hsSyn/PlaceHolder.hs

    {-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable #-}
    {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
    {-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds #-}
    {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}

    module PlaceHolder where

    import Type       ( Type )
    import Outputable
    import Name
    import NameSet
    import RdrName
    import Var
    import Coercion

    import Data.Data hiding ( Fixity )
    import BasicTypes       (Fixity)

    {-
    %************************************************************************
    %*                                                                      *
    \subsection{Annotating the syntax}
    %*                                                                      *
    %************************************************************************
    -}

    -- | used as place holder in PostTc and PostRn values
    data PlaceHolder = PlaceHolder
      deriving (Data,Typeable)

    -- | Types that are not defined until after type checking
    type family PostTc it ty :: * -- Note [Pass sensitive types]
    type instance PostTc Id      ty = ty
    type instance PostTc Name    ty = PlaceHolder
    type instance PostTc RdrName ty = PlaceHolder

    -- | Types that are not defined until after renaming
    type family PostRn id ty :: * -- Note [Pass sensitive types]
    type instance PostRn Id      ty = ty
    type instance PostRn Name    ty = ty
    type instance PostRn RdrName ty = PlaceHolder

    placeHolderKind :: PlaceHolder
    placeHolderKind = PlaceHolder

    placeHolderFixity :: PlaceHolder
    placeHolderFixity = PlaceHolder

    placeHolderType :: PlaceHolder
    placeHolderType = PlaceHolder

    placeHolderTypeTc :: Type
    placeHolderTypeTc = panic "Evaluated the place holder for a PostTcType"

    placeHolderNames :: PlaceHolder
    placeHolderNames = PlaceHolder

    placeHolderNamesTc :: NameSet
    placeHolderNamesTc = emptyNameSet

    {-

    Note [Pass sensitive types]
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Since the same AST types are re-used through parsing,renaming and type
    checking there are naturally some places in the AST that do not have
    any meaningful value prior to the pass they are assigned a value.

    Historically these have been filled in with place holder values of the form

      panic "error message"

    This has meant the AST is difficult to traverse using standed generic
    programming techniques. The problem is addressed by introducing
    pass-specific data types, implemented as a pair of open type families,
    one for PostTc and one for PostRn. These are then explicitly populated
    with a PlaceHolder value when they do not yet have meaning.

    Since the required bootstrap compiler at this stage does not have
    closed type families, an open type family had to be used, which
    unfortunately forces the requirement for UndecidableInstances.

    In terms of actual usage, we have the following

      PostTc id Kind
      PostTc id Type

      PostRn id Fixity
      PostRn id NameSet

    TcId and Var are synonyms for Id
    -}

    type DataId id =
      ( Data id
      , Data (PostRn id NameSet)
      , Data (PostRn id Fixity)
      , Data (PostRn id Bool)
      , Data (PostRn id [Name])

      , Data (PostTc id Type)
      , Data (PostTc id Coercion)
      )