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26 | <h1>FunctionalRecordUpdate</h1>\r | |
27 | </div>\r | |
28 | <div id="content">\r | |
29 | <div id="preamble">\r | |
30 | <div class="sectionbody">\r | |
31 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Functional record update is the copying of a record while replacing\r | |
32 | the values of some of the fields. <a href="StandardML">Standard ML</a> does not\r | |
33 | have explicit syntax for functional record update. We will show below\r | |
34 | how to implement functional record update in SML, with a little\r | |
35 | boilerplate code.</p></div>\r | |
36 | <div class="paragraph"><p>As an example, the functional update of the record</p></div>\r | |
37 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
38 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">13</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">14</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">15</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
39 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
40 | <div class="paragraph"><p>with <span class="monospaced">c = 16</span> yields a new record</p></div>\r | |
41 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
42 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">13</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">14</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">16</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
43 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
44 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Functional record update also makes sense with multiple simultaneous\r | |
45 | updates. For example, the functional update of the record above with\r | |
46 | <span class="monospaced">a = 18, c = 19</span> yields a new record</p></div>\r | |
47 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
48 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">18</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">14</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">19</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
49 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
50 | <div class="paragraph"><p>One could easily imagine an extension of the SML that supports\r | |
51 | functional record update. For example</p></div>\r | |
52 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
53 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">e</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">with</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">16</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">17</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
54 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
55 | <div class="paragraph"><p>would create a copy of the record denoted by <span class="monospaced">e</span> with field <span class="monospaced">a</span>\r | |
56 | replaced with <span class="monospaced">16</span> and <span class="monospaced">b</span> replaced with <span class="monospaced">17</span>.</p></div>\r | |
57 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Since there is no such syntax in SML, we now show how to implement\r | |
58 | functional record update directly. We first give a simple\r | |
59 | implementation that has a number of problems. We then give an\r | |
60 | advanced implementation, that, while complex underneath, is a reusable\r | |
61 | library that admits simple use.</p></div>\r | |
62 | </div>\r | |
63 | </div>\r | |
64 | <div class="sect1">\r | |
65 | <h2 id="_simple_implementation">Simple implementation</h2>\r | |
66 | <div class="sectionbody">\r | |
67 | <div class="paragraph"><p>To support functional record update on the record type</p></div>\r | |
68 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
69 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">'a</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">'b</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">'c</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
70 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
71 | <div class="paragraph"><p>first, define an update function for each component.</p></div>\r | |
72 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
73 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">withA</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">({</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">_,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
74 | <span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">withB</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">({</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">_,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
75 | <span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">withC</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">({</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">_},</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
76 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
77 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Then, one can express <span class="monospaced">e with {a = 16, b = 17}</span> as</p></div>\r | |
78 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
79 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">withB</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">withA</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">e</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">16</span><span class="p">),</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">17</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
80 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
81 | <div class="paragraph"><p>With infix notation</p></div>\r | |
82 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
83 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">infix</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">withA</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">withB</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">withC</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
84 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
85 | <div class="paragraph"><p>the syntax is almost as concise as a language extension.</p></div>\r | |
86 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
87 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">e</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">withA</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">16</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">withB</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">17</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
88 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
89 | <div class="paragraph"><p>This approach suffers from the fact that the amount of boilerplate\r | |
90 | code is quadratic in the number of record fields. Furthermore,\r | |
91 | changing, adding, or deleting a field requires time proportional to\r | |
92 | the number of fields (because each <span class="monospaced">with<em><L></em></span> function must be\r | |
93 | changed). It is also annoying to have to define a <span class="monospaced">with<em><L></em></span>\r | |
94 | function, possibly with a fixity declaration, for each field.</p></div>\r | |
95 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Fortunately, there is a solution to these problems.</p></div>\r | |
96 | </div>\r | |
97 | </div>\r | |
98 | <div class="sect1">\r | |
99 | <h2 id="_advanced_implementation">Advanced implementation</h2>\r | |
100 | <div class="sectionbody">\r | |
101 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Using <a href="Fold">Fold</a> one can define a family of <span class="monospaced">makeUpdate<em><N></em></span>\r | |
102 | functions and single <em>update</em> operator <span class="monospaced">U</span> so that one can define a\r | |
103 | functional record update function for any record type simply by\r | |
104 | specifying a (trivial) isomorphism between that type and function\r | |
105 | argument list. For example, suppose that we would like to do\r | |
106 | functional record update on records with fields <span class="monospaced">a</span> and <span class="monospaced">b</span>. Then one\r | |
107 | defines a function <span class="monospaced">updateAB</span> as follows.</p></div>\r | |
108 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
109 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">updateAB</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
110 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=></span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
111 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">let</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
112 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v2</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
113 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">to</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v2</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v2</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
114 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
115 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">makeUpdate2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">from</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">to</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
116 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
117 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
118 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
119 | <div class="paragraph"><p>The functions <span class="monospaced">from</span> (think <em>from function arguments</em>) and <span class="monospaced">to</span> (think\r | |
120 | <em>to function arguements</em>) specify an isomorphism between <span class="monospaced">a</span>,<span class="monospaced">b</span>\r | |
121 | records and function arguments. There is a second use of <span class="monospaced">from</span> to\r | |
122 | work around the lack of\r | |
123 | <a href="FirstClassPolymorphism">first-class polymorphism</a> in SML.</p></div>\r | |
124 | <div class="paragraph"><p>With the definition of <span class="monospaced">updateAB</span> in place, the following expressions\r | |
125 | are valid.</p></div>\r | |
126 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
127 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">updateAB</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">13</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">"hello"</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">set</span><span class="p">#</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s">"goodbye"</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">$</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
128 | <span class="n">updateAB</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">13.5</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">true</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">set</span><span class="p">#</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">false</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">set</span><span class="p">#</span><span class="n">a</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">12.5</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">$</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
129 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
130 | <div class="paragraph"><p>As another example, suppose that we would like to do functional record\r | |
131 | update on records with fields <span class="monospaced">b</span>, <span class="monospaced">c</span>, and <span class="monospaced">d</span>. Then one defines a\r | |
132 | function <span class="monospaced">updateBCD</span> as follows.</p></div>\r | |
133 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
134 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">updateBCD</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
135 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=></span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
136 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">let</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
137 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v3</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v2</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">d</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v3</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
138 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">to</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v2</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">d</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v3</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v3</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
139 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
140 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">makeUpdate3</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">from</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">to</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
141 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
142 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
143 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
144 | <div class="paragraph"><p>With the definition of <span class="monospaced">updateBCD</span> in place, the following expression\r | |
145 | is valid.</p></div>\r | |
146 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
147 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">updateBCD</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">b</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">d</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">set</span><span class="p">#</span><span class="n">c</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">4</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">set</span><span class="p">#</span><span class="n">c</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">5</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">$</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
148 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
149 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Note that not all fields need be updated and that the same field may\r | |
150 | be updated multiple times. Further note that the same <span class="monospaced">set</span> operator\r | |
151 | is used for all update functions (in the above, for both <span class="monospaced">updateAB</span>\r | |
152 | and <span class="monospaced">updateBCD</span>).</p></div>\r | |
153 | <div class="paragraph"><p>In general, to define a functional-record-update function on records\r | |
154 | with fields <span class="monospaced">f1</span>, <span class="monospaced">f2</span>, …, <span class="monospaced">fN</span>, use the following template.</p></div>\r | |
155 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
156 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">update</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
157 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=></span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
158 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">let</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
159 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">...</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">f1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v2</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">...,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vn</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
160 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">to</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">f1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v2</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">...,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vn</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">...</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vn</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
161 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
162 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">makeUpdateN</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">from</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">to</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
163 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
164 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
165 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
166 | <div class="paragraph"><p>With this, one can update a record as follows.</p></div>\r | |
167 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
168 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">update</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="n">f1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v1</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">...,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vn</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">set</span><span class="p">#</span><span class="n">fi1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vi1</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">...</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">set</span><span class="p">#</span><span class="n">fim</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vim</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">$</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
169 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
170 | </div>\r | |
171 | </div>\r | |
172 | <div class="sect1">\r | |
173 | <h2 id="_the_span_class_monospaced_functionalrecordupdate_span_structure">The <span class="monospaced">FunctionalRecordUpdate</span> structure</h2>\r | |
174 | <div class="sectionbody">\r | |
175 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Here is the implementation of functional record update.</p></div>\r | |
176 | <div class="listingblock">\r | |
177 | <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">structure</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">FunctionalRecordUpdate</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
178 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">struct</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
179 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">local</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
180 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">next</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">g</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">f</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">g</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">f</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
181 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">f</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">x</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">x</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
182 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">next</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
183 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f3</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">next</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
184 | \r | |
185 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
186 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f1</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
187 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f2</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
188 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c3</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f3</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
189 | \r | |
190 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">makeUpdate</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cX</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">from</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from'</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">to</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">record</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
191 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">let</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
192 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ops</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">()</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">cX</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from'</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
193 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vars</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">to</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">record</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
194 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
195 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Fold</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">fold</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">((</span><span class="n">vars</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ops</span><span class="p">),</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">vars</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">_)</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vars</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">from</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
196 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
197 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">in</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
198 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">makeUpdate0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">makeUpdate</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c0</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
199 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">makeUpdate1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">makeUpdate</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c1</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
200 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">makeUpdate2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">makeUpdate</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
201 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">makeUpdate3</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">makeUpdate</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">c3</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
202 | \r | |
203 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">upd</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Fold</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">step2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">fn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">vars</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ops</span><span class="p">))</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">fn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">out</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vars</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ops</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">())</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">out</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">f</span><span class="p">)),</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ops</span><span class="p">))</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
204 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fun</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">set</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Fold</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">step2</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">fn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">vars</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ops</span><span class="p">))</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">fn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">out</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">vars</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ops</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">())</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">out</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">fn</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">_</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">)),</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">ops</span><span class="p">))</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">z</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
205 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
206 | <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>\r | |
207 | </pre></div></div></div>\r | |
208 | <div class="paragraph"><p>The idea of <span class="monospaced">makeUpdate</span> is to build a record of functions which can\r | |
209 | replace the contents of one argument out of a list of arguments. The\r | |
210 | functions <span class="monospaced">f<em><X></em></span> replace the 0th, 1st, … argument with their\r | |
211 | argument <span class="monospaced">z</span>. The <span class="monospaced">c<em><X></em></span> functions pass the first <em>X</em> <span class="monospaced">f</span>\r | |
212 | functions to the record constructor.</p></div>\r | |
213 | <div class="paragraph"><p>The <span class="monospaced">#field</span> notation of Standard ML allows us to select the map\r | |
214 | function which replaces the corresponding argument. By converting the\r | |
215 | record to an argument list, feeding that list through the selected map\r | |
216 | function and piping the list into the record constructor, functional\r | |
217 | record update is achieved.</p></div>\r | |
218 | </div>\r | |
219 | </div>\r | |
220 | <div class="sect1">\r | |
221 | <h2 id="_efficiency">Efficiency</h2>\r | |
222 | <div class="sectionbody">\r | |
223 | <div class="paragraph"><p>With MLton, the efficiency of this approach is as good as one would\r | |
224 | expect with the special syntax. Namely a sequence of updates will be\r | |
225 | optimized into a single record construction that copies the unchanged\r | |
226 | fields and fills in the changed fields with their new values.</p></div>\r | |
227 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Before Sep 14, 2009, this page advocated an alternative implementation\r | |
228 | of <a href="FunctionalRecordUpdate">FunctionalRecordUpdate</a>. However, the old structure caused\r | |
229 | exponentially increasing compile times. We advise you to switch to\r | |
230 | the newer version.</p></div>\r | |
231 | </div>\r | |
232 | </div>\r | |
233 | <div class="sect1">\r | |
234 | <h2 id="_applications">Applications</h2>\r | |
235 | <div class="sectionbody">\r | |
236 | <div class="paragraph"><p>Functional record update can be used to implement labelled\r | |
237 | <a href="OptionalArguments">optional arguments</a>.</p></div>\r | |
238 | </div>\r | |
239 | </div>\r | |
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