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lambda/pkg/convert/saccharine_to_lambda.go
2026-02-09 20:10:40 -05:00

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// Package convert defined some standard conversions between various types of
// representations.
package convert
import (
"fmt"
"git.maximhutz.com/max/lambda/pkg/lambda"
"git.maximhutz.com/max/lambda/pkg/saccharine"
)
func encodeAtom(n *saccharine.Atom) lambda.Expression {
return lambda.Variable{Name: n.Name}
}
func encodeAbstraction(n *saccharine.Abstraction) lambda.Expression {
result := encodeExpression(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.GetFree(result)
freshName := lambda.GenerateFreshName(freeVars)
parameters = append(parameters, freshName)
}
for i := len(parameters) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
result = lambda.Abstraction{Parameter: parameters[i], Body: result}
}
return result
}
func encodeApplication(n *saccharine.Application) lambda.Expression {
result := encodeExpression(n.Abstraction)
arguments := []lambda.Expression{}
for _, argument := range n.Arguments {
encodeedArgument := encodeExpression(argument)
arguments = append(arguments, encodeedArgument)
}
for _, argument := range arguments {
result = lambda.Application{Abstraction: result, Argument: argument}
}
return result
}
func reduceLet(s *saccharine.LetStatement, e lambda.Expression) lambda.Expression {
var value lambda.Expression
if len(s.Parameters) == 0 {
value = encodeExpression(s.Body)
} else {
value = encodeAbstraction(&saccharine.Abstraction{Parameters: s.Parameters, Body: s.Body})
}
return lambda.Application{
Abstraction: lambda.Abstraction{Parameter: s.Name, Body: e},
Argument: value,
}
}
func reduceDeclare(s *saccharine.DeclareStatement, e lambda.Expression) lambda.Expression {
freshVar := lambda.GenerateFreshName(lambda.GetFree(e))
return lambda.Application{
Abstraction: lambda.Abstraction{Parameter: freshVar, Body: e},
Argument: encodeExpression(s.Value),
}
}
func reduceStatement(s saccharine.Statement, e lambda.Expression) lambda.Expression {
switch s := s.(type) {
case *saccharine.DeclareStatement:
return reduceDeclare(s, e)
case *saccharine.LetStatement:
return reduceLet(s, e)
default:
panic(fmt.Errorf("unknown statement type: %v", s))
}
}
func encodeClause(n *saccharine.Clause) lambda.Expression {
result := encodeExpression(n.Returns)
for i := len(n.Statements) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
result = reduceStatement(n.Statements[i], result)
}
return result
}
func encodeExpression(s saccharine.Expression) lambda.Expression {
switch s := s.(type) {
case *saccharine.Atom:
return encodeAtom(s)
case *saccharine.Abstraction:
return encodeAbstraction(s)
case *saccharine.Application:
return encodeApplication(s)
case *saccharine.Clause:
return encodeClause(s)
default:
panic(fmt.Errorf("unknown expression type: %T", s))
}
}
func decodeExression(l lambda.Expression) saccharine.Expression {
switch l := l.(type) {
case lambda.Variable:
return &saccharine.Atom{Name: l.Name}
case lambda.Abstraction:
return &saccharine.Abstraction{
Parameters: []string{l.Parameter},
Body: decodeExression(l.Body)}
case lambda.Application:
return &saccharine.Application{
Abstraction: decodeExression(l.Abstraction),
Arguments: []saccharine.Expression{decodeExression(l.Argument)}}
default:
panic(fmt.Errorf("unknown expression type: %T", l))
}
}
// Lambda2Saccharine converts a pure lambda calculus expression into its
// Saccharine counterpart.
func Lambda2Saccharine(l lambda.Expression) (saccharine.Expression, error) {
return decodeExression(l), nil
}
// Saccharine2Lambda desugars a saccharine expression into pure lambda calculus.
func Saccharine2Lambda(s saccharine.Expression) (lambda.Expression, error) {
return encodeExpression(s), nil
}