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-rw-r--r--src/eval.cc142
-rw-r--r--src/eval.hh71
-rw-r--r--src/test.cc66
3 files changed, 233 insertions, 46 deletions
diff --git a/src/eval.cc b/src/eval.cc
index dc1fe3157..831464c18 100644
--- a/src/eval.cc
+++ b/src/eval.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
#include "eval.hh"
#include "globals.hh"
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ static Hash computeDerived(Hash sourceHash, string targetName,
}
#endif
- build:
+// build:
/* Fill in the environment. We don't bother freeing
the strings, since we'll exec or die soon
@@ -210,13 +211,14 @@ Hash hashExpr(Expr e)
/* Evaluate an expression; the result must be a string. */
static string evalString(Expr e)
{
- e = evalValue(e);
+ e = whNormalise(e);
char * s;
if (ATmatch(e, "Str(<str>)", &s)) return s;
else throw badTerm("string value expected", e);
}
+#if 0
/* Evaluate an expression; the result must be a value reference. */
static Hash evalHash(Expr e)
{
@@ -225,8 +227,10 @@ static Hash evalHash(Expr e)
if (ATmatch(e, "Hash(<str>)", &s)) return parseHash(s);
else throw badTerm("value reference expected", e);
}
+#endif
+#if 0
/* Evaluate a list of arguments into normal form. */
void evalArgs(ATermList args, ATermList & argsNF, Environment & env)
{
@@ -255,6 +259,7 @@ void evalArgs(ATermList args, ATermList & argsNF, Environment & env)
argsNF = ATreverse(argsNF);
}
+#endif
Expr substExpr(string x, Expr rep, Expr e)
@@ -302,19 +307,13 @@ Expr substExpr(string x, Expr rep, Expr e)
}
+#if 0
Expr evalValue(Expr e)
{
char * s;
Expr eBuildPlatform, eProg, e2, e3, e4;
ATermList args;
- /* Normal forms. */
- if (ATmatch(e, "Str(<str>)", &s) ||
- ATmatch(e, "Bool(True)") ||
- ATmatch(e, "Bool(False)") ||
- ATmatch(e, "Lam(<str>, <term>)", &s, &e2))
- return e;
-
/* Value references. */
if (ATmatch(e, "Hash(<str>)", &s)) {
parseHash(s); /* i.e., throw exception if not valid */
@@ -329,14 +328,6 @@ Expr evalValue(Expr e)
return evalValue(e3);
}
- /* Application. */
- if (ATmatch(e, "App(<term>, <term>)", &e2, &e3)) {
- e2 = evalValue(e2);
- if (!ATmatch(e2, "Lam(<str>, <term>)", &s, &e4))
- throw badTerm("expecting lambda", e2);
- return evalValue(substExpr(s, e3, e4));
- }
-
/* Execution primitive. */
if (ATmatch(e, "Exec(<term>, <term>, [<list>])",
@@ -376,3 +367,120 @@ Expr evalValue(Expr e)
/* Barf. */
throw badTerm("invalid expression", e);
}
+#endif
+
+
+Expr whNormalise(Expr e)
+{
+ char * s;
+ Expr e2, e3, e4, e5;
+
+ /* Normal forms. */
+ if (ATmatch(e, "Str(<str>)", &s) ||
+ ATmatch(e, "Bool(True)") ||
+ ATmatch(e, "Bool(False)") ||
+ ATmatch(e, "Lam(<str>, <term>)", &s, &e2) ||
+ ATmatch(e, "File(<str>, <term>, <term>)", &s, &e2, &e3) ||
+ ATmatch(e, "Derive(<term>, <term>, <term>, <term>)", &e2, &e3, &e4, &e5))
+ return e;
+
+ /* Application. */
+ if (ATmatch(e, "App(<term>, <term>)", &e2, &e3)) {
+ e2 = whNormalise(e2);
+ if (!ATmatch(e2, "Lam(<str>, <term>)", &s, &e4))
+ throw badTerm("expecting lambda", e2);
+ return whNormalise(substExpr(s, e3, e4));
+ }
+
+ throw badTerm("invalid expression", e);
+}
+
+
+Expr dNormalise(Expr e)
+{
+ e = whNormalise(e);
+ /* !!! todo */
+ return e;
+}
+
+
+Expr fNormalise(Expr e)
+{
+ e = dNormalise(e);
+
+ char * s;
+ Expr e2, e3;
+
+ if (ATmatch(e, "File(<str>, <term>, [<list>])", &s, &e2, &e3)) {
+
+ ATermList refs = (ATermList) e3, refs2 = ATempty;
+ while (!ATisEmpty(refs)) {
+ ATerm ref = ATgetFirst(refs);
+ refs2 = ATinsert(refs2, fNormalise(ref));
+ refs = ATgetNext(refs);
+ }
+ refs2 = ATreverse(refs2);
+
+ return ATmake("File(<str>, <term>, <term>)", s, e2, refs2);
+
+ }
+
+ else return e;
+}
+
+
+void writeContent(string path, Content content)
+{
+ char * s;
+
+ if (ATmatch(content, "Regular(<str>)", &s)) {
+
+ int fd; /* !!! close on exception */
+ fd = open(path.c_str(), O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, 0666);
+ if (fd == -1)
+ throw SysError("creating file " + path);
+
+ int len = strlen(s);
+ if (write(fd, s, len) != len)
+ throw SysError("writing file " + path);
+
+ close(fd);
+ }
+
+ else throw badTerm("ill-formed content", content);
+}
+
+
+struct RStatus
+{
+ /* !!! the comparator of this hash should match the semantics of
+ the file system */
+ map<string, Hash> paths;
+};
+
+
+static void realise2(RStatus & status, Expr e)
+{
+ char * s;
+ Content content;
+ ATermList refs;
+
+ if (!ATmatch(e, "File(<str>, <term>, [<list>])", &s, &content, &refs))
+ throw badTerm("not f-normalised", e);
+
+ string path(s);
+
+ while (!ATisEmpty(refs)) {
+ realise2(status, ATgetFirst(refs));
+ refs = ATgetNext(refs);
+ }
+
+ writeContent(path, content);
+}
+
+
+void realise(Expr e)
+{
+ RStatus status;
+ realise2(status, e);
+}
diff --git a/src/eval.hh b/src/eval.hh
index c1b2f2139..807f98f85 100644
--- a/src/eval.hh
+++ b/src/eval.hh
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ extern "C" {
using namespace std;
-/* Abstract syntax of Nix expressions.
+/* \section{Abstract syntax of Nix expressions}
An expression describes a (partial) state of the file system in a
referentially transparent way. The operational effect of
evaluating an expression is that the state described by the
expression is realised.
- File : String * Content * [Expr] -> Expr
+ File : Path * Content * [Expr] -> Expr
File(path, content, refs) specifies a file object (its full path
and contents), along with all file objects referenced by it (that
@@ -25,12 +25,13 @@ using namespace std;
self-referential. This prevents us from having to deal with
cycles.
- Derive : String * Expr * [Expr] * [String] -> Expr
+ Derive : String * Path * [Expr] * [Expr] * [Expr] -> Expr
- Derive(platform, builder, ins, outs) specifies the creation of new
- file objects (in paths declared by `outs') by the execution of a
- program `builder' on a platform `platform'. This execution takes
- place in a file system state and in an environment given by `ins'.
+ Derive(platform, builder, ins, outs, env) specifies the creation of
+ new file objects (in paths declared by `outs') by the execution of
+ a program `builder' on a platform `platform'. This execution takes
+ place in a file system state given by `ins'. `env' specifies a
+ mapping of strings to strings.
Str : String -> Expr
@@ -40,39 +41,73 @@ using namespace std;
Tuples of expressions.
- Regular : String -> Content
- Directory : [(String, Content)] -> Content
- Hash : String -> Content
+ [ !!! NOT IMPLEMENTED
+ Regular : String -> Content
+ Directory : [(String, Content)] -> Content
+ (this complicates unambiguous normalisation)
+ ]
+ CHash : Hash -> Content
- File content, given either explicitly or implicitly through a cryptographic hash.
+ File content, given either in situ, or through an external reference
+ to the file system or url-space decorated with a hash to preserve purity.
- The set of expressions in {\em $f$-normal form} is as follows:
+ DISCUSSION: the idea is that a Regular/Directory is interchangeable
+ with its CHash. This would appear to break referential
+ transparency, e.g., Derive(..., ..., [...CHash(h)...], ...) can
+ only be reduced in a context were the Regular/Directory equivalent
+ of Hash(h) is known. However, CHash should be viewed strictly as a
+ shorthand; that is, when we export an expression containing a
+ CHash, we should also export the file object referenced by that
+ CHash.
- File : String * Content * [FExpr] -> FExpr
- These are completely evaluated Nix expressions.
+ \section{Reduction rules}
+
+ ...
+
- The set of expressions in {\em $d$-normal form} is as follows:
+ \section{Normals forms}
+
+ An expression is in {\em weak head normal form} if it is a lambda,
+ a string or boolean value, or a File or Derive value.
+
+ An expression is in {\em $d$-normal form} if it matches the
+ signature FExpr:
File : String * Content * [DExpr] -> DExpr
- Derive : String * DExpr * [Tup] * [String] -> DExpr
+ Derive : String * Path * [Tup] * [Tup2] -> DExpr
Tup : Str * DExpr -> Tup
Tup : Str * Str -> Tup
+ Tup : Str * Str -> Tup2
+
Str : String -> Str
These are Nix expressions in which the file system result of Derive
expressions has not yet been computed. This is useful for, e.g.,
querying dependencies.
+ An expression is in {\em $f$-normal form} if it matches the
+ signature FExpr:
+
+ File : String * Content * [FExpr] -> FExpr
+
+ These are completely evaluated Nix expressions.
+
*/
typedef ATerm Expr;
+typedef ATerm Content;
+
+/* Expression normalisation. */
+Expr whNormalise(Expr e);
+Expr dNormalise(Expr e);
+Expr fNormalise(Expr e);
-/* Evaluate an expression. */
-Expr evalValue(Expr e);
+/* Realise a $f$-normalised expression in the file system. */
+void realise(Expr e);
/* Return a canonical textual representation of an expression. */
string printExpr(Expr e);
diff --git a/src/test.cc b/src/test.cc
index 268b35d89..d912eaa6a 100644
--- a/src/test.cc
+++ b/src/test.cc
@@ -11,13 +11,27 @@
#include "globals.hh"
-void evalTest(Expr e)
+typedef Expr (* Normaliser) (Expr);
+
+
+void eval(Normaliser n, Expr e)
{
- e = evalValue(e);
+ e = n(e);
cout << (string) hashExpr(e) << ": " << printExpr(e) << endl;
}
+void evalFail(Normaliser n, Expr e)
+{
+ try {
+ e = n(e);
+ abort();
+ } catch (Error e) {
+ cout << "error (expected): " << e.what() << endl;
+ }
+}
+
+
struct MySink : DumpSink
{
virtual void operator () (const unsigned char * data, unsigned int len)
@@ -90,19 +104,48 @@ void runTests()
/* Expression evaluation. */
- evalTest(ATmake("Str(\"Hello World\")"));
- evalTest(ATmake("Bool(True)"));
- evalTest(ATmake("Bool(False)"));
- evalTest(ATmake("App(Lam(\"x\", Var(\"x\")), Str(\"Hello World\"))"));
- evalTest(ATmake("App(App(Lam(\"x\", Lam(\"y\", Var(\"x\"))), Str(\"Hello World\")), Str(\"Hallo Wereld\"))"));
- evalTest(ATmake("App(Lam(\"sys\", Lam(\"x\", [Var(\"x\"), Var(\"sys\")])), Str(\"i686-suse-linux\"))"));
+ eval(whNormalise,
+ ATmake("Str(\"Hello World\")"));
+ eval(whNormalise,
+ ATmake("Bool(True)"));
+ eval(whNormalise,
+ ATmake("Bool(False)"));
+ eval(whNormalise,
+ ATmake("App(Lam(\"x\", Var(\"x\")), Str(\"Hello World\"))"));
+ eval(whNormalise,
+ ATmake("App(App(Lam(\"x\", Lam(\"y\", Var(\"x\"))), Str(\"Hello World\")), Str(\"Hallo Wereld\"))"));
+ eval(whNormalise,
+ ATmake("App(Lam(\"sys\", Lam(\"x\", [Var(\"x\"), Var(\"sys\")])), Str(\"i686-suse-linux\"))"));
+
+ evalFail(whNormalise,
+ ATmake("Foo(123)"));
+
+ string builder1fn = absPath("./test-builder-1.sh");
+ Hash builder1h = hashFile(builder1fn);
+
+ string fn1 = nixValues + "/builder-1.sh";
+ Expr e1 = ATmake("File(<str>, ExtFile(<str>, <str>), [])",
+ fn1.c_str(),
+ builder1h.c_str(),
+ builder1fn.c_str());
+ eval(fNormalise, e1);
+
+ string fn2 = nixValues + "/refer.txt";
+ Expr e2 = ATmake("File(<str>, Regular(<str>), [<term>])",
+ fn2.c_str(),
+ ("I refer to " + fn1).c_str(),
+ e1);
+ eval(fNormalise, e2);
+
+ realise(e2);
+#if 0
Hash builder1 = addValue("./test-builder-1.sh");
Expr e1 = ATmake("Exec(Str(<str>), Hash(<str>), [])",
thisSystem.c_str(), ((string) builder1).c_str());
- evalTest(e1);
+ eval(e1);
Hash builder2 = addValue("./test-builder-2.sh");
@@ -110,14 +153,15 @@ void runTests()
"Exec(Str(<str>), Hash(<str>), [Tup(Str(\"src\"), <term>)])",
thisSystem.c_str(), ((string) builder2).c_str(), e1);
- evalTest(e2);
+ eval(e2);
Hash h3 = addValue("./test-expr-1.nix");
Expr e3 = ATmake("Deref(Hash(<str>))", ((string) h3).c_str());
- evalTest(e3);
+ eval(e3);
deleteValue(h3);
+#endif
}