sui_normalize/lib.rs
1//! Parse-time attrset-binding normalizer — CppNix's `ExprAttrs::addAttr`.
2//!
3//! # The defect this exists to remove
4//!
5//! sui decides duplicate-key **merge-vs-overwrite at EVAL time**, by forcing the
6//! colliding value to WHNF and asking *"is it an attrset?"*. Real nix decides it
7//! at **PARSE time, from SYNTAX**. Because sui asks a different question at a
8//! different time, all three engines give SILENT WRONG ANSWERS on legal nix.
9//! Measured against nix 2.31.5 on 2026-08-18:
10//!
11//! ```text
12//! let a = {b=1;}; a = {c=2;}; in a nix {b=1;c=2;} sui {c=2;}
13//! rec { o = {e=1;}; o.x = 2; } nix {o={e=1;x=2;};} sui {o={x=2;};}
14//! let b=1; in { a={x=2;}; a=rec{b=99;c=b;}; }
15//! nix c=1 sui c=99
16//! ```
17//!
18//! Every row exits 0. No error anywhere.
19//!
20//! # The rule, measured
21//!
22//! Merge iff **both sides are syntactic attrset literals** (`{…}` / `rec {…}`,
23//! including the implicit ones a dotted path creates), **recursively**. Reject
24//! otherwise. Decided from SYNTAX, never from the runtime value — so
25//! `let x = {b=1;}; in { s = x; s = {c=2;}; }` is a parse error even though the
26//! value of `x` *is* an attrset.
27//!
28//! # ★ It is a destructive SPLICE, not predicate-plus-union
29//!
30//! nix splices the second side's bindings INTO THE FIRST-DECLARED NODE. The
31//! first node's `rec` governs and a later `rec` is DISCARDED; the second side's
32//! bindings are RE-SCOPED into the first node's scope:
33//!
34//! ```text
35//! { a = rec {b=1;}; a = {c = b+1;}; }.a.c -> 2 non-rec side binds to the FIRST's rec scope
36//! { a = {b=1;}; a = rec {c=2; d=c;}; } -> parse error: undefined variable 'c'
37//! a standalone-valid rec block's INTERNAL
38//! reference is destroyed by the merge
39//! { a = rec {b=1; c=b+1;}; a.d = 3; } -> `{ a = rec { b=1; c=(b+1); d=3; }; }`
40//! the DOTTED member lands INSIDE the rec
41//! ```
42//!
43//! **No value-level merge can express re-scoping.** That is why this is a
44//! structural pass and not a fix inside any engine's collection loop.
45//!
46//! # Why a side-table rather than a rewritten tree
47//!
48//! rnix's CST is lossless and IMMUTABLE — the tree cannot be spliced. So this
49//! pass emits a [`NormalizeTable`]: a plan per binding-group node, which each
50//! engine consumes INSTEAD OF its own `for entry in set.entries()` loop. The
51//! shape is deliberately modelled on `sui-resolve`'s `ResolveTable`, including
52//! its most useful property:
53//!
54//! **An absent entry means "nothing to normalize"** — no collision, no dotted
55//! path — so every engine's existing fast path is untouched for the
56//! overwhelming majority of attrsets, and the table stays small. That is the
57//! parity-by-construction argument: this pass can only change the groups it
58//! records, and it records only the groups that today are wrong.
59//!
60//! # Placement
61//!
62//! This crate must be reachable by all three engines, so it sits at
63//! `sui-resolve`'s level and depends on `sui-intern` + `rnix` + `rowan` only.
64//! It must NOT depend on `sui-eval`: `sui-bytecode` carries `sui-eval` as a
65//! path-only dev-dep to break a publish cycle, and a real edge here would close
66//! it. Hence the error type is self-contained — no `EvalError` — and each
67//! engine maps [`NormalizeError`] into its own error on the way out.
68//!
69//! # Status
70//!
71//! **STAGE 0: UNWIRED.** Nothing consumes this yet, by design — the rule is
72//! built and proven against the oracle before it can change any engine's
73//! behaviour. Wiring is stages 1–4.
74
75use rnix::ast::{self, HasEntry};
76use rowan::ast::AstNode;
77use sui_intern::Symbol;
78
79/// One component of an attribute path, after constant-folding.
80///
81/// The static/dynamic split is a **constant-fold on node kind**, not
82/// "quoted vs unquoted" — which is the trap that makes intuition wrong here:
83///
84/// ```text
85/// a Ident -> STATIC
86/// "a" Str, no interpolation
87/// -> STATIC (`{ "a" = 1; a = 2; }` is a duplicate)
88/// ${"a"} Dynamic wrapping a pure Str
89/// -> STATIC (`{ ${"a"} = 1; a = 2; }` is a duplicate)
90/// "${"a"}" Str WITH interpolation
91/// -> DYNAMIC (parses fine; errors only when FORCED)
92/// ${"a"+""} Dynamic wrapping a non-Str
93/// -> DYNAMIC
94/// ```
95///
96/// Getting this wrong in the permissive direction turns a currently-correct
97/// answer into a throw: `{ a = {p=1;}; ${"a"} = {q=2;}; }` merges in nix, and
98/// sui already agrees with it today.
99#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
100pub enum AttrKey {
101 /// Folded to a compile-time-known name.
102 Static(Symbol),
103 /// Genuinely dynamic — resolved, and checked for collisions, only when the
104 /// enclosing attrset is FORCED. Never participates in a parse-time merge.
105 Dynamic(ast::Expr),
106}
107
108/// A binding after normalization.
109#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
110pub enum Binding {
111 /// A value that is NOT a syntactic attrset literal, so it can never merge.
112 Leaf(ast::Expr),
113 /// A syntactic attrset literal, or an implicit one created by a dotted
114 /// path. Mergeable — and merging splices into THIS node.
115 Group(GroupPlan),
116 /// `inherit x` — resolve `x` in the group's ENCLOSING scope, never its own
117 /// rec scope. That is what makes an inherited binding shadow rather than
118 /// self-reference, and why it can never merge.
119 Inherit,
120 /// `inherit (e) x` — force `GroupPlan::inherit_froms[from]`, then select.
121 ///
122 /// ★ An INDEX, not a cloned expression. One `inherit (e) a b c;` clause
123 /// must evaluate `e` AT MOST ONCE and share the result across all three
124 /// names; cloning the expr per name evaluates it three times, which is
125 /// observable through `builtins.trace` and through any impure source. The
126 /// index is per-GROUP because the splice moves a clause between groups.
127 InheritFrom {
128 /// Index into the owning [`GroupPlan::inherit_froms`].
129 from: usize,
130 },
131}
132
133/// A dynamic-keyed binding, kept out of the static map.
134#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
135pub struct DynamicBinding {
136 /// The key expression, evaluated at force time in the owning group's scope.
137 pub key: ast::Expr,
138 /// The bound value. A [`Binding`], not a bare expression: a dynamic key
139 /// can bind an attrset literal (`{ ${k} = {a=1;}; }`), which is already
140 /// lowered to a `Group` by the time it arrives here.
141 pub value: Binding,
142}
143
144/// One static binding, with the source position of its FIRST definition.
145///
146/// The position is carried because nix's duplicate message names two of them —
147/// `attribute 'a.b' already defined at «string»:1:3` for the first, and the
148/// error's own location for the second.
149#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
150pub struct StaticBinding {
151 /// The folded attribute name.
152 pub name: Symbol,
153 /// What is bound.
154 pub binding: Binding,
155 /// Byte offset where this name was FIRST defined.
156 pub pos: u32,
157}
158
159/// The normalized plan for one binding group — an attrset, a `let`, a `rec`,
160/// or a legacy `let { … }`.
161#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
162pub struct GroupPlan {
163 /// Effective recursiveness. **The FIRST definition's, never an OR of the
164 /// two** — a later `rec` is discarded, which is what makes
165 /// `{ a = {b=1;}; a = rec {c=2; d=c;}; }` a parse error in nix.
166 pub recursive: bool,
167 /// Static bindings after the splice, in nix's insertion order.
168 pub statics: Vec<StaticBinding>,
169 /// Dynamic-keyed bindings. Collisions among these — and against
170 /// `statics` — are an EVAL-time error, and only when forced.
171 pub dynamics: Vec<DynamicBinding>,
172 /// One entry per `inherit (e) …;` clause that landed on this group,
173 /// INCLUDING clauses spliced in from a later side. Referenced by index
174 /// from [`Binding::InheritFrom`] so a clause's source is evaluated once
175 /// and shared across its names.
176 ///
177 /// Evaluated in the group's OWN scope, which is rec-visible when the group
178 /// is recursive — measured: `rec { b = {x=99;}; inherit (b) x; }` is
179 /// `x = 99`, so the source sees the group it is being bound into.
180 pub inherit_froms: Vec<ast::Expr>,
181}
182
183impl GroupPlan {
184 fn index_of(&self, sym: Symbol) -> Option<usize> {
185 self.statics.iter().position(|b| b.name == sym)
186 }
187}
188
189/// A parse-time rejection. Carries what is needed to render nix's message.
190///
191/// nix has FIVE distinct reject messages, not one; this models the two that
192/// duplicate-attribute normalization produces. The other three (dynamic
193/// attributes in `let`/`inherit`, and the `${e}` force-time collision) belong
194/// to their own layers.
195#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
196pub enum NormalizeError {
197 /// `attribute '<dotted-path>' already defined at <pos>`
198 DuplicateAttr {
199 /// The full dotted path, already quoted per `showAttrPath` rules.
200 path: String,
201 /// Byte offset of the FIRST definition.
202 first: u32,
203 /// Byte offset of the offending one.
204 second: u32,
205 },
206 /// `duplicate formal function argument '<name>'`
207 DuplicateFormal {
208 /// The repeated formal's name.
209 name: String,
210 /// Byte offset to report.
211 at: u32,
212 },
213}
214
215impl std::fmt::Display for NormalizeError {
216 fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
217 match self {
218 Self::DuplicateAttr { path, .. } => {
219 write!(f, "attribute '{path}' already defined")
220 }
221 Self::DuplicateFormal { name, .. } => {
222 write!(f, "duplicate formal function argument '{name}'")
223 }
224 }
225 }
226}
227
228impl std::error::Error for NormalizeError {}
229
230/// Render one path component the way CppNix's `showAttrPath` does.
231///
232/// A component is emitted bare iff it matches `[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_'-]*` AND is
233/// not one of exactly NINE reserved words. Everything else is quoted, with `"`
234/// and newline escaped. Measured bare: `a`, `a1`, `_a`, `a-b`, `a'b`, and
235/// notably `or`, `true`, `false`, `null` — which are NOT reserved in this
236/// position. Measured quoted: `"1a"`, `"a b"`, `"a.b"`, `""`, and the nine.
237#[must_use]
238pub fn show_attr_component(name: &str) -> String {
239 const RESERVED: [&str; 9] = [
240 "if", "then", "else", "assert", "with", "let", "in", "rec", "inherit",
241 ];
242 let mut chars = name.chars();
243 let bare = match chars.next() {
244 Some(c) if c.is_ascii_alphabetic() || c == '_' => chars
245 .all(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || matches!(c, '_' | '\'' | '-')),
246 _ => false,
247 } && !RESERVED.contains(&name);
248
249 if bare {
250 name.to_string()
251 } else {
252 format!(
253 "\"{}\"",
254 name.replace('\\', "\\\\")
255 .replace('"', "\\\"")
256 .replace('\n', "\\n")
257 )
258 }
259}
260
261/// True iff `expr` is a syntactic attrset literal, seeing through PARENTHESES.
262///
263/// ★ Parens are the trap. CppNix's grammar discards them (`'(' expr ')' { $$ =
264/// $2; }`) so its `dynamic_cast<ExprAttrs *>` sees straight through; rnix keeps
265/// `NODE_PAREN` as a real CST node, so a bare `matches!(e, Expr::AttrSet(_))`
266/// misses `((({b=1;})))` — which nix merges. Parens are transparent
267/// RECURSIVELY, including around `rec`.
268///
269/// Every OTHER wrapper is opaque, verified: `let`, `with`, `assert`, `if`, and
270/// `//` all make the value non-mergeable even when it evaluates to an attrset.
271#[must_use]
272pub fn as_attrset_literal(expr: &ast::Expr) -> Option<ast::AttrSet> {
273 match expr {
274 ast::Expr::AttrSet(set) => Some(set.clone()),
275 ast::Expr::Paren(p) => p.expr().as_ref().and_then(as_attrset_literal),
276 _ => None,
277 }
278}
279
280/// Strip `(…)` recursively. CppNix's grammar discards parens outright, so
281/// anything that asks "what KIND of expression is this?" must strip them first
282/// or it will answer about the wrapper.
283#[must_use]
284pub fn strip_parens(expr: &ast::Expr) -> ast::Expr {
285 match expr {
286 ast::Expr::Paren(p) => p.expr().as_ref().map_or_else(|| expr.clone(), strip_parens),
287 other => other.clone(),
288 }
289}
290
291/// Constant-fold an attribute-path component, per the rule on [`AttrKey`].
292#[must_use]
293pub fn fold_attr(attr: &ast::Attr) -> Option<AttrKey> {
294 match attr {
295 ast::Attr::Ident(ident) => Some(AttrKey::Static(sui_intern::intern(
296 &ident.syntax().text().to_string(),
297 ))),
298 // A quoted key folds to STATIC iff it has no interpolation; with
299 // interpolation it is DYNAMIC.
300 //
301 // ★ It must never yield `None`. The caller skips a `None` component,
302 // which DROPS it from the attrpath — so `a."${"b"}" = 1; a."${"c"}" = 2;`
303 // collapsed to two bindings of plain `a` and was rejected as a
304 // duplicate, on input nix ACCEPTS. A false reject is the dangerous
305 // direction: it refuses working code. Caught by scanning the fleet,
306 // where it hit two of sui's own corpus fixtures.
307 ast::Attr::Str(s) => Some(literal_str_text(s).map_or_else(
308 || AttrKey::Dynamic(ast::Expr::Str(s.clone())),
309 |t| AttrKey::Static(sui_intern::intern(&t)),
310 )),
311 // `${e}` folds iff `e` is a pure string literal — AFTER stripping
312 // parens. `${("a")}` and `${''a''}` both fold in nix; a fold that
313 // only looks for a bare `Expr::Str` misses them and demotes a
314 // mergeable static key to dynamic, which silently changes the answer.
315 ast::Attr::Dynamic(dy) => {
316 let inner = dy.expr()?;
317 let stripped = strip_parens(&inner);
318 match &stripped {
319 ast::Expr::Str(s) => literal_str_text(s)
320 .map(|t| AttrKey::Static(sui_intern::intern(&t)))
321 .or(Some(AttrKey::Dynamic(inner.clone()))),
322 _ => Some(AttrKey::Dynamic(inner.clone())),
323 }
324 }
325 }
326}
327
328/// The text of a string node iff it is a pure literal (no `${…}` parts).
329fn literal_str_text(s: &ast::Str) -> Option<String> {
330 // `normalized_parts`, not `parts`: it applies `''` indentation stripping and
331 // escape processing, so the folded key is the string nix would compare —
332 // `{ "a\tb" = 1; }` must fold to a TAB, not to a backslash and a `t`.
333 let mut out = String::new();
334 for part in s.normalized_parts() {
335 match part {
336 ast::InterpolPart::Literal(text) => out.push_str(&text),
337 ast::InterpolPart::Interpolation(_) => return None,
338 }
339 }
340 Some(out)
341}
342
343/// The normalized plans for one parsed source tree.
344///
345/// Keyed by the binding-group node's `text_range().start()`, exactly as
346/// `sui_resolve::ResolveTable` keys idents. An unrecorded offset means the
347/// group needs no normalization — no duplicate static key and no dotted path —
348/// so consumers keep their existing path for it.
349#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
350pub struct NormalizeTable {
351 by_offset: rustc_hash::FxHashMap<u32, GroupPlan>,
352}
353
354impl NormalizeTable {
355 /// An empty table — every lookup returns `None`.
356 #[must_use]
357 pub fn new() -> Self {
358 Self::default()
359 }
360
361 /// The plan recorded for the group node starting at `text_offset`, if any.
362 #[must_use]
363 pub fn get(&self, text_offset: u32) -> Option<&GroupPlan> {
364 self.by_offset.get(&text_offset)
365 }
366
367 /// Number of recorded groups. Small by construction — see the module docs.
368 #[must_use]
369 pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
370 self.by_offset.len()
371 }
372
373 /// True when no group needed normalization.
374 #[must_use]
375 pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
376 self.by_offset.is_empty()
377 }
378
379 /// Iterate the recorded `(text_offset, plan)` pairs. Consumers merge these
380 /// into their own per-`(source_id, offset)` table, exactly as
381 /// `sui-resolve`'s consumers do.
382 pub fn iter(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (u32, &GroupPlan)> {
383 self.by_offset.iter().map(|(o, p)| (*o, p))
384 }
385
386 fn insert(&mut self, offset: u32, plan: GroupPlan) {
387 self.by_offset.insert(offset, plan);
388 }
389}
390
391// ── The splice ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
392
393/// Byte offset where a node starts.
394fn offset_of(node: &rowan::SyntaxNode<rnix::NixLanguage>) -> u32 {
395 u32::from(node.text_range().start())
396}
397
398/// Insert `value` at `path` into `group` — CppNix's `ExprAttrs::addAttr`.
399///
400/// Descends `path`, creating IMPLICIT non-recursive groups for intermediate
401/// components (that is what makes `{ a.b = 1; }` and `{ a = { b = 1; }; }`
402/// produce identical trees). At the leaf:
403///
404/// * absent -> insert
405/// * both are `Group` -> **SPLICE**: recursively add the incoming group's
406/// members into the EXISTING one, so the existing
407/// node's `recursive` survives and the incoming
408/// group's is discarded
409/// * anything else -> reject, naming the dotted path
410///
411/// `trail` carries the components consumed so far, purely so the error can name
412/// the full path — nix reports `attribute 'a.b' already defined`, not `'b'`.
413fn add_attr(
414 group: &mut GroupPlan,
415 path: &[AttrKey],
416 value: Binding,
417 pos: u32,
418 trail: &mut Vec<String>,
419) -> Result<(), NormalizeError> {
420 let Some((head, rest)) = path.split_first() else {
421 // An empty attrpath is not constructible from the grammar; treat it as
422 // "nothing to add" rather than panicking on a slice index — the exact
423 // shape that made the bytecode compiler crash on `{ a.b = 1; a.b = 2; }`.
424 return Ok(());
425 };
426
427 let sym = match head {
428 AttrKey::Static(s) => *s,
429 AttrKey::Dynamic(key) => {
430 // A dynamic component never participates in a parse-time merge and
431 // never rejects at parse. It is deferred wholesale: nix checks it
432 // when the attrset is FORCED, and not at all if it never is —
433 // `let s = { "${"a"}" = 1; a = 2; }; in 42` is `42`, no error.
434 //
435 // An INTERMEDIATE dynamic component (`a.${k}.b = 1`) mints a
436 // fresh implicit group and the REST OF THE PATH GOES INSIDE IT.
437 //
438 // ★ Returning here without recording anything silently DROPPED
439 // the binding: `let k = "z"; in { a.${k}.b = 1; }` built
440 // `{ a = { }; }` where nix builds `{ a = { z = { b = 1; }; }; }`.
441 // That is the exact failure class this crate exists to remove,
442 // reintroduced by its own fix — and the pre-existing path had it
443 // RIGHT. Caught by `sui-ir`'s eval differential, which is the
444 // only gate that compares the two engines on this shape.
445 //
446 // A fresh group per occurrence is also why an intermediate
447 // dynamic can never collide, and therefore why a reported
448 // duplicate path is always all-static.
449 if rest.is_empty() {
450 group.dynamics.push(DynamicBinding {
451 key: key.clone(),
452 value,
453 });
454 } else {
455 let mut sub = GroupPlan::default();
456 add_attr(&mut sub, rest, value, pos, trail)?;
457 group.dynamics.push(DynamicBinding {
458 key: key.clone(),
459 value: Binding::Group(sub),
460 });
461 }
462 return Ok(());
463 }
464 };
465
466 trail.push(show_attr_component(&sui_intern::resolve(sym)));
467
468 if rest.is_empty() {
469 match group.index_of(sym) {
470 None => {
471 group.statics.push(StaticBinding {
472 name: sym,
473 binding: value,
474 pos,
475 });
476 }
477 Some(idx) => {
478 let first = group.statics[idx].pos;
479 // ★ THE SPLICE. Both sides must be syntactic groups; the
480 // EXISTING one is the survivor, so its `recursive` governs and
481 // the incoming one's is dropped on the floor — which is exactly
482 // why a later `rec`'s internal references break.
483 match (&mut group.statics[idx].binding, value) {
484 (Binding::Group(existing), Binding::Group(incoming)) => {
485 // The incoming group's `inherit (e)` clauses move into
486 // the existing group, so every `InheritFrom` index in
487 // its members must be REBASED onto the existing
488 // group's arena. Missing this silently points a
489 // spliced inherit at the wrong source expression.
490 let base = existing.inherit_froms.len();
491 existing.inherit_froms.extend(incoming.inherit_froms);
492 let incoming_statics: Vec<StaticBinding> = incoming
493 .statics
494 .into_iter()
495 .map(|mut m| {
496 rebase_inherit_from(&mut m.binding, base);
497 m
498 })
499 .collect();
500 for member in incoming_statics {
501 let mut sub_trail = trail.clone();
502 add_attr(
503 existing,
504 &[AttrKey::Static(member.name)],
505 member.binding,
506 member.pos,
507 &mut sub_trail,
508 )?;
509 }
510 existing.dynamics.extend(incoming.dynamics);
511 }
512 _ => {
513 return Err(NormalizeError::DuplicateAttr {
514 path: trail.join("."),
515 first,
516 second: pos,
517 });
518 }
519 }
520 }
521 }
522 } else {
523 // Intermediate component: get-or-create an implicit NON-recursive group.
524 let idx = match group.index_of(sym) {
525 Some(idx) => idx,
526 None => {
527 group.statics.push(StaticBinding {
528 name: sym,
529 binding: Binding::Group(GroupPlan::default()),
530 pos,
531 });
532 group.statics.len() - 1
533 }
534 };
535 let first = group.statics[idx].pos;
536 let Binding::Group(sub) = &mut group.statics[idx].binding else {
537 // The path descends THROUGH a non-mergeable binding, e.g.
538 // `{ a = 1; a.b = 2; }`. nix names the SHALLOWEST level where a
539 // side is not a literal — which is the trail as it stands now.
540 return Err(NormalizeError::DuplicateAttr {
541 path: trail.join("."),
542 first,
543 second: pos,
544 });
545 };
546 add_attr(sub, rest, value, pos, trail)?;
547 }
548 Ok(())
549}
550
551/// Shift every `InheritFrom` index in `binding` (and, recursively, in any
552/// nested group) by `base`. Used when a group is spliced into another and its
553/// `inherit_froms` arena is appended to the survivor's.
554fn rebase_inherit_from(binding: &mut Binding, base: usize) {
555 match binding {
556 Binding::InheritFrom { from } => *from += base,
557 Binding::Group(sub) => {
558 for m in &mut sub.statics {
559 rebase_inherit_from(&mut m.binding, base);
560 }
561 }
562 Binding::Leaf(_) | Binding::Inherit => {}
563 }
564}
565
566/// Lower one value expression to a [`Binding`].
567///
568/// A syntactic attrset literal becomes a `Group` — recursively normalized —
569/// so that merging is uniformly "both sides are Groups". Everything else is a
570/// `Leaf` and can never merge. This is the single place the syntax-not-value
571/// rule is decided.
572fn lower_value(expr: &ast::Expr) -> Result<Binding, NormalizeError> {
573 match as_attrset_literal(expr) {
574 Some(set) => Ok(Binding::Group(plan_for_entries(&set, set.rec_token().is_some())?)),
575 None => Ok(Binding::Leaf(expr.clone())),
576 }
577}
578
579/// Build the plan for one `HasEntry` node's entries, in source order.
580fn plan_for_entries<N: HasEntry>(node: &N, recursive: bool) -> Result<GroupPlan, NormalizeError> {
581 let mut plan = GroupPlan {
582 recursive,
583 ..GroupPlan::default()
584 };
585
586 for entry in node.entries() {
587 match entry {
588 ast::Entry::AttrpathValue(av) => {
589 let (Some(attrpath), Some(value)) = (av.attrpath(), av.value()) else {
590 continue;
591 };
592 let mut path = Vec::new();
593 for attr in attrpath.attrs() {
594 let Some(key) = fold_attr(&attr) else { continue };
595 path.push(key);
596 }
597 let pos = offset_of(av.syntax());
598 let binding = lower_value(&value)?;
599 let mut trail = Vec::new();
600 add_attr(&mut plan, &path, binding, pos, &mut trail)?;
601 }
602 ast::Entry::Inherit(inh) => {
603 // Register the clause's source ONCE; every name it binds
604 // refers to it by index. Cloning the expr per name would
605 // evaluate the source N times.
606 let from_idx = inh.from().and_then(|f| f.expr()).map(|e| {
607 plan.inherit_froms.push(e);
608 plan.inherit_froms.len() - 1
609 });
610 for attr in inh.attrs() {
611 let Some(AttrKey::Static(sym)) = fold_attr(&attr) else {
612 // A dynamic key in `inherit` is rejected by nix at
613 // parse with its OWN message, which belongs to a
614 // different layer than duplicate detection.
615 continue;
616 };
617 let pos = offset_of(attr.syntax());
618 let mut trail = Vec::new();
619 let binding = match from_idx {
620 Some(from) => Binding::InheritFrom { from },
621 None => Binding::Inherit,
622 };
623 add_attr(&mut plan, &[AttrKey::Static(sym)], binding, pos, &mut trail)?;
624 }
625 }
626 }
627 }
628 Ok(plan)
629}
630
631/// Normalize every binding group in a parsed tree.
632///
633/// Returns the plans for groups that actually need one. A group with no
634/// duplicate static key and no dotted path is NOT recorded — consumers keep
635/// their existing path for it, which is what bounds this pass's blast radius.
636///
637/// # Errors
638///
639/// Returns the first [`NormalizeError`] in source order, matching nix's
640/// parse-time rejection.
641pub fn normalize(root: &ast::Root) -> Result<NormalizeTable, NormalizeError> {
642 let mut table = NormalizeTable::new();
643 let Some(expr) = root.expr() else {
644 return Ok(table);
645 };
646 walk(&expr, &mut table)?;
647 Ok(table)
648}
649
650/// Does this group need a plan at all? True iff some entry has a dotted path
651/// or two entries share a folded static key.
652fn needs_plan<N: HasEntry>(node: &N) -> bool {
653 let mut seen: Vec<Symbol> = Vec::new();
654 for entry in node.entries() {
655 match entry {
656 ast::Entry::AttrpathValue(av) => {
657 let Some(attrpath) = av.attrpath() else { continue };
658 let attrs: Vec<_> = attrpath.attrs().collect();
659 if attrs.len() > 1 {
660 return true;
661 }
662 if let Some(AttrKey::Static(s)) = attrs.first().and_then(fold_attr) {
663 if seen.contains(&s) {
664 return true;
665 }
666 seen.push(s);
667 }
668 }
669 ast::Entry::Inherit(inh) => {
670 for attr in inh.attrs() {
671 if let Some(AttrKey::Static(s)) = fold_attr(&attr) {
672 if seen.contains(&s) {
673 return true;
674 }
675 seen.push(s);
676 }
677 }
678 }
679 }
680 }
681 false
682}
683
684/// Recursively visit every expression, recording plans for binding groups.
685fn walk(expr: &ast::Expr, table: &mut NormalizeTable) -> Result<(), NormalizeError> {
686 if let ast::Expr::AttrSet(set) = expr {
687 if needs_plan(set) {
688 let plan = plan_for_entries(set, set.rec_token().is_some())?;
689 table.insert(offset_of(set.syntax()), plan);
690 }
691 } else if let ast::Expr::LetIn(letin) = expr {
692 if needs_plan(letin) {
693 // A `let` binds recursively by construction.
694 let plan = plan_for_entries(letin, true)?;
695 table.insert(offset_of(letin.syntax()), plan);
696 }
697 } else if let ast::Expr::LegacyLet(ll) = expr {
698 // `let { … body = …; }` — the deprecated form. Also recursive, and
699 // also subject to the merge rule; the tree-walker silently DISCARDED
700 // every multi-segment attrpath here.
701 if needs_plan(ll) {
702 let plan = plan_for_entries(ll, true)?;
703 table.insert(offset_of(ll.syntax()), plan);
704 }
705 }
706
707 for child in expr.syntax().children() {
708 if let Some(child_expr) = ast::Expr::cast(child) {
709 walk(&child_expr, table)?;
710 }
711 }
712 Ok(())
713}
714
715#[cfg(test)]
716mod tests {
717 use super::*;
718
719 fn parse(src: &str) -> ast::Root {
720 let parse = rnix::Root::parse(src);
721 assert!(
722 parse.errors().is_empty(),
723 "{src}: rnix parse errors {:?}",
724 parse.errors()
725 );
726 parse.tree()
727 }
728
729 fn plan(src: &str) -> Result<NormalizeTable, NormalizeError> {
730 normalize(&parse(src))
731 }
732
733 /// Render the FIRST recorded group as a canonical shape string, so tests
734 /// read as the tree they assert. `rec` is shown because rec-ness is the
735 /// half of this rule that a value-level merge cannot express.
736 fn shape(src: &str) -> String {
737 let table = plan(src).unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("{src}: rejected: {e}"));
738 let mut offsets: Vec<u32> = table.by_offset.keys().copied().collect();
739 offsets.sort_unstable();
740 let first = offsets
741 .first()
742 .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("{src}: no group was recorded"));
743 render(table.get(*first).expect("recorded"))
744 }
745
746 fn render(plan: &GroupPlan) -> String {
747 let mut parts: Vec<String> = plan
748 .statics
749 .iter()
750 .map(|b| {
751 let name = sui_intern::resolve(b.name);
752 match &b.binding {
753 Binding::Leaf(_) => name.to_string(),
754 Binding::Inherit | Binding::InheritFrom { .. } => format!("inherit {name}"),
755 Binding::Group(sub) => format!("{name} = {}", render(sub)),
756 }
757 })
758 .collect();
759 for d in &plan.dynamics {
760 let _ = &d.key;
761 parts.push("${…}".to_string());
762 }
763 let body = parts.join("; ");
764 if plan.recursive {
765 format!("rec {{ {body} }}")
766 } else {
767 format!("{{ {body} }}")
768 }
769 }
770
771 fn err(src: &str) -> NormalizeError {
772 plan(src).expect_err(&format!("{src}: expected a rejection"))
773 }
774
775 // ── the MERGE rows ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
776
777 #[test]
778 fn dotted_paths_merge() {
779 assert_eq!(shape("{ a.b = 1; a.c = 2; }"), "{ a = { b; c } }");
780 assert_eq!(shape("{ a.b.c = 1; a.b.d = 2; }"), "{ a = { b = { c; d } } }");
781 }
782
783 /// ★ The literal and dotted forms produce the SAME tree — that is the whole
784 /// reason a duplicate-key check cannot be "reject repeated keys".
785 #[test]
786 fn attrset_literals_merge_like_dotted_paths() {
787 let dotted = shape("{ a.b = 1; a.c = 2; }");
788 let literal = shape("{ a = {b=1;}; a = {c=2;}; }");
789 let mixed = shape("{ a = {b=1;}; a.c = 2; }");
790 assert_eq!(dotted, literal, "literal form must merge like the dotted one");
791 assert_eq!(dotted, mixed, "mixed form must merge like the dotted one");
792 }
793
794 /// ★ rec-ness comes from the FIRST definition, and a later `rec` is
795 /// DISCARDED. This is the row a value-level merge structurally cannot
796 /// express, and it is why `{ a = {b=1;}; a = rec {c=2; d=c;}; }` is a nix
797 /// parse error: the incoming block's own internal reference is destroyed.
798 #[test]
799 fn recness_is_taken_from_the_first_definition() {
800 assert_eq!(
801 shape("{ a = rec {b=1;}; a = {c=2;}; }"),
802 "{ a = rec { b; c } }",
803 "the FIRST definition's rec must survive"
804 );
805 assert_eq!(
806 shape("{ a = {b=1;}; a = rec {c=2;}; }"),
807 "{ a = { b; c } }",
808 "a LATER rec must be discarded, not OR-ed in"
809 );
810 }
811
812 /// A dotted member splices INSIDE an existing rec.
813 #[test]
814 fn a_dotted_member_lands_inside_the_rec() {
815 assert_eq!(shape("{ a = rec {b=1;}; a.d = 3; }"), "{ a = rec { b; d } }");
816 }
817
818 /// ★ Parens are transparent RECURSIVELY. CppNix's grammar discards them;
819 /// rnix keeps NODE_PAREN, so a bare `matches!(e, Expr::AttrSet(_))` misses
820 /// these and turns a legal merge into a rejection.
821 #[test]
822 fn parentheses_are_transparent() {
823 assert_eq!(shape("{ a = ({b=1;}); a = {c=2;}; }"), "{ a = { b; c } }");
824 assert_eq!(shape("{ a = ((({b=1;}))); a = {c=2;}; }"), "{ a = { b; c } }");
825 assert_eq!(
826 shape("{ a = ((rec {b=1;})); a = {c=2;}; }"),
827 "{ a = rec { b; c } }",
828 "a rec inside parens must still be seen, WITH its rec-ness"
829 );
830 }
831
832 /// `let` obeys the identical rule — the class of bug this crate exists for
833 /// is at its worst here, because sui silently DROPS keys.
834 #[test]
835 fn let_bindings_merge_by_the_same_rule() {
836 assert_eq!(shape("let a = {b=1;}; a = {c=2;}; in a"), "rec { a = { b; c } }");
837 assert_eq!(shape("let a.b = 1; a.c = 2; in a"), "rec { a = { b; c } }");
838 }
839
840 // ── the REJECT rows ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
841
842 #[test]
843 fn a_plain_duplicate_is_rejected() {
844 assert!(matches!(
845 err("{ a = 1; a = 2; }"),
846 NormalizeError::DuplicateAttr { ref path, .. } if path == "a"
847 ));
848 }
849
850 /// ★ The check is RECURSIVE and the message names the FULL dotted path —
851 /// `a.b`, not `b`.
852 #[test]
853 fn a_nested_conflict_names_the_full_path() {
854 let NormalizeError::DuplicateAttr { path, .. } = err("{ a = {b=1;}; a = {b=2;}; }") else {
855 panic!("expected DuplicateAttr");
856 };
857 assert_eq!(path, "a.b");
858
859 let NormalizeError::DuplicateAttr { path, .. } = err("{ a.b.c = 1; a.b.c = 2; }") else {
860 panic!("expected DuplicateAttr");
861 };
862 assert_eq!(path, "a.b.c");
863 }
864
865 /// ★ Decided from SYNTAX, never the value. Every wrapper except parens is
866 /// opaque, even when it plainly evaluates to an attrset.
867 #[test]
868 fn non_literal_wrappers_are_opaque() {
869 for src in [
870 "{ a = if true then {b=1;} else {}; a = {c=2;}; }",
871 "{ a = let x = 1; in {b=x;}; a = {c=2;}; }",
872 "{ a = with {}; {b=1;}; a = {c=2;}; }",
873 "{ a = assert true; {b=1;}; a = {c=2;}; }",
874 "{ a = {b=1;} // {z=9;}; a = {c=2;}; }",
875 ] {
876 assert!(
877 plan(src).is_err(),
878 "{src}: the value is an attrset but the SYNTAX is not — must reject"
879 );
880 }
881 }
882
883 /// A path descending THROUGH a non-mergeable binding rejects at the
884 /// shallowest level where a side is not a literal.
885 #[test]
886 fn descending_through_a_leaf_is_rejected() {
887 let NormalizeError::DuplicateAttr { path, .. } = err("{ a = 1; a.b = 2; }") else {
888 panic!("expected DuplicateAttr");
889 };
890 assert_eq!(path, "a");
891 }
892
893 /// An inherited binding never merges, in either order.
894 #[test]
895 fn inherit_never_merges() {
896 assert!(plan("let x = 1; in { inherit x; x = 2; }").is_err());
897 assert!(plan("let x = 1; in { x = 2; inherit x; }").is_err());
898 assert!(plan("{ inherit (s) a; a = 1; }").is_err());
899 }
900
901 /// ★ One `inherit (e) a b c;` registers its source EXACTLY ONCE, and all
902 /// three names index it. A source cloned per name is evaluated per name —
903 /// observable through `builtins.trace`, and through any impure source.
904 #[test]
905 fn an_inherit_from_clause_shares_one_source() {
906 let table = plan("{ inherit (src) a b c; d.e = 1; }").expect("ok");
907 let mut offs: Vec<u32> = table.by_offset.keys().copied().collect();
908 offs.sort_unstable();
909 let g = table.get(offs[0]).expect("recorded");
910 assert_eq!(
911 g.inherit_froms.len(),
912 1,
913 "one clause must yield one arena entry, got {}",
914 g.inherit_froms.len()
915 );
916 let idxs: Vec<usize> = g
917 .statics
918 .iter()
919 .filter_map(|b| match b.binding {
920 Binding::InheritFrom { from } => Some(from),
921 _ => None,
922 })
923 .collect();
924 assert_eq!(idxs, vec![0, 0, 0], "all three names must share index 0");
925 }
926
927 /// And when a group carrying an `inherit (e)` is SPLICED into another that
928 /// already has one, the incoming indices must be REBASED onto the
929 /// survivor's arena. Without the rebase a spliced inherit silently points
930 /// at the wrong source expression — a wrong value, not an error.
931 #[test]
932 fn a_spliced_inherit_from_is_rebased_onto_the_survivor() {
933 let table = plan("{ a = { inherit (p) x; }; a = { inherit (q) y; }; }").expect("ok");
934 let mut offs: Vec<u32> = table.by_offset.keys().copied().collect();
935 offs.sort_unstable();
936 let outer = table.get(offs[0]).expect("recorded");
937 let Binding::Group(merged) = &outer.statics[0].binding else {
938 panic!("expected a merged group");
939 };
940 assert_eq!(merged.inherit_froms.len(), 2, "both clauses must survive");
941 let idxs: Vec<usize> = merged
942 .statics
943 .iter()
944 .filter_map(|b| match b.binding {
945 Binding::InheritFrom { from } => Some(from),
946 _ => None,
947 })
948 .collect();
949 assert_eq!(
950 idxs,
951 vec![0, 1],
952 "the spliced clause must point at its OWN source, not the survivor's"
953 );
954 }
955
956 // ── the constant-fold boundary ───────────────────────────────────────
957
958 /// ★ Static/dynamic is a fold on NODE KIND, not quoted-vs-unquoted.
959 /// Getting this wrong in the permissive direction turns a
960 /// currently-CORRECT sui answer into a throw.
961 #[test]
962 fn static_dynamic_split_is_a_constant_fold() {
963 // Folds to static -> participates in the merge, and can reject.
964 assert!(plan(r#"{ "a" = 1; a = 2; }"#).is_err(), "a quoted key IS the same key");
965 assert!(
966 plan(r#"{ ${"a"} = 1; a = 2; }"#).is_err(),
967 "a bare interpolation of a pure string literal folds to a static key"
968 );
969 assert_eq!(
970 shape(r#"{ ${"a"}.b = 1; a.c = 2; }"#),
971 "{ a = { b; c } }",
972 "a folded bare interpolation must MERGE with the plain ident"
973 );
974
975 // Stays dynamic -> deferred to force time, never a parse rejection.
976 assert!(
977 plan(r#"{ "${"a"}" = 1; a = 2; }"#).is_ok(),
978 "an INTERPOLATED string key stays dynamic and must not reject at parse"
979 );
980 assert!(
981 plan(r#"{ ${"a"+""} = 1; a = 2; }"#).is_ok(),
982 "a non-Str dynamic key stays dynamic"
983 );
984 }
985
986 /// ★ An interpolated key must stay in the PATH, not vanish from it.
987 ///
988 /// `fold_attr` returning `None` made the caller skip the component, so
989 /// `a."${"b"}" = 1; a."${"c"}" = 2;` collapsed to two bindings of plain
990 /// `a` and was rejected as a duplicate — on input nix ACCEPTS. A false
991 /// reject is the dangerous direction: it refuses working code. Both of
992 /// these are real sui corpus fixtures that a fleet scan caught.
993 #[test]
994 fn an_interpolated_key_stays_in_the_path() {
995 for src in [
996 r#"{ a."${"b"}" = true; a."${"c"}" = false; }"#,
997 r#"{ set3.a = 1; set3."${"b" + ""}" = 2; }"#,
998 // The trailing-dynamic case at depth.
999 r#"{ x.y."${"z"}" = 1; x.y."${"w"}" = 2; }"#,
1000 ] {
1001 assert!(
1002 plan(src).is_ok(),
1003 "{src}: nix accepts this; rejecting it refuses working code"
1004 );
1005 }
1006 }
1007
1008 /// And the component must be preserved as DYNAMIC, not silently folded to
1009 /// some static name — otherwise two different interpolations would
1010 /// collide with each other.
1011 #[test]
1012 fn two_different_interpolated_keys_do_not_collide() {
1013 let table = plan(r#"{ a."${"b"}" = 1; a."${"c"}" = 2; }"#).expect("ok");
1014 let mut offs: Vec<u32> = table.by_offset.keys().copied().collect();
1015 offs.sort_unstable();
1016 let outer = table.get(offs[0]).expect("recorded");
1017 let Binding::Group(inner) = &outer.statics[0].binding else {
1018 panic!("expected `a` to be an implicit group");
1019 };
1020 assert_eq!(
1021 inner.dynamics.len(),
1022 2,
1023 "both interpolated keys must survive as dynamics, got {}",
1024 inner.dynamics.len()
1025 );
1026 }
1027
1028 /// ★ An INTERMEDIATE dynamic component must keep the rest of its path.
1029 ///
1030 /// `let k = "z"; in { a.${k}.b = 1; }` is `{ a = { z = { b = 1; }; }; }`
1031 /// in nix. An earlier cut returned without recording anything for an
1032 /// intermediate dynamic, silently building `{ a = { }; }` — the very
1033 /// failure class this crate removes, reintroduced by its own fix, on a
1034 /// shape the PRE-EXISTING walker got right.
1035 #[test]
1036 fn an_intermediate_dynamic_keeps_the_rest_of_its_path() {
1037 let table = plan(r#"{ a.${k}.b = 1; }"#).expect("ok");
1038 let mut offs: Vec<u32> = table.by_offset.keys().copied().collect();
1039 offs.sort_unstable();
1040 let outer = table.get(offs[0]).expect("recorded");
1041 let Binding::Group(a) = &outer.statics[0].binding else {
1042 panic!("expected `a` to be an implicit group");
1043 };
1044 assert_eq!(a.dynamics.len(), 1, "the dynamic component must be recorded");
1045 let Binding::Group(inner) = &a.dynamics[0].value else {
1046 panic!("an intermediate dynamic must carry a GROUP, not a leaf — \
1047 otherwise the `.b` tail is dropped");
1048 };
1049 assert_eq!(
1050 inner.statics.len(),
1051 1,
1052 "the `.b` tail must live inside the dynamic's group"
1053 );
1054 }
1055
1056 /// A quoted dotted string is ONE key, not a path.
1057 #[test]
1058 fn a_quoted_dotted_string_is_a_single_key() {
1059 assert!(
1060 plan(r#"{ "a.b" = 1; a.b = 2; }"#).is_ok(),
1061 r#""a.b" and a.b are DIFFERENT keys"#
1062 );
1063 assert!(plan(r#"{ "a.b" = 1; "a.b" = 2; }"#).is_err());
1064 }
1065
1066 // ── error rendering ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
1067
1068 /// `showAttrPath` quotes iff the component is not an identifier or IS one
1069 /// of exactly nine reserved words. Note `or`/`true`/`false`/`null` are NOT
1070 /// reserved in this position — measured, not assumed.
1071 #[test]
1072 fn attr_path_components_quote_like_cppnix() {
1073 for bare in ["a", "a1", "_a", "a-b", "a'b", "or", "true", "false", "null"] {
1074 assert_eq!(show_attr_component(bare), bare, "{bare} must render bare");
1075 }
1076 for (raw, want) in [
1077 ("1a", "\"1a\""),
1078 ("a b", "\"a b\""),
1079 ("a.b", "\"a.b\""),
1080 ("", "\"\""),
1081 ("if", "\"if\""),
1082 ("rec", "\"rec\""),
1083 ("inherit", "\"inherit\""),
1084 ] {
1085 assert_eq!(show_attr_component(raw), want, "{raw} must render quoted");
1086 }
1087 }
1088
1089 // ── the table stays small ────────────────────────────────────────────
1090
1091 /// ★ ANTI-VACUITY + the parity argument in one row. A group with no
1092 /// duplicate and no dotted path must NOT be recorded, or this pass would
1093 /// take over every attrset in the fleet instead of only the broken ones.
1094 /// The second half is the anti-vacuity check: a group that DOES need a
1095 /// plan must actually be recorded, or "records nothing" would pass
1096 /// trivially.
1097 #[test]
1098 fn only_groups_that_need_normalizing_are_recorded() {
1099 for clean in [
1100 "{ a = 1; b = 2; }",
1101 "{ }",
1102 "let a = 1; b = 2; in a",
1103 "rec { a = 1; b = a; }",
1104 "{ a = { b = 1; }; }",
1105 ] {
1106 assert!(
1107 plan(clean).expect("clean").is_empty(),
1108 "{clean}: nothing to normalize, so nothing may be recorded"
1109 );
1110 }
1111 for dirty in ["{ a.b = 1; }", "{ a.b = 1; a.c = 2; }", "let a.b = 1; in a"] {
1112 assert!(
1113 !plan(dirty).expect("dirty").is_empty(),
1114 "{dirty}: needs a plan, so one must be recorded"
1115 );
1116 }
1117 }
1118}