Change to_repr/to_str implementation story

Let's talk about to_repr and to_str.

to_repr tries to do what Python's `repr` function does - that is, it
converts an object into a developer-readable (but maybe not
human-readable) string. This function is implemented for every object,
and may very well just write out "<MyType at 0x12345678>".

to_str, on the other hand, tries to turn an object into an explicitly
human-readable format. In Python (which we are modeling a lot of our
design after), the str() function usually will end up calling `repr()`
itself, if no other implementation has been provided.

Previously in our implementation, there was a bit of a disconnect
between `to_repr` and `to_str`, versus `Debug` and `Display`. `to_repr`
would kind of do its own thing, and then maybe call either `Display` or
`Debug` to format an object. Consequently, `to_str` would kind of do its
own thing too - usually calling `to_repr` but not always.

This change attempts to strengthen the definitions of `to_repr` and
`to_str`. *In general*, a call to `to_repr` should be calling an
object's `Debug::fmt` function, and *in general* a call to `to_str()`
should be calling an object's `Display::fmt` function. Often, the
`Display::fmt` will just end up calling `Debug::fmt` itself, but now
the `to_str()` and `to_repr()` interfaces are much better defined than
they used to be.

The only major downside is that we are giving up the `Debug`
implementation for language logic, rather than
debugging-the-language-itself logic. I can see this biting us down the
road if we ever need a Rust-style `Debug` implementation, but for now, I
think this is going to serve our needs just fine.

Signed-off-by: Alek Ratzloff <alekratz@gmail.com>
This commit is contained in:
2024-09-27 08:10:09 -07:00
parent 2f84f2c5bb
commit ac6dad9dbd
3 changed files with 98 additions and 34 deletions

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@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub enum FunctionState {
pub type BuiltinFunctionPtr = fn(vm: &mut Vm, function_state: FunctionState) -> FunctionResult;
#[derive(Debug, Trace, Finalize)]
#[derive(Trace, Finalize)]
pub struct BuiltinFunction {
base: BaseObj,
#[unsafe_ignore_trace]
@@ -80,12 +80,18 @@ impl BuiltinFunction {
arity: Argc,
);
pub fn name(&self) -> &String {
pub fn name(&self) -> &Rc<String> {
&self.name
}
}
impl Display for BuiltinFunction {
fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
Debug::fmt(self, fmt)
}
}
impl Debug for BuiltinFunction {
fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
write!(
fmt,
@@ -128,7 +134,7 @@ impl Object for BuiltinFunction {
// UserFunction
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Trace, Finalize)]
#[derive(Clone, Trace, Finalize)]
pub struct UserFunction {
base: BaseObj,
#[unsafe_ignore_trace]
@@ -152,7 +158,7 @@ impl UserFunction {
impl_create!(chunk: Chunk, arity: Argc);
pub fn name(&self) -> &String {
pub fn name(&self) -> &Rc<String> {
&self.name
}
@@ -170,6 +176,12 @@ impl UserFunction {
}
impl Display for UserFunction {
fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
Debug::fmt(self, fmt)
}
}
impl Debug for UserFunction {
fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
write!(
fmt,
@@ -222,16 +234,6 @@ pub struct Method {
function: ObjP,
}
impl Debug for Method {
fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
fmt.debug_struct("Method")
.field("base", &self.base)
.field("self_binding", &format!("{}", self.self_binding.borrow()))
.field("function", &self.function)
.finish()
}
}
impl Method {
pub fn new(self_binding: ObjP, function: ObjP) -> Self {
Self {
@@ -254,7 +256,37 @@ impl Method {
impl Display for Method {
fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
write!(fmt, "{}", self.function.borrow())
Debug::fmt(self, fmt)
}
}
impl Debug for Method {
fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
let function_name: Rc<_> = if let Some(function) = self
.function
.borrow()
.as_any()
.downcast_ref::<BuiltinFunction>()
{
Rc::clone(&function.name())
} else if let Some(function) = self
.function
.borrow()
.as_any()
.downcast_ref::<UserFunction>()
{
function.name().clone()
} else {
unreachable!()
};
write!(
fmt,
"<Method {}.{}/{} at {}>",
self.self_binding.borrow().ty_name(),
function_name,
self.function.borrow().arity().unwrap(),
self as *const _ as usize
)
}
}