ivo/src/LambdaCalculus/Expression.hs

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{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
module LambdaCalculus.Expression where
import Data.List (elemIndex, find)
import Data.Maybe (fromJust)
import Data.HashSet (HashSet)
import qualified Data.HashSet as HS
import GHC.Generics (Generic)
data Expression
= Variable String
| Application Expression Expression
| Abstraction String Expression
deriving (Eq, Generic)
instance Show Expression where
show (Variable var) = var
show (Application ef ex) = "(" ++ show ef ++ " " ++ show ex ++ ")"
show (Abstraction var body) = "(^" ++ var ++ "." ++ show body ++ ")"
-- | Free variables are variables which are present in an expression but not bound by any abstraction.
freeVariables :: Expression -> HashSet String
freeVariables (Variable variable) = HS.singleton variable
freeVariables (Application ef ex) = freeVariables ef `HS.union` freeVariables ex
freeVariables (Abstraction variable body) = HS.delete variable $ freeVariables body
-- | Return True if the given variable is free in the given expression.
freeIn :: String -> Expression -> Bool
freeIn var1 (Variable var2) = var1 == var2
freeIn var (Application ef ex) = var `freeIn` ef && var `freeIn` ex
freeIn var1 (Abstraction var2 body) = var1 == var2 || var1 `freeIn` body
-- | Bound variables are variables which are bound by any abstraction in an expression.
boundVariables :: Expression -> HashSet String
boundVariables (Variable _) = HS.empty
boundVariables (Application ef ex) = boundVariables ef `HS.union` boundVariables ex
boundVariables (Abstraction variable body) = HS.insert variable $ boundVariables body
-- | A closed expression is an expression with no free variables.
-- Closed expressions are also known as combinators and are equivalent to terms in combinatory logic.
closed :: Expression -> Bool
closed = HS.null . freeVariables
-- | Alpha-equivalent terms differ only by the names of bound variables,
-- i.e. one can be converted to the other using only alpha-conversion.
alphaEquivalent :: Expression -> Expression -> Bool
alphaEquivalent = alphaEquivalent' [] []
where alphaEquivalent' :: [String] -> [String] -> Expression -> Expression -> Bool
alphaEquivalent' ctx1 ctx2 (Variable v1) (Variable v2)
-- Two variables are alpha-equivalent if they are bound in the same location.
= bindingSite ctx1 v1 == bindingSite ctx2 v2
alphaEquivalent' ctx1 ctx2 (Application ef1 ex1) (Application ef2 ex2)
-- Two applications are alpha-equivalent if their components are alpha-equivalent.
= alphaEquivalent' ctx1 ctx2 ef1 ef2
&& alphaEquivalent' ctx1 ctx2 ex1 ex2
alphaEquivalent' ctx1 ctx2 (Abstraction v1 b1) (Abstraction v2 b2)
-- Two abstractions are alpha-equivalent if their bodies are alpha-equivalent.
= alphaEquivalent' (v1 : ctx1) (v2 : ctx2) b1 b2
-- | The binding site of a variable is either the index of its binder
-- or, if it is unbound, the name of the free variable.
bindingSite :: [String] -> String -> Either String Int
bindingSite ctx var = maybeToRight var $ var `elemIndex` ctx
where maybeToRight :: b -> Maybe a -> Either b a
maybeToRight default_ = maybe (Left default_) Right
-- | Substitution is the process of replacing all free occurrences of a variable in one expression with another expression.
substitute :: String -> Expression -> Expression -> Expression
substitute var1 value unmodified@(Variable var2)
| var1 == var2 = value
| otherwise = unmodified
substitute var value (Application ef ex)
= Application (substitute var value ef) (substitute var value ex)
substitute var1 value unmodified@(Abstraction var2 body)
| var1 == var2 = unmodified
| otherwise = Abstraction var2' $ substitute var1 value $ alphaConvert var2 var2' body
where var2' = escapeName (freeVariables value) var2
alphaConvert oldName newName expr = substitute oldName (Variable newName) expr
-- | Generate a new name which isn't present in the set, based on the old name.
escapeName env name = fromJust $ find (not . free) names
where names = name : map ('\'' :) names
free = (`HS.member` env)
-- | Returns True if the top-level expression is reducible by beta-reduction.
betaRedex :: Expression -> Bool
betaRedex (Application (Abstraction _ _) _) = True
betaRedex _ = False
-- | Returns True if the top-level expression is reducible by eta-reduction.
etaRedex :: Expression -> Bool
etaRedex (Abstraction var1 (Application ef (Variable var2)))
= var1 /= var2 || var1 `freeIn` ef
etaRedex _ = False
-- | In an expression in normal form, all reductions that can be applied have been applied.
-- This is the result of applying eager evaluation.
normal :: Expression -> Bool
-- The expression is beta-reducible.
normal (Application (Abstraction _ _) _) = False
-- The expression is eta-reducible.
normal (Abstraction var1 (Application fe (Variable var2)))
= var1 /= var2 || var1 `freeIn` fe
normal (Application ef ex) = normal ef && normal ex
normal _ = True
-- | In an expression in weak head normal form, reductions to the function have been applied,
-- but not all reductions to the parameter have been applied.
-- This is the result of applying lazy evaluation.
whnf :: Expression -> Bool
whnf (Application (Abstraction _ _) _) = False
whnf (Abstraction var1 (Application fe (Variable var2)))
= var1 /= var2 || var1 `freeIn` fe
whnf (Application ef _) = whnf ef
eval :: (Expression -> Expression) -> Expression -> Expression
eval strategy = eval'
where eval' :: Expression -> Expression
eval' (Application ef ex) =
case ef' of
-- Beta-reduction
Abstraction var body -> eval' $ substitute var ex' body
_ -> Application ef' ex'
where ef' = eval' ef
ex' = strategy ex
eval' unmodified@(Abstraction var1 (Application ef (Variable var2)))
-- Eta-reduction
| var1 == var2 && not (var1 `freeIn` ef) = eval' ef
| otherwise = unmodified
eval' x = x
-- | Reduce an expression to normal form.
eagerEval :: Expression -> Expression
eagerEval = eval eagerEval
-- | Reduce an expression to weak head normal form.
lazyEval :: Expression -> Expression
lazyEval = eval id