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polydat_core/kernel/
interp.rs

1// Copyright 2024-2026 Jonathan Shook
2// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
3
4//! `{name}`-style template interpolation against a Polydat Kernel.
5//!
6//! Polydat's one name-resolution surface (expression_engine.md §3.2).
7//! It lives in the kernel module because the operation is a general
8//! kernel facility, not a comprehension concern: the comprehension
9//! runtime uses it, synthesisers use it, and the executor uses it,
10//! and none of them depends on the comprehension AST's shape.
11//!
12//! ## Functions
13//!
14//! - [`interpolate_via_kernel`] — looks up `{name}` placeholders
15//!   against the kernel's chain-aware bindings via
16//!   [`PolydatKernel::lookup`].
17//! - [`interpolate_with_lookup`] — the generic engine; the
18//!   `lookup` closure decides where each leaf's value comes
19//!   from. Used by callers that compose their own lookup over
20//!   the kernel plus workload params plus synthesis-time
21//!   probes.
22//! - [`collect_string_interp_refs`] — extracts the placeholder
23//!   names from a text without doing substitution.
24//!
25//! ## Semantics
26//!
27//! Iterative leaf-placeholder substitution with escape handling
28//! and a round cap:
29//!
30//! - **Leaf**: `{name}` whose body contains no further `{`. The
31//!   dynamic form `{a_{b}_c}` is resolved by first substituting
32//!   `{b}`, then re-scanning for the resulting `{a_<b-value>_c}`
33//!   as a leaf.
34//! - **Escape**: `\{` and `\}` pass through as literal `{` /
35//!   `}` and are removed from the final string.
36//! - **Round cap**: if substitution doesn't stabilize in
37//!   `ROUND_HARD` iterations, returns Err (the input had
38//!   cyclic placeholders).
39//! - **Unresolved name**: any `{name}` that survives the
40//!   substitution rounds errors with a diagnostic naming the
41//!   missing binding.
42
43use std::collections::HashSet;
44
45use crate::ast::Value;
46use crate::kernel::PolydatKernel;
47
48/// Name resolution for comprehension sources and predicates: what a
49/// `{name}` placeholder or a bare identifier reads. The interpreter
50/// kernel is one; a [`Layered`] view puts a tuple's bindings in front of
51/// another, so opening a traversal needs no kernel of the engine that
52/// opens it (engine parity, step 8).
53pub trait Lookup {
54    /// The value `name` denotes here, if any.
55    fn lookup(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Value>;
56
57    /// The compile ledger of the program tree this scope belongs to:
58    /// what a source or predicate that has to compile is charged to.
59    fn ledger(&self) -> &std::sync::Arc<crate::kernel::CompileLedger>;
60}
61
62impl Lookup for PolydatKernel {
63    fn lookup(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Value> {
64        PolydatKernel::lookup(self, name)
65    }
66    fn ledger(&self) -> &std::sync::Arc<crate::kernel::CompileLedger> {
67        self.program().ledger()
68    }
69}
70
71/// A kernel of any engine, as a scope names resolve in.
72///
73/// `Lookup` had one kernel implementor and the typed embedding
74/// surfaces took `&PolydatKernel`, so a host holding a
75/// `Box<dyn Kernel>` could not interpolate `{k} > 5` against the
76/// kernel it had: the only route was to compile the program a second
77/// time on the interpreter. Wrapping is what makes this work rather
78/// than an `impl Lookup for dyn Kernel` — one trait object cannot
79/// become another.
80///
81/// Distinct from
82/// [`comprehension::surfaces::KernelScope`](crate::iteration::comprehension::surfaces::KernelScope),
83/// the algebra layer's trait for the parent a comprehension scopes
84/// under; this is a `Lookup` over a kernel that already exists.
85pub struct KernelLookup<'a>(&'a dyn crate::kernel::Kernel);
86
87impl<'a> KernelLookup<'a> {
88    /// The kernel as a scope.
89    pub fn new(kernel: &'a dyn crate::kernel::Kernel) -> Self {
90        KernelLookup(kernel)
91    }
92}
93
94impl Lookup for KernelLookup<'_> {
95    /// A name resolves to what the kernel holds for it now — an input
96    /// the host wrote, a coordinate it was positioned at — and
97    /// otherwise to what the build folded for it. The live answer
98    /// comes first because it is the later one: a coordinate has a
99    /// folded value on some engines, and it is the value the program
100    /// was built with, not the value the kernel is at.
101    fn lookup(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Value> {
102        if let Some(v) = self.0.input_value(name)
103            && !matches!(v, Value::None)
104        {
105            return Some(v);
106        }
107        if let Some(v) = self.0.folded_value(name)
108            && !matches!(v, Value::None)
109        {
110            return Some(v);
111        }
112        // `a.b` lowers to the wire `a__b`, so a text reference like
113        // `{q.cursor.idx}` resolves through the same flattening the
114        // compiler applies.
115        if name.contains('.') {
116            return self.lookup(&name.replace('.', "__"));
117        }
118        None
119    }
120    fn ledger(&self) -> &std::sync::Arc<crate::kernel::CompileLedger> {
121        crate::kernel::Kernel::ledger(self.0)
122    }
123}
124
125/// The empty scope: no name resolves in it, and what has to compile
126/// under it is charged to the ledger it holds. A context-free source,
127/// one whose expression references no name, evaluates in this scope
128/// (comprehension_forms.md §10.7.0), at compile time or wherever no
129/// kernel is at hand.
130pub struct NoScope {
131    ledger: std::sync::Arc<crate::kernel::CompileLedger>,
132}
133
134impl NoScope {
135    /// An empty scope charging to a fresh ledger of its own.
136    pub fn new() -> Self {
137        Self::charged_to(crate::kernel::CompileLedger::new())
138    }
139
140    /// An empty scope charging to `ledger`: the program tree's, when
141    /// the evaluation is part of that tree's compile.
142    pub fn charged_to(ledger: std::sync::Arc<crate::kernel::CompileLedger>) -> Self {
143        Self { ledger }
144    }
145}
146
147impl Default for NoScope {
148    fn default() -> Self {
149        Self::new()
150    }
151}
152
153impl Lookup for NoScope {
154    fn lookup(&self, _name: &str) -> Option<Value> {
155        None
156    }
157    fn ledger(&self) -> &std::sync::Arc<crate::kernel::CompileLedger> {
158        &self.ledger
159    }
160}
161
162/// Bindings in front of another lookup: a tuple's elements over the
163/// scope they were drawn in.
164pub struct Layered<'a> {
165    /// The bindings consulted first, in order.
166    pub prefix: &'a [(String, Value)],
167    /// Where every other name resolves.
168    pub inner: &'a dyn Lookup,
169}
170
171impl Lookup for Layered<'_> {
172    fn lookup(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Value> {
173        if let Some((_, v)) = self.prefix.iter().find(|(n, _)| n == name) {
174            return Some(v.clone());
175        }
176        self.inner.lookup(name)
177    }
178    fn ledger(&self) -> &std::sync::Arc<crate::kernel::CompileLedger> {
179        self.inner.ledger()
180    }
181}
182
183/// Round count at which we warn about possible cycles in the
184/// substitution stream.
185const ROUND_WARN: usize = 100;
186
187/// Hard round-count limit. Errors out if substitution doesn't
188/// stabilize in this many iterations.
189const ROUND_HARD: usize = 1000;
190
191/// Interpolate `{name}` placeholders against `kernel`.
192///
193/// `{name}` resolves to `kernel.lookup(name).map(|v| v.to_display_string())`.
194/// `Value::None` (an unset extern slot) doesn't match — falls
195/// through to the unresolved-name error path at the fixed
196/// point.
197///
198/// Returns a typed [`crate::dsl::compile::EmbeddingError`] per
199/// E7 of the spec; the underlying string-form
200/// [`interpolate_with_lookup`] is kept for callers that
201/// compose their own lookup and don't want the
202/// typed-error overhead.
203pub fn interpolate_via_kernel(
204    text: &str,
205    kernel: &dyn Lookup,
206) -> Result<String, crate::dsl::compile::EmbeddingError> {
207    interpolate_with_lookup(text, |name| {
208        kernel.lookup(name).map(|v| v.to_display_string())
209    })
210    .map_err(|msg| classify_interpolate_error(text, msg))
211}
212
213fn classify_interpolate_error(text: &str, msg: String) -> crate::dsl::compile::EmbeddingError {
214    // "interpolation: unresolved placeholder '{name}' in '...'"
215    if let Some(rest) = msg.strip_prefix("interpolation: unresolved placeholder '{")
216        && let Some(end) = rest.find('}')
217    {
218        let name = rest[..end].to_string();
219        return crate::dsl::compile::EmbeddingError::UnresolvedPlaceholder {
220            name,
221            source: text.to_string(),
222        };
223    }
224    // Cyclic placeholder fall-through: classify as Parse since
225    // the text didn't stabilise.
226    crate::dsl::compile::EmbeddingError::Parse {
227        source: text.to_string(),
228        message: msg,
229        position: None,
230    }
231}
232
233/// Iterative leaf-placeholder substitution with escape handling,
234/// round cap, and final unresolved-name check. The `lookup`
235/// closure decides where each leaf's value comes from.
236///
237/// Public so callers like the synthesis-time clause probe can
238/// compose their own lookup (parent kernel + workload params +
239/// clause probes) without reimplementing the iterative loop.
240pub fn interpolate_with_lookup<F>(text: &str, lookup: F) -> Result<String, String>
241where
242    F: Fn(&str) -> Option<String>,
243{
244    let mut s = text.to_string();
245    let mut warned = false;
246    for round in 1..=ROUND_HARD {
247        if round == ROUND_WARN && !warned {
248            crate::library::support::audit::warn(&format!(
249                "interpolation: '{text}' has run {ROUND_WARN} substitution rounds — likely cyclic"
250            ));
251            warned = true;
252        }
253        let progress = one_pass(&mut s, &lookup)?;
254        if !progress {
255            break;
256        }
257        if round == ROUND_HARD {
258            return Err(format!(
259                "interpolation: '{text}' did not stabilize in {ROUND_HARD} rounds — \
260                 cyclic placeholders?"
261            ));
262        }
263    }
264    if let Some(unresolved) = first_unresolved(&s) {
265        return Err(format!(
266            "interpolation: unresolved placeholder '{{{unresolved}}}' in '{text}' — \
267             not bound by any outer for_each var or workload param. \
268             Use \\{{ \\}} to write literal braces."
269        ));
270    }
271    Ok(unescape(&s))
272}
273
274/// Extract every leaf `{name}` placeholder mentioned inside
275/// string-literal contexts in `src` into `refs`.
276///
277/// Used by the synthesiser to discover names the body
278/// references via `{name}` interpolation that don't appear as
279/// bare identifiers in the Polydat source. The detection is
280/// quote-aware: leading non-identifier chars (`'`, `"`) skip
281/// the placeholder, matching the binding compiler's
282/// `string_lit_has_real_placeholder` disambiguation.
283pub fn collect_string_interp_refs(src: &str, refs: &mut HashSet<String>) {
284    let chars: Vec<char> = src.chars().collect();
285    let mut i = 0;
286    let mut in_str: Option<char> = None;
287    while i < chars.len() {
288        let c = chars[i];
289        match in_str {
290            Some(quote) if c == quote => {
291                in_str = None;
292                i += 1;
293            }
294            Some(_) if c == '\\' && i + 1 < chars.len() => {
295                i += 2;
296            }
297            Some(_) if c == '{' => {
298                let body_start = i + 1;
299                let mut body_end = body_start;
300                while body_end < chars.len() && chars[body_end] != '}' {
301                    body_end += 1;
302                }
303                let body: String = chars[body_start..body_end].iter().collect();
304                let trimmed = body.trim();
305                if !trimmed.is_empty()
306                    && !trimmed.starts_with('\'')
307                    && !trimmed.starts_with('"')
308                    && trimmed
309                        .bytes()
310                        .all(|b| b.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || b == b'_')
311                    && !trimmed.bytes().next().unwrap().is_ascii_digit()
312                {
313                    refs.insert(trimmed.to_string());
314                }
315                i = body_end + 1;
316            }
317            Some(_) => {
318                i += 1;
319            }
320            None if c == '"' || c == '\'' => {
321                in_str = Some(c);
322                i += 1;
323            }
324            None => {
325                i += 1;
326            }
327        }
328    }
329}
330
331/// One sweep over `s`: replaces every **leaf** placeholder
332/// (`{NAME}` whose body contains no `{` or `}`) with its
333/// resolved value via the supplied `lookup` closure. Returns
334/// `Ok(true)` if any replacement happened, `Ok(false)` if the
335/// pass was a no-op (fixed point reached).
336fn one_pass<F>(s: &mut String, lookup: &F) -> Result<bool, String>
337where
338    F: Fn(&str) -> Option<String>,
339{
340    let bytes = s.as_bytes();
341    let n = bytes.len();
342    let mut out = String::with_capacity(n);
343    let mut i = 0;
344    let mut replaced_any = false;
345
346    while i < n {
347        let c = bytes[i];
348        if c == b'\\' && i + 1 < n && (bytes[i + 1] == b'{' || bytes[i + 1] == b'}') {
349            out.push('\\');
350            out.push(bytes[i + 1] as char);
351            i += 2;
352            continue;
353        }
354        if c == b'{' {
355            let mut j = i + 1;
356            let mut has_inner_open = false;
357            let mut end: Option<usize> = None;
358            while j < n {
359                let cj = bytes[j];
360                if cj == b'\\' && j + 1 < n && (bytes[j + 1] == b'{' || bytes[j + 1] == b'}') {
361                    j += 2;
362                    continue;
363                }
364                if cj == b'{' {
365                    has_inner_open = true;
366                    break;
367                }
368                if cj == b'}' {
369                    end = Some(j);
370                    break;
371                }
372                j += 1;
373            }
374            if has_inner_open {
375                out.push('{');
376                i += 1;
377                continue;
378            }
379            let Some(end_idx) = end else {
380                return Err(format!(
381                    "interpolation: unmatched '{{' in '{s}' starting at byte {i} — \
382                     write \\{{ for a literal opening brace"
383                ));
384            };
385            let name = std::str::from_utf8(&bytes[i + 1..end_idx])
386                .map_err(|e| format!("interpolation: non-utf8 placeholder in '{s}': {e}"))?
387                .to_string();
388            if name.is_empty() {
389                return Err(format!(
390                    "interpolation: empty placeholder '{{}}' in '{s}' — \
391                     write \\{{\\}} for literal braces"
392                ));
393            }
394            let value = lookup(&name);
395            let Some(value) = value else {
396                out.push_str(&s[i..=end_idx]);
397                i = end_idx + 1;
398                continue;
399            };
400            out.push_str(&value);
401            i = end_idx + 1;
402            replaced_any = true;
403            continue;
404        }
405        // Passthrough. ASCII bytes copy directly; a non-ASCII
406        // lead byte starts a multi-byte UTF-8 char that must be
407        // copied whole (`c as char` would split it into mojibake).
408        // `i` is always at a char boundary here — the scanner only
409        // advances past ASCII specials (`{` `}` `\`) or whole
410        // placeholders.
411        if c < 0x80 {
412            out.push(c as char);
413            i += 1;
414        } else {
415            let ch = s[i..].chars().next().expect("byte index at char boundary");
416            out.push(ch);
417            i += ch.len_utf8();
418        }
419    }
420    *s = out;
421    Ok(replaced_any)
422}
423
424/// Locate the first unresolved leaf placeholder name (after
425/// fixed-point iteration) for the diagnostic message. Returns
426/// `None` if every `{...}` is escaped or already resolved.
427fn first_unresolved(s: &str) -> Option<String> {
428    let bytes = s.as_bytes();
429    let n = bytes.len();
430    let mut i = 0;
431    while i < n {
432        if bytes[i] == b'\\' && i + 1 < n && (bytes[i + 1] == b'{' || bytes[i + 1] == b'}') {
433            i += 2;
434            continue;
435        }
436        if bytes[i] == b'{' {
437            let mut j = i + 1;
438            while j < n {
439                if bytes[j] == b'\\' && j + 1 < n && (bytes[j + 1] == b'{' || bytes[j + 1] == b'}')
440                {
441                    j += 2;
442                    continue;
443                }
444                if bytes[j] == b'}' {
445                    return Some(s[i + 1..j].to_string());
446                }
447                if bytes[j] == b'{' {
448                    break;
449                }
450                j += 1;
451            }
452        }
453        i += 1;
454    }
455    None
456}
457
458/// Strip `\{` → `{` and `\}` → `}`. Other escapes pass through
459/// untouched so the substituted text doesn't gain newlines or
460/// other surprises the user didn't ask for.
461fn unescape(s: &str) -> String {
462    // Char-based, not byte-based: `bytes[i] as char` would split
463    // any multi-byte UTF-8 sequence (e.g. `…` U+2026) into
464    // mojibake. Only `\{` and `\}` are unescaped; every other
465    // character — ASCII or not — passes through intact.
466    let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len());
467    let mut chars = s.chars().peekable();
468    while let Some(c) = chars.next() {
469        if c == '\\'
470            && let Some(&next) = chars.peek()
471            && (next == '{' || next == '}')
472        {
473            out.push(next);
474            chars.next();
475            continue;
476        }
477        out.push(c);
478    }
479    out
480}
481
482#[cfg(test)]
483mod tests {
484    use super::*;
485    use std::collections::HashMap;
486
487    fn h(pairs: &[(&str, &str)]) -> HashMap<String, String> {
488        pairs
489            .iter()
490            .map(|(k, v)| (k.to_string(), v.to_string()))
491            .collect()
492    }
493
494    #[test]
495    fn interpolate_with_lookup_resolves_leaves() {
496        let m = h(&[("name", "Alice"), ("count", "42")]);
497        let s = interpolate_with_lookup("hello {name}, you have {count} items", |n| {
498            m.get(n).cloned()
499        })
500        .unwrap();
501        assert_eq!(s, "hello Alice, you have 42 items");
502    }
503
504    #[test]
505    fn interpolate_with_lookup_handles_escapes() {
506        let m = h(&[("x", "1")]);
507        let s = interpolate_with_lookup("\\{literal\\} and {x}", |n| m.get(n).cloned()).unwrap();
508        assert_eq!(s, "{literal} and 1");
509    }
510
511    #[test]
512    fn interpolate_with_lookup_resolves_dynamic_via_iteration() {
513        // `{a_{b}_c}` resolves by first substituting {b} = "X",
514        // then re-scanning to find `{a_X_c}` as a leaf.
515        let m = h(&[("b", "X"), ("a_X_c", "RESULT")]);
516        let s = interpolate_with_lookup("got {a_{b}_c}", |n| m.get(n).cloned()).unwrap();
517        assert_eq!(s, "got RESULT");
518    }
519
520    #[test]
521    fn interpolate_with_lookup_errors_on_unresolved() {
522        let m = h(&[]);
523        let err = interpolate_with_lookup("missing: {nope}", |n| m.get(n).cloned()).unwrap_err();
524        assert!(err.contains("unresolved placeholder"));
525    }
526
527    #[test]
528    fn collect_string_interp_refs_picks_quoted_placeholders() {
529        let mut refs = HashSet::new();
530        collect_string_interp_refs(r#"do "x = {var}" and "{another}""#, &mut refs);
531        assert!(refs.contains("var"));
532        assert!(refs.contains("another"));
533    }
534
535    #[test]
536    fn collect_string_interp_refs_skips_outside_strings() {
537        let mut refs = HashSet::new();
538        collect_string_interp_refs("bare {not_picked} and \"yes {picked}\"", &mut refs);
539        assert!(refs.contains("picked"));
540        assert!(!refs.contains("not_picked"));
541    }
542}