21 lines
897 B
Go
21 lines
897 B
Go
// Package codec defines processes to convert between different representations
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// of lambda calculus, and serialize the different representations.
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package codec
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// A Conversion is a function that turns one representation into another.
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// Returns an error if the input expression cannot be converted.
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type Conversion[T, U any] = func(T) (U, error)
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// A Codec is an object that can serialize/deserialize one type of
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// representation. It is assumed that for any x ∋ T, Decode(Encode(x)) = x.
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type Codec[T any] interface {
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// Encode takes an expression, and returns its serialized format, as a
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// string. Returns an error if the expression cannot be serialized.
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Encode(T) (string, error)
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// Decode takes the serialized format of an expression, and returns its true
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// value. Returns an error if the string doesn't correctly represent any
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// valid expression.
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Decode(string) (T, error)
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}
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