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lambda/pkg/convert/saccharine_to_lambda.go

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package convert
import (
"git.maximhutz.com/max/lambda/pkg/lambda"
"git.maximhutz.com/max/lambda/pkg/saccharine/ast"
)
type compileVisitor struct{}
func (v compileVisitor) VisitAtom(n *ast.Atom) lambda.Expression {
return lambda.NewVariable(n.Name)
}
func (v compileVisitor) VisitAbstraction(n *ast.Abstraction) lambda.Expression {
result := ast.Visit(v, n.Body)
parameters := n.Parameters
// If the function has no parameters, it is a thunk. Lambda calculus still
// requires _some_ parameter exists, so generate one.
if len(parameters) == 0 {
freeVars := lambda.GetFreeVariables(result)
freshName := lambda.GenerateFreshName(freeVars)
parameters = append(parameters, freshName)
}
for i := len(parameters) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
result = lambda.NewAbstraction(parameters[i], result)
}
return result
}
func (v compileVisitor) VisitApplication(n *ast.Application) lambda.Expression {
result := ast.Visit(v, n.Abstraction)
arguments := []lambda.Expression{}
for _, argument := range n.Arguments {
convertedArgument := ast.Visit(v, argument)
arguments = append(arguments, convertedArgument)
}
for _, argument := range arguments {
result = lambda.NewApplication(result, argument)
}
return result
}
func SaccharineToLambda(n ast.Expression) lambda.Expression {
return ast.Visit(&compileVisitor{}, n)
}