Motivation: to make progress in the new compiler stack, we have
to preserve join points during lambda lifting. Right now, they are
lifted as regular lambdas. So, to keep them, we need some basic
support for them in the old VM. The implementation here is quick and
dirty. This is not an issue since this code will be deleted soon.
This commit also add two new instructions to the old VM: `updt` and
`updt_cidx`.
They allow us to test the new new memory reuse technique.
TODO: We need to reset fields after we project. Otherwise, we prevent
destructive updates on nested objects.
This is the first step in the declaration vs constant_info refactor.
Here is the design notes:
In Lean3, we use the `declaration` objects to represent new declarations
that are sent to the kernel, and to store information for all constants
declared in an environment.
This design decision was done when we did not have support for
mutual (meta) declarations, and information about inductive datatypes,
constructors and recursors were stored in an environment extension.
This design now seems weird since we have four different methods for
adding declarations into the environment:
```
environment add(certified_declaration const & d) const;
environment add_meta(buffer<declaration> const & ds, bool check = true) const;
environment add(inductive_decl const & decl) const;
environment add_quot() const;
```
Moreover, we use `mk_constant_assumption` to represent inductive
datatype, constructors, recursors, and `quot` primitives.
Since inductive datatypes, constructors, recursors and `quot` primitives
are not considered axioms, we have the method:
```
bool environment::is_builtin(name const & n) const;
```
We can avoid these hacks by having a type for representing
declarations (i.e., objects that are sent to the kernel) and
objects for storing information of the constant declarations stored
in an environment object.
A `declaration` object is now of the form
```
inductive declaration
| defn_decl (val : definition_val)
| axiom_decl (val : axiom_val)
| thm_decl (val : theorem_val)
| quot_decl
| mutual_defn_decl (defns : list definition_val) -- All definitions must be marked as `meta`
| induct_decl (lparams : list name) (nparams : nat) (types : list inductive_type) (is_meta : bool)
/-
If we want, we can let users specify their own names for `quot`,
`quot.mk`, `quot.lift` and `quot.ind`. We just need to add them
as fields of `declaration.quot_decl`.
-/
```
When we check a declaration, one or more `constant_info` objects are
created for each new constant in the declaration.
```
inductive constant_info
| assump_info (val : assumption_val)
| defn_info (val : definition_val)
| axiom_info (val : axiom_val)
| thm_info (val : theorem_val)
| quot_info (val : quot_val)
| induct_info (val : inductive_val)
| cnstr_info (val : constructor_val)
| rec_info (val : recursor_val)
```
For simple declarations `constant` (aka `assumption`), `definition`,
`theorem` and `axiom`, the information stored in the `constant_info` is
identical to the information in the `declaration` object. This is
expected since these are the original Lean3 declarations.
The `environment` object stores a mapping from `name` to
`constant_info`. The function `check` validates a declaration
and produces a `certified_declaration`. A `certified_declaration` is
a pair `(declaration, list constant_info)`. The `list` here makes it
explicit that a declaration may add one or more new constants into the
environment. Finally, the `environment` object has a single `add`
method and a single `get` and `find`:
```
environment add(certified_declaration const & d) const;
/** \brief Return info for the constant with name \c n (if it is defined in this environment). */
optional<constant_info> find(name const & n) const;
/** \brief Return info for the constant with name \c n. Throws an
exception if has not been declared in this environment. */
constant_info get(name const & n) const;
```
Moreover, the method `environment::builtin` is not necessary anymore.
If `environment::get(n)` returns an `axiom_info` or an `assump_info`, then
we know for sure the constant named `n` has been postulated.
This commit only defined the new types in Lean. I still need to make
the changes to the C++ code base.
While `cmdline_args` has no side-effects, it is certainly not a pure function.
The `stdin` etc. should have been safe since all accessors are in `io`, but
better be safe than sorry.
