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ref: 0c45e33c1b8d094353a5585c44179d1818ff6e1e
parent: bdcc02a5ea2d165c638d667978e8e2cf7462558a
author: Peter Mikkelsen <peter@pmikkelsen.com>
date: Tue Jul 6 13:45:15 EDT 2021

Group clauses into predicates, and create all valid choicepoints at once. This is wastefull if one branch loops forever, but it is much nicer otherwise, since we know the choicepoints only gets created as long as their head is unifiable with the goal.

--- a/dat.h
+++ b/dat.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 typedef struct Goal Goal;
 typedef struct Choicepoint Choicepoint;
 typedef struct Clause Clause;
+typedef struct Predicate Predicate;
 typedef struct Module Module;
 typedef int (*Builtin)(Term *, Binding **);
 
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@
 struct Choicepoint
 {
 	Goal *goalstack;
-	Clause *retryclause;
+	Clause *alternative;
+	Binding *altbindings;
 	uvlong id; /* Unique number for each clause. Used to know where to cut to. */
 	Module *currentmodule;
 	Choicepoint *next;
@@ -52,11 +54,19 @@
 	Clause *next;
 };
 
+struct Predicate
+{
+	Rune *name;
+	int arity;
+	Clause *clauses;
+	Predicate *next;
+};
+
 struct Module
 {
 	/* What about imports */
 	Rune *name;
-	Clause *clauses;
+	Predicate *predicates;
 	Module *next;
 };
 
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 #include "fns.h"
 
 Goal *addgoals(Goal *, Term *);
+Predicate *findpredicate(Predicate *, Term *);
 Clause *findclause(Clause *, Term *, Binding **);
 int equalterms(Term *, Term *);
 Goal *copygoals(Goal *);
 Builtin findbuiltin(Term *);
+void addchoicepoints(Clause *, Term *, Goal *, Module *);
 
 static uvlong clausenr;
 
@@ -45,23 +47,17 @@
 	}
 
 	while(goalstack->goal != nil){
-		Clause *startclause;
-		Term *goal;
-		Goal *oldgoalstack;
-
-		startclause = nil; /* Where to start looking for a matching clause. Used by backtracking */
-Retry:
-		goal = goalstack->goal;
-		oldgoalstack = goalstack;
+		Term *goal = goalstack->goal;
+		Term *catcher = goalstack->catcher;
 		goalstack = goalstack->next;
 
-		if(oldgoalstack->catcher)
+		if(catcher)
 			continue;
 
 		if(debug)
 			print("Working goal: %S\n", prettyprint(goal, 0, 0, 0));
 
-		if(startclause == nil && goal->tag == CompoundTerm && goal->arity == 2 && runestrcmp(goal->text, L":") == 0){
+		if(goal->tag == CompoundTerm && goal->arity == 2 && runestrcmp(goal->text, L":") == 0){
 			Term *module = goal->children;
 			if(module->tag == AtomTerm){
 				Module *m = getmodule(module->text);
@@ -70,16 +66,11 @@
 				else{
 					goal = module->next;
 					currentmodule = m;
-					startclause = m->clauses;
-					oldgoalstack->goal = goal;
 				}
 			}else
 				goal = typeerror(L"module", module);
 		}
 
-		if(startclause == nil)
-			startclause = currentmodule->clauses;
-
 		Binding *bindings = nil;
 		Clause *clause = nil;
 		
@@ -90,20 +81,17 @@
 			if(!success)
 				goto Backtrack;
 		}else{
+			Predicate *pred = findpredicate(currentmodule->predicates, goal);
+			if(pred == nil){
+				print("No predicate matches: %S\n", prettyprint(goal, 0, 0, 0));
+				goto Backtrack;
+			}
+
 			/* Find a clause where the head unifies with the goal */
-			clause = findclause(startclause, goal, &bindings);
-			if(clause != nil){
-				if(clause->next != nil){
-					/* Add a choicepoint. Note we create a choicepoint every time, so there is room for improvement. */
-					Choicepoint *cp = malloc(sizeof(Choicepoint));
-					cp->goalstack = copygoals(oldgoalstack);
-					cp->next = choicestack;
-					cp->retryclause = clause->next;
-					cp->id = clause->clausenr;
-					cp->currentmodule = currentmodule;
-					choicestack = cp;
-				}
-			}else{
+			clause = findclause(pred->clauses, goal, &bindings);
+			if(clause != nil)
+				addchoicepoints(clause, goal, goalstack, currentmodule);
+			else{
 Backtrack:
 				if(choicestack == nil)
 					return 0;
@@ -111,11 +99,10 @@
 					print("Backtracking..\n");
 				Choicepoint *cp = choicestack;
 				choicestack = cp->next;
-				/* freegoals(goals) */
 				goalstack = cp->goalstack;
 				currentmodule = cp->currentmodule;
-				startclause = cp->retryclause;
-				goto Retry;
+				clause = cp->alternative;
+				bindings = cp->altbindings;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -171,6 +158,26 @@
 	return nil;
 }
 
+Predicate *
+findpredicate(Predicate *preds, Term *goal)
+{
+	Rune *name;
+	int arity;
+
+	name = goal->text;
+	if(goal->tag == AtomTerm)
+		arity = 0;
+	else
+		arity = goal->arity;
+
+	Predicate *p;
+	for(p = preds; p != nil; p = p->next){
+		if(runestrcmp(p->name, name) == 0 && p->arity == arity)
+			return p;
+	}
+	return nil;
+}
+
 int
 unify(Term *a, Term *b, Binding **bindings)
 {
@@ -293,3 +300,40 @@
 	}else
 		return nil;
 }
+
+void
+addchoicepoints(Clause *clause, Term *goal, Goal *goals, Module *mod){
+	/* Find all alternative clauses that would have matched, and create a choicepoint for them */
+	Choicepoint *cps = nil;
+	Choicepoint *last = nil;
+
+	Clause *alt = clause->next;
+	while(alt != nil){
+		Binding *altbindings = nil;
+		clause = findclause(alt, goal, &altbindings);
+		if(clause){
+			/* Add choicepoint here */
+			Choicepoint *cp = malloc(sizeof(Choicepoint));
+			cp->goalstack = copygoals(goals);
+			cp->next = nil;
+			cp->alternative = clause;
+			cp->altbindings = altbindings;
+			cp->id = clause->clausenr;
+			cp->currentmodule = mod;
+			if(cps == nil){
+				cps = cp;
+				last = cp;
+			}else{
+				last->next = cp;
+				last = cp;
+			}
+			alt = clause->next;
+		}else
+			alt = nil;
+	}
+
+	if(last){
+		last->next = choicestack;
+		choicestack = cps;
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
--- a/mkfile
+++ b/mkfile
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@
 
 BIN=/$objtype/bin
 
-</sys/src/cmd/mkone
\ No newline at end of file
+</sys/src/cmd/mkone
+
--- a/module.c
+++ b/module.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 Module *addemptymodule(Rune *);
 Clause *appendclause(Clause *, Clause *);
+Predicate *appendpredicate(Predicate *, Predicate *);
 
 void
 initmodules(void)
@@ -52,9 +53,11 @@
 		terms = terms->next;
 	}
 
+	Predicate *currentpred = nil;
 	Term *t;
 	for(t = terms; t != nil; t = t->next){
 		Clause *cl = malloc(sizeof(Clause));
+		int arity;
 		cl->clausenr = 0;
 		cl->public = 1; /* everything is public for now */
 		cl->next = nil;
@@ -65,12 +68,29 @@
 			cl->head = t;
 			cl->body = nil;
 		}
-
-		if(m == nil)
-			usermodule->clauses = appendclause(usermodule->clauses, cl);
+		if(cl->head->tag == AtomTerm)
+			arity = 0;
 		else
-			m->clauses = appendclause(m->clauses, cl);
+			arity = cl->head->arity;
+
+		/* Figure out if this clause goes into the latest predicate, or if it is the start of a new one */
+		if(currentpred == nil || runestrcmp(cl->head->text, currentpred->name) != 0 || arity != currentpred->arity){
+			if(m)
+				m->predicates = appendpredicate(currentpred, m->predicates);
+			else
+				usermodule->predicates = appendpredicate(currentpred, usermodule->predicates);
+			currentpred = malloc(sizeof(Predicate));
+			currentpred->name = cl->head->text;
+			currentpred->arity = arity;
+			currentpred->clauses = cl;
+			currentpred->next = nil;
+		}else
+			currentpred->clauses = appendclause(currentpred->clauses, cl);
 	}
+	if(m)
+		m->predicates = appendpredicate(currentpred, m->predicates);
+	else
+		usermodule->predicates = appendpredicate(currentpred, usermodule->predicates);
 
 	return m;
 }
@@ -94,9 +114,9 @@
 	m->next = modules;
 
 	if(systemmodule == nil)
-		m->clauses = nil;
+		m->predicates = nil;
 	else
-		m->clauses = systemmodule->clauses; /* Direct access to system clauses for now, but when I figure out imports this will change */
+		m->predicates = systemmodule->predicates; /* Direct access to system clauses for now, but when I figure out imports this will change */
 	modules = m;
 	return m;
 }
@@ -113,4 +133,18 @@
 
 	tmp->next = new;
 	return clauses;
+}
+
+Predicate *
+appendpredicate(Predicate *preds, Predicate *new)
+{
+	Predicate *tmp;
+
+	if(preds == nil)
+		return new;
+
+	for(tmp = preds; tmp->next != nil; tmp = tmp->next);
+
+	tmp->next = new;
+	return preds;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -660,4 +660,4 @@
 {
 	print("Syntax error: Unexpected %d (%S) token in %s\n", lookahead.tag, lookahead.text, where);
 	exits("syntax error");
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
--- a/stdlib.pl
+++ b/stdlib.pl
@@ -128,3 +128,4 @@
 
 write_canonical(S, Term) :-
 	write_term(S, Term, [quoted(true), ignore_ops(true)]).
+