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mgmt/lang/unification/util.go
James Shubin d70bbfb5d0 lang: unification: Improve type unification algorithm
The simple type unification algorithm suffered from some serious
performance and memory problems when used with certain code bases. This
adds some crucial optimizations that improve performance drastically.
2019-04-23 21:21:42 -04:00

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// Mgmt
// Copyright (C) 2013-2019+ James Shubin and the project contributors
// Written by James Shubin <james@shubin.ca> and the project contributors
//
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//
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package unification
import (
"github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/lang/interfaces"
)
// ExprListToExprMap converts a list of expressions to a map that has the unique
// expr pointers as the keys. This is just an alternate representation of the
// same data structure. If you have any duplicate values in your list, they'll
// get removed when stored as a map.
func ExprListToExprMap(exprList []interfaces.Expr) map[interfaces.Expr]struct{} {
exprMap := make(map[interfaces.Expr]struct{})
for _, x := range exprList {
exprMap[x] = struct{}{}
}
return exprMap
}
// ExprMapToExprList converts a map of expressions to a list that has the unique
// expr pointers as the values. This is just an alternate representation of the
// same data structure.
func ExprMapToExprList(exprMap map[interfaces.Expr]struct{}) []interfaces.Expr {
exprList := []interfaces.Expr{}
// TODO: sort by pointer address for determinism ?
for x := range exprMap {
exprList = append(exprList, x)
}
return exprList
}
// UniqueExprList returns a unique list of expressions with no duplicates. It
// does this my converting it to a map and then back. This isn't necessarily the
// most efficient way, and doesn't preserve list ordering.
func UniqueExprList(exprList []interfaces.Expr) []interfaces.Expr {
exprMap := ExprListToExprMap(exprList)
return ExprMapToExprList(exprMap)
}