Rename type check to value check

anselme/ast/ArgumentTuple.lua

@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@ ArgumentTuple = ast.abstract.Node {
 			end
 			-- not found
 			if not arg then return false, ("missing parameter %s"):format(param.identifier:format(state)) end
-			-- type check (assume ok for default values)
-			if param.type_check and arg ~= param.default then
-				local r = param.type_check:call(state, ArgumentTuple:new(arg))
-				if not r:truthy() then return false, ("type check failure for parameter %s"):format(param.identifier:format(state)) end
+			-- value check (assume ok for default values)
+			if param.value_check and arg ~= param.default then
+				local r = param.value_check:call(state, ArgumentTuple:new(arg))
+				if not r:truthy() then return false, ("value check failure for parameter %s"):format(param.identifier:format(state)) end
 				if Number:is(r) then
 					specificity = specificity + r.number
 				else

anselme/ast/Environment.lua

@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ local VariableMetadata = ast.abstract.Runtime {
 		if self.symbol.constant then
 			error(("trying to change the value of constant %s"):format(self.symbol.string:format(state)), 0)
 		end
-		if self.symbol.type_check then
-			local r = self.symbol.type_check:call(state, ArgumentTuple:new(value))
-			if not r:truthy() then error(("type check failure for %s; %s does not satisfy %s"):format(self.symbol.string:format(state), value, self.symbol.type_check:format(state)), 0) end
+		if self.symbol.value_check then
+			local r = self.symbol.value_check:call(state, ArgumentTuple:new(value))
+			if not r:truthy() then error(("value check failure for %s; %s does not satisfy %s"):format(self.symbol.string:format(state), value, self.symbol.value_check:format(state)), 0) end
 		end
 		if self.symbol.alias then
 			local assign_args = ArgumentTuple:new()

anselme/ast/FunctionParameter.lua

@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ FunctionParameter = ast.abstract.Node {
 
 	identifier = nil,
 	default = nil, -- can be nil
-	type_check = nil, -- can be nil
+	value_check = nil, -- can be nil
 
-	init = function(self, identifier, default, type_check)
+	init = function(self, identifier, default, value_check)
 		self.identifier = identifier
 		self.default = default
-		self.type_check = type_check
+		self.value_check = value_check
 	end,
 
 	_format = function(self, state, prio, ...)
 		local s = self.identifier:format(state, prio, ...)
-		if self.type_check then
-			s = s .. "::" .. self.type_check:format_right(state, operator_priority["_::_"], ...)
+		if self.value_check then
+			s = s .. "::" .. self.value_check:format_right(state, operator_priority["_::_"], ...)
 		end
 		if self.default then
 			s = s .. "=" .. self.default:format_right(state, operator_priority["_=_"], ...)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ FunctionParameter = ast.abstract.Node {
 	_format_priority = function(self)
 		if self.default then
 			return operator_priority["_=_"]
-		elseif self.type_check then -- type_check has higher prio than assignment in any case
+		elseif self.value_check then -- value_check has higher prio than assignment in any case
 			return operator_priority["_::_"]
 		else
 			return math.huge
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ FunctionParameter = ast.abstract.Node {
 	traverse = function(self, fn, ...)
 		fn(self.identifier, ...)
 		if self.default then fn(self.default, ...) end
-		if self.type_check then fn(self.type_check, ...) end
+		if self.value_check then fn(self.value_check, ...) end
 	end,
 
 	_eval = function(self, state)
-		return FunctionParameter:new(self.identifier, self.default, self.type_check and self.type_check:eval(state))
+		return FunctionParameter:new(self.identifier, self.default, self.value_check and self.value_check:eval(state))
 	end
 }
 

anselme/ast/Symbol.lua

@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ Symbol = ast.abstract.Node {
 
 	string = nil,
 	constant = nil, -- bool
-	type_check = nil, -- exp
-
 	alias = nil, -- bool
 	exported = nil, -- bool
+	value_check = nil, -- exp
 
 	confined_to_branch = nil, -- bool
 
@@ -20,21 +19,14 @@ Symbol = ast.abstract.Node {
 		modifiers = modifiers or {}
 		self.string = str
 		self.constant = modifiers.constant
-		self.type_check = modifiers.type_check
+		self.value_check = modifiers.value_check
 		self.alias = modifiers.alias
 		self.confined_to_branch = modifiers.confined_to_branch
 		self.exported = modifiers.exported
 	end,
-
-	_eval = function(self, state)
-		return self:with {
-			type_check = self.type_check and self.type_check:eval(state)
-		}
-	end,
-
 	with = function(self, modifiers)
 		modifiers = modifiers or {}
-		for _, k in ipairs{"constant", "type_check", "alias", "exported", "confined_to_branch"} do
+		for _, k in ipairs{"constant", "value_check", "alias", "exported", "confined_to_branch"} do
 			if modifiers[k] == nil then
 				modifiers[k] = self[k]
 			end
@@ -42,8 +34,34 @@ Symbol = ast.abstract.Node {
 		return Symbol:new(self.string, modifiers)
 	end,
 
+	traverse = function(self, fn, ...)
+		if self.value_check then
+			fn(self.value_check, ...)
+		end
+	end,
+
+	_eval = function(self, state)
+		return self:with {
+			value_check = self.value_check and self.value_check:eval(state)
+		}
+	end,
+
 	_hash = function(self)
-		return ("symbol<%q>"):format(self.string)
+		local prefix = ""
+		if self.constant then
+			prefix = prefix .. ":"
+		end
+		if self.alias then
+			prefix = prefix .. "&"
+		end
+		if self.exported then
+			prefix = prefix .. "@"
+		end
+		if self.value_check then
+			return ("symbol<%s%q;%s>"):format(prefix, self.string, self.value_check:hash())
+		else
+			return ("symbol<%s%q>"):format(prefix, self.string)
+		end
 	end,
 
 	_format = function(self, state, prio, ...)
@@ -58,13 +76,13 @@ Symbol = ast.abstract.Node {
 			s = s .. "@"
 		end
 		s = s .. self.string
-		if self.type_check then
-			s = s .. "::" .. self.type_check:format_right(state, operator_priority["_::_"], ...)
+		if self.value_check then
+			s = s .. "::" .. self.value_check:format_right(state, operator_priority["_::_"], ...)
 		end
 		return s
 	end,
 	_format_priority = function(self)
-		if self.type_check then
+		if self.value_check then
 			return operator_priority["_::_"]
 		end
 		return math.huge

anselme/parser/expression/contextual/function_parameter.lua

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ local FunctionParameter = ast.FunctionParameter
 
 local operator_priority = require("anselme.common").operator_priority
 local assignment_priority = operator_priority["_=_"]
-local type_check_priority = operator_priority["_::_"]
+local value_check_priority = operator_priority["_::_"]
 
 return primary {
 	match = function(self, str)
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ return primary {
 		-- name
 		local ident, rem = identifier:parse(source, str)
 
-		-- type check
-		local type_check
+		-- value check
+		local value_check
 		if rem:match("^%s*::") then
 			local scheck = source:consume(rem:match("^(%s*::%s*)(.*)$"))
-			type_check, rem = expression_to_ast(source, scheck, limit_pattern, type_check_priority)
+			value_check, rem = expression_to_ast(source, scheck, limit_pattern, value_check_priority)
 		end
 
 		-- default value
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ return primary {
 			end
 		end
 
-		return FunctionParameter:new(ident, default, type_check):set_source(source_param), rem
+		return FunctionParameter:new(ident, default, value_check):set_source(source_param), rem
 	end
 }

anselme/parser/expression/primary/symbol.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 local primary = require("anselme.parser.expression.primary.primary")
-local type_check = require("anselme.parser.expression.secondary.infix.type_check")
+local value_check = require("anselme.parser.expression.secondary.infix.value_check")
 
 local identifier = require("anselme.parser.expression.primary.identifier")
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ return primary {
 
 	parse = function(self, source, str)
 		local mod_const, mod_alias, mod_export, rem = source:consume(str:match("^(%:(:?)(&?)(@?))(.-)$"))
-		local constant, alias, type_check_exp, exported
+		local constant, alias, value_check_exp, exported
 
 		-- get modifier
 		if mod_const == ":" then constant = true end
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ return primary {
 		local ident
 		ident, rem = identifier:parse(source, rem)
 
-		-- type check
+		-- value check
 		local nil_val = Nil:new()
-		if type_check:match(rem, 0, nil_val) then
+		if value_check:match(rem, 0, nil_val) then
 			local exp
-			exp, rem = type_check:parse(source, rem, nil, 0, nil_val)
-			type_check_exp = exp.arguments.positional[2]
+			exp, rem = value_check:parse(source, rem, nil, 0, nil_val)
+			value_check_exp = exp.arguments.positional[2]
 		end
 
-		return ident:to_symbol{ constant = constant, alias = alias, exported = exported, type_check = type_check_exp }:set_source(source), rem
+		return ident:to_symbol{ constant = constant, alias = alias, exported = exported, value_check = value_check_exp }:set_source(source), rem
 	end
 }

anselme/parser/expression/secondary/init.lua

@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ local secondaries = {
 	r("infix.modulo"),
 	r("infix.implicit_multiplication"),
 	r("infix.exponent"),
-	r("infix.type_check"),
+	r("infix.value_check"),
 	r("infix.call"),
 	r("infix.index_identifier"),
 	r("infix.index"),
 	r("infix.assignment"), -- deported after equal
 	r("infix.assignment_call"),
 	r("infix.definition"),
-	r("infix.pair"), -- deported after type_check
+	r("infix.pair"), -- deported after value_check
 
 	-- unary suffix operators
 	r("suffix.semicolon"),

anselme/stdlib/init.lua

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ return function(main_state)
 		"conditionals",
 		"base",
 		"typed",
-		"type check",
+		"value check",
 		"number",
 		"string",
 		"symbol",

anselme/stdlib/typed.lua

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ return {
 			if r:truthy() then
 				return value
 			else
-				error(("type check failure: %s does not satisfy %s"):format(value:format(state), check:format(state)), 0)
+				error(("value check failure: %s does not satisfy %s"):format(value:format(state), check:format(state)), 0)
 			end
 		end
 	},

ideas.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Standard library.
 
 ---
 
-Default arguments and initial variables values should pass the type check associated with the variable / parameter.
+Default arguments and initial variables values should pass the value check associated with the variable / parameter.
 Issue: dispatch is decided before evaluating default values.
 
 ---
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ Syntax modifications:
 		Could interpret the left operand as a string when it is an identifier, like how _._ works.
 		Would feel good to have less nodes. But because we can doesn't mean we should. Also Assignment is reused in a few other places.
 
-* remove operators if possible, i'd like to avoid the code looking like a bunch of sigils. Could be replaced by functions: _|>_, _::_
-
 # Can be done later
 
 Server API.
@@ -83,7 +81,7 @@ Performance:
 	Assuming the filter functions are pure seems reasonable, so caching could be done.
 	Could also hardcode some shortcut paths for the simple type equality check case.
 	Or track function/expression purity and cache/precompute the results. Not sure how to do that with multiple dispatch though.
-	(note for future reference: once a function is first evaluated into a closure, its parameters are fixed, including the type check overloads)
+	(note for future reference: once a function is first evaluated into a closure, its parameters are fixed, including the value check callable)
 * the recursive AST interpreter is also pretty meh, could do a bytecode VM.
 	This one seems like a lot more work.
 	Could also compile to Lua and let LuaJIT deal with it. Or WASM, that sounds trendy.

test/results/constrained variable assignement.ans

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 --- text ---
 | {}"" {}"type(12, \"kg\")" {}"" |
 --- error ---
-type check failure for weigh; 32 does not satisfy $(x) type(x) == t
+value check failure for weigh; 32 does not satisfy $(x) type(x) == t
 	↳ from test/tests/constrained variable assignement.ans:9:7 in assignment: weigh = 32
 	↳ from ? in block: :weigh::is("kg") = type(5, "kg")…
 --# saved #--

test/results/for invalid iterator.ans

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 --- error ---
 can't call overload iter: no function match arguments (value), possible functions were:
 	• $(table::is table) (from stdlib/for.ans:46:1):
-		type check failure for parameter table
+		value check failure for parameter table
 	• $(tuple::is sequence) (from stdlib/for.ans:37:1):
-		type check failure for parameter tuple
+		value check failure for parameter tuple
 	• $(range::is range) (from stdlib/for.ans:19:1):
-		type check failure for parameter range
+		value check failure for parameter range
 	• $(s::is struct) (from stdlib/for.ans:2:1):
-		type check failure for parameter s
+		value check failure for parameter s
 	↳ from stdlib/for.ans:3:18 in call: iter(var)
 	↳ from stdlib/for.ans:3:12 in definition: :iterator = iter(var)
 	↳ from stdlib/for.ans:2:1 in block: :iterator = iter(var)…

test/results/function custom type dispatch error.ans

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 --- error ---
 can't call overload a: no function match arguments (value), possible functions were:
 	• $(name::($(x) type(x) == t)) (from test/tests/function custom type dispatch error.ans:7:1):
-		type check failure for parameter name
+		value check failure for parameter name
 	• $(name::($(x) type(x) == t)) (from test/tests/function custom type dispatch error.ans:4:1):
-		type check failure for parameter name
+		value check failure for parameter name
 	↳ from test/tests/function custom type dispatch error.ans:14:2 in call: a(type(5, "nope"))
 	↳ from ? in block: :french name = "french name"…
 --# saved #--

test/results/function separate variable from variants.ans

@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@
 	• $(s::is script, k::is string) = val (from stdlib/script.ans:43:1):
 		expected 3 arguments, received 2
 	• $(s::is script, k::is string) (from stdlib/script.ans:41:1):
-		type check failure for parameter s
+		value check failure for parameter s
 	• $(c::is function, s::is symbol) = v (from stdlib/for.ans:2:1):
 		expected 3 arguments, received 2
 	• $(c::is function, s::is string) = v (from stdlib/for.ans:2:1):
 		expected 3 arguments, received 2
 	• $(c::is function, s::is string) (from stdlib/for.ans:2:1):
-		type check failure for parameter c
+		value check failure for parameter c
 	• $(c::is environment, s::is symbol) = v (from stdlib/for.ans:2:1):
 		expected 3 arguments, received 2
 	• $(c::is environment, s::is string) = v (from stdlib/for.ans:2:1):
 		expected 3 arguments, received 2
 	• $(c::is environment, s::is string) (from stdlib/for.ans:2:1):
-		type check failure for parameter c
+		value check failure for parameter c
 	↳ from test/tests/function separate variable from variants.ans:10:4 in call: f . "a"
 	↳ from test/tests/function separate variable from variants.ans:10:1 in text interpolation: | {f . "a"} = 2 |
 	↳ from ? in block: :f = ($() _)…