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时间:2015-06-13 16:34:30

标签: scala haskell types type-constraints

这是一个布尔谓词树。

data Pred a = Leaf (a -> Bool)
            | And (Pred a) (Pred a)
            | Or (Pred a) (Pred a)
            | Not (Pred a)

eval :: Pred a -> a -> Bool
eval (Leaf f) = f
eval (l `And` r) = \x -> eval l x && eval r x
eval (l `Or` r) = \x -> eval l x || eval r x
eval (Not p) = not . eval p

这种实现很简单,但问题是不同类型的谓词不构成。博客系统的玩具示例:

data User = U {
    isActive :: Bool
}
data Post = P {
    isPublic :: Bool
}

userIsActive :: Pred User
userIsActive = Leaf isActive

postIsPublic :: Pred Post
postIsPublic = Leaf isPublic

-- doesn't compile because And requires predicates on the same type
-- userCanComment = userIsActive `And` postIsPublic

您可以通过定义类似data World = W User Post的内容并专门使用Pred World来解决此问题。但是,在系统中添加新实体则需要更改World;较小的谓词通常不需要整个事物(postIsPublic不需要使用User);在没有Post的情况下,客户端代码无法使用Pred World

它在Scala中起作用,它将通过统一来愉快地推断组合特征的子类型约束:

sealed trait Pred[-A]
case class Leaf[A](f : A => Boolean) extends Pred[A]
case class And[A](l : Pred[A], r : Pred[A]) extends Pred[A]
case class Or[A](l : Pred[A], r : Pred[A]) extends Pred[A]
case class Not[A](p : Pred[A]) extends Pred[A]

def eval[A](p : Pred[A], x : A) : Boolean = {
  p match {
    case Leaf(f) => f(x)
    case And(l, r) => eval(l, x) && eval(r, x)
    case Or(l, r) => eval(l, x) || eval(r, x)
    case Not(pred) => ! eval(pred, x)
  }
}

class User(val isActive : Boolean)
class Post(val isPublic : Boolean)

trait HasUser {
  val user : User
}
trait HasPost {
  val post : Post
}

val userIsActive = Leaf[HasUser](x => x.user.isActive)
val postIsPublic = Leaf[HasPost](x => x.post.isPublic)
val userCanCommentOnPost = And(userIsActive, postIsPublic)  // type is inferred as And[HasUser with HasPost]

(这是因为Pred被声明为逆变 - 它无论如何都是。)当你需要eval一个Pred时,你可以简单地将所需的特征组成一个匿名的子类 - new HasUser with HasPost { val user = new User(true); val post = new Post(false); }

我想我可以通过将特征转换为类并通过它所需的类型参数化Pred而不是它所操作的具体类型来将其转换为Haskell。

-- conjunction of partially-applied constraints
-- (/\) :: (k -> Constraint) -> (k -> Constraint) -> (k -> Constraint)
type family (/\) c1 c2 a :: Constraint where
    (/\) c1 c2 a = (c1 a, c2 a)

data Pred c where
    Leaf :: (forall a. c a => a -> Bool) -> Pred c
    And :: Pred c1 -> Pred c2 -> Pred (c1 /\ c2)
    Or :: Pred c1 -> Pred c2 -> Pred (c1 /\ c2)
    Not :: Pred c -> Pred c

data User = U {
    isActive :: Bool
}
data Post = P {
    isPublic :: Bool
}

class HasUser a where
    user :: a -> User
class HasPost a where
    post :: a -> Post

userIsActive :: Pred HasUser
userIsActive = Leaf (isActive . user)

postIsPublic :: Pred HasPost
postIsPublic = Leaf (isPublic . post)

userCanComment = userIsActive `And` postIsPublic
-- ghci> :t userCanComment
-- userCanComment :: Pred (HasUser /\ HasPost)

我们的想法是,每次使用Leaf时,都要在整体类型上定义一个需求(例如HasUser),而不直接指定该类型。树的其他构造函数将这些需求向上冒泡(使用约束联合/\),因此树的根知道叶的所有要求。然后,当你想要eval你的谓词时,你可以组成一个包含谓词所需的所有数据(或使用元组)的类型,并使它成为所需类的实例。

但是,我无法弄清楚如何撰写eval

eval :: c a => Pred c -> a -> Bool
eval (Leaf f) = f
eval (l `And` r) = \x -> eval l x && eval r x
eval (l `Or` r) = \x -> eval l x || eval r x
eval (Not p) = not . eval p

AndOr出现问题的情况。 GHC似乎不愿意在递归调用中扩展/\

Could not deduce (c1 a) arising from a use of ‘eval’
from the context (c a)
  bound by the type signature for
             eval :: (c a) => Pred c -> a -> Bool
  at spec.hs:55:9-34
or from (c ~ (c1 /\ c2))
  bound by a pattern with constructor
             And :: forall (c1 :: * -> Constraint) (c2 :: * -> Constraint).
                    Pred c1 -> Pred c2 -> Pred (c1 /\ c2),
           in an equation for ‘eval’
  at spec.hs:57:7-15
Relevant bindings include
  x :: a (bound at spec.hs:57:21)
  l :: Pred c1 (bound at spec.hs:57:7)
  eval :: Pred c -> a -> Bool (bound at spec.hs:56:1)
In the first argument of ‘(&&)’, namely ‘eval l x’
In the expression: eval l x && eval r x
In the expression: \ x -> eval l x && eval r x

GHC知道c ac ~ (c1 /\ c2)(因此(c1 /\ c2) a),但无法推断c1 a,这需要扩展/\的定义。我觉得如果/\同义词,而不是系列,它会起作用,但Haskell不允许部分应用类型同义词(这是Pred)的定义所必需的。

我尝试使用constraints补丁:

conjL :: (c1 /\ c2) a :- c1 a
conjL = Sub Dict
conjR :: (c1 /\ c2) a :- c1 a
conjR = Sub Dict

eval :: c a => Pred c -> a -> Bool
eval (Leaf f) = f
eval (l `And` r) = \x -> (eval l x \\ conjL) && (eval r x \\ conjR)
eval (l `Or` r) = \x -> (eval l x \\ conjL) || (eval r x \\ conjR)
eval (Not p) = not . eval p

不仅......

Could not deduce (c3 a) arising from a use of ‘eval’
from the context (c a)
  bound by the type signature for
             eval :: (c a) => Pred c -> a -> Bool
  at spec.hs:57:9-34
or from (c ~ (c3 /\ c4))
  bound by a pattern with constructor
             And :: forall (c1 :: * -> Constraint) (c2 :: * -> Constraint).
                    Pred c1 -> Pred c2 -> Pred (c1 /\ c2),
           in an equation for ‘eval’
  at spec.hs:59:7-15
or from (c10 a0)
  bound by a type expected by the context: (c10 a0) => Bool
  at spec.hs:59:27-43
Relevant bindings include
  x :: a (bound at spec.hs:59:21)
  l :: Pred c3 (bound at spec.hs:59:7)
  eval :: Pred c -> a -> Bool (bound at spec.hs:58:1)
In the first argument of ‘(\\)’, namely ‘eval l x’
In the first argument of ‘(&&)’, namely ‘(eval l x \\ conjL)’
In the expression: (eval l x \\ conjL) && (eval r x \\ conjR)

但也......

Could not deduce (c10 a0, c20 a0) arising from a use of ‘\\’
from the context (c a)
  bound by the type signature for
             eval :: (c a) => Pred c -> a -> Bool
  at spec.hs:57:9-34
or from (c ~ (c3 /\ c4))
  bound by a pattern with constructor
             And :: forall (c1 :: * -> Constraint) (c2 :: * -> Constraint).
                    Pred c1 -> Pred c2 -> Pred (c1 /\ c2),
           in an equation for ‘eval’
  at spec.hs:59:7-15
In the first argument of ‘(&&)’, namely ‘(eval l x \\ conjL)’
In the expression: (eval l x \\ conjL) && (eval r x \\ conjR)
In the expression:
  \ x -> (eval l x \\ conjL) && (eval r x \\ conjR)

它或多或少是相同的故事,除了现在GHC似乎也不愿意将GADT带来的变量与conjL所要求的变量统一起来。看起来时间/\ 类型中的conjL 已扩展为(c10 a0, c20 a0)。 (我认为这是因为/\似乎在conjL中完全应用,而不是像And中那样以咖喱形式应用。)

毋庸置疑,令我惊讶的是,Scala比Haskell做得更好。我如何摆弄eval的身体,直到它出现问题?我可以劝说GHC扩展/\吗?我是以错误的方式去做的吗?我想要的甚至可能吗?

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:5)

数据构造函数And :: Pred c1 -> Pred c2 -> Pred (c1 /\ c2)Or :: ...格式不正确,因为无法部分应用类型系列。但是,早于7.10的GHC将erroneously accept this definition - 然后给出您在尝试对其执行任何操作时看到的错误。

您应该使用类而不是类型系列;例如

class (c1 a, c2 a) => (/\) (c1 :: k -> Constraint) (c2 :: k -> Constraint) (a :: k)
instance (c1 a, c2 a) => (c1 /\ c2) a 

并且eval的直接实施将起作用。