cps/cpsbase/cpsvar.mli

Interface for module Cpsvar

There are two structures where information about variables is attached. occurrence stores data about the use of a variable (like the location of the use). variable stores data common to all the uses of the variable, like its type, or the location where the variable is bound. Each occurrence is linked to its binding variable, while a variable is linked to the set of its occurrences. There are actually two sets of occurrences for each variable: the recursive, and non-recursive occurrences. The distinction allows to detect, for instance, when there are no occurrences of a recursive function, which can then be eliminated.

type (α, β) variable
type (α, β) occurrence
type occur_type = Recursive ∣ Non_recursive

The user of the module must configure the information it wants to attach to a variable or occurrence (using the DESC structure). This information is called a description.

The make functions, that create new variables and occurences, do not take an initial description argument. This allows to break circular dependencies, e.g. where a term points to a variable or occurrence, and a variable points to the term that bind or use it.

Instead, for both the variable and its occurrences, the description is set with the set_description function, and obtained with the description function. It is illegal (and checked by assertions) to set a description more than once, or to call description on a variable when the description has not been set.

The var_prefix parameter is used as a prefix to the to_string function. For exemple if prefix is "x", to_string may return "x10" for a variable and "x10_2" for one of its occurrence.

module type DESCRIPTION = sig 
   type variable_description
   type occurrence_description
   val var_prefix:string
end

module type S = sig
   type var_desc
   type occur_desc
   type var = (var_desc, occur_desc) variable
   type occur = (var_desc, occur_desc) occurrence

   module Var :
   sig

     make () creates a new variable.
     val make : unit → var

     The following function differentiates, in O(1) time, between the 0-occurrence case (the variable is useless), the 1-occurrence case (a good candidate for inlining), and the case with more than one occurrence. The count does not include recursive occurrences.
     type number_of_occurrences =
       ∣ No_occurrence
       ∣ One_occurrence of occur
       ∣ Several_occurrences
     val number_of_occurrences: var → number_of_occurrences

     These functions allows iteration on normal or recursive occurrences of a variable. The order is arbitrary.
     val fold_on_occurrences: var → α → (α → occur → α) → α
     val fold_on_recursive_occurrences: var → α → (α → occur → α) → α
    
     (∗ This function "merges" variables; more specifically it makes all (recursive or non-recursive) occurrences of old become occurrence of new. After the call old is a variable with no occurrence. ∗)
     val replace_with: var → var → unit
     val replace_all_non_recursive_occurrences_of_with: var → var → unit
    
     val description : var → var_desc
     val set_description : var → var_desc → unit
     val to_string : var → string

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

   module Occur :
   sig
     (∗ make (var,occur_type) creates a Recursive or Non_recursive occurrence of var. The pair (var,occur_type) thus allows to create a new occurrence, and is called a maker. maker and rec_maker are helper functions that return makers. ∗)
     type maker = var × occur_type
     val maker: var → maker
     val rec_maker: var → maker
     val make : maker → occur

     delete occur deletes an occurrence of a variable
     val delete: occur → unit

     binding_variable occur returns the binding variable of occur, i.e. the variable var such that occur is an occurrence of var.
     val binding_variable : occur → var

     val description: occur → occur_desc
     val set_description: occur → occur_desc → unit
     val to_string : occur → string

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

module Make (Desc : DESCRIPTION) : S
   with type var_desc = Desc.variable_description
   and type occur_desc = Desc.occurrence_description