catala/compiler/catala_utils/uid.mli

(* This file is part of the Catala compiler, a specification language for tax
   and social benefits computation rules. Copyright (C) 2020 Inria, contributor:
   Denis Merigoux <denis.merigoux@inria.fr>

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
   use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
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   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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   the License. *)

(** Global identifiers factories using a generative functor *)

(** The information carried in global identifiers *)
module type Info = sig
  type info

  val to_string : info -> string
  val format : Format.formatter -> info -> unit

  val equal : info -> info -> bool
  (** Equality disregards position *)

  val compare : info -> info -> int
  (** Comparison disregards position *)

  val hash : info -> Hash.t
  (** Hashing disregards position *)
end

module MarkedString : Info with type info = string Mark.pos
(** The only kind of information carried in Catala identifiers is the original
    string of the identifier annotated with the position where it is declared or
    used. *)

(** Identifiers have abstract types, but are comparable so they can be used as
    keys in maps or sets. Their underlying information can be retrieved at any
    time. *)
module type Id = sig
  type t
  type info

  val fresh : info -> t
  val get_info : t -> info
  val compare : t -> t -> int
  val equal : t -> t -> bool
  val format : Format.formatter -> t -> unit
  val to_string : t -> string

  val id : t -> int
  (** Returns the unique ID of the identifier *)

  val hash : t -> Hash.t
  (** While [id] returns a unique ID valable for a given Uid instance within a
      given run of catala, this is a raw hash of the identifier string.
      Therefore, it may collide within a given program, but remains meaninful
      across separate compilations. *)

  module Set : Set.S with type elt = t
  module Map : Map.S with type key = t
end

(** Used to define a consistent specific style when printing the different kinds
    of uids *)
module type Style = sig
  val style : Ocolor_types.style
end

(** This is the generative functor that ensures that two modules resulting from
    two different calls to [Make] will be viewed as different types [t] by the
    OCaml typechecker. Prevents mixing up different sorts of identifiers. *)
module Make (X : Info) (_ : Style) () : Id with type info = X.info

(** Shortcut for creating a kind of uids over marked strings *)
module Gen (_ : Style) () : Id with type info = MarkedString.info

(** {2 Handling of Uids with additional path information} *)

module Module : Id with type info = MarkedString.info

module Path : sig
  type t = Module.t list

  val to_string : t -> string
  val format : Format.formatter -> t -> unit
  val equal : t -> t -> bool
  val compare : t -> t -> int

  val strip : t -> t -> t
  (** [strip pfx p] removed [pfx] from the start of [p]. if [p] doesn't start
      with [pfx], it is returned unchanged *)
end

(** Same as [Gen] but also registers path information *)
module Gen_qualified (_ : Style) () : sig
  include Id with type info = Path.t * MarkedString.info

  val fresh : Path.t -> MarkedString.info -> t
  val path : t -> Path.t
  val get_info : t -> MarkedString.info
  val hash : strip:Path.t -> t -> Hash.t
  (* [strip] strips that prefix from the start of the path before hashing *)
end