if_cond, Type::Boolean)?; check(context.clone(), *if_then, target.clone())?; check(context.clone(), *if_else, target.clone())?; return Ok(()); } } } pub fn infer(context: Context, expression: Expression) -> Result { match expression { // Bt-Ann Expression::Annotation { expr, kind } => check(context, *expr, kind.clone()).map(|x| kind), // Bt-True / Bt-False / etc Expression::Constant { term } => Ok(term.kind), // Bt-Var Expression::Variable { id } => match context.get(&id) { Some(term) => Ok(term.clone().kind), None => Err(("failed to find variable in context", context, Type::Empty)) }, // Bt-App Expression::Application { func, arg } => match infer(context.clone(), *func)? { Type::Function { from, to } => check(context, *arg, *from).map(|x| *to), _ => Err(("application abstraction is not a function type", context, Type::Empty)) }, // 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(("attempting to infer from an abstraction", context, Type::Empty)), // idk Expression::Conditional { if_cond, if_then, if_else } => { check(context.clone(), *if_cond, Type::Boolean)?; let if_then = infer(context.clone(), *if_then)?; let if_else = infer(context.clone(), *if_else)?; if subtype(&if_then, &if_else) && subtype(&if_else, &if_then) { Ok(if_then) // fixme: should be the join } else { Err(("if clauses of different types", context, Type::Empty)) } } } } /// Evaluates an expression given a context (of variables) to a term, or fails. pub fn execute(context: Context, expression: Expression) -> Result { match expression { Expression::Annotation { expr, .. } => execute(context, *expr), Expression::Constant { term } => Ok(term), Expression::Variable { id } => match context.get(&id) { Some(term) => Ok(term.clone()), None => Err(("no such variable in context", context)) }, Expression::Abstraction { .. } => Err(("attempting to execute an abstraction", context)), Expression::Application { func, arg } => match *func { Expression::Abstraction { param, func } => { let value = execute(context.clone(), *arg)?; let mut context = context; context.insert(param, value); return execute(context, *func); } _ => Err(("attempting to execute an application to nothing", context)) }, Expression::Conditional { if_cond, if_then, if_else } => { match execute(context.clone(), *if_cond) { Ok(Term { val: 1, .. }) => execute(context, *if_then), Ok(Term { val: 0, .. }) => execute(context, *if_else), _ => Err(("invalid type for a conditional", context)) } } } } /// 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::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 } }