lambda/lambda.hs
2017-11-05 17:27:48 +00:00

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Haskell

import Data.List
-- A symbol denoting a variable; consists of a textual name and some (or no) apostrophes to ensure uniqueness
data Symbol = Symbol { symBase :: String -- lowercase a to z
, symLen :: Int -- nonnegative
}
instance Show Symbol where
show (Symbol s n) = s ++ (replicate n '\'')
-- Present symbols (not including symbol to change) -> symbol to change ->
-- unique symbol with same base and minimal amount of apostrophes
findName :: [Symbol] -> Symbol -> Symbol
findName other (Symbol base n) =
let sameBase = filter ((base ==) . symBase) other
lengths = map symLen sameBase
freeLengths = [0..] \\ (nub lengths)
in Symbol base (head freeLengths) -- [0..] is infinite
-- An expression. Can be a mere symbol, a lambda application, or a lambda abstraction.
data Expression s = ESymbol s
| EExpr (Expression s) (Expression s)
| ELambda s (Expression s)
instance (Show s) => Show (Expression s) where
show (ESymbol s) = show s
-- ((a b) c) is equivalent to (a b c)
show (EExpr a@(EExpr _ _) b) = (init $ show a) ++ " " ++ show b ++ ")"
show (EExpr a b) = "(" ++ show a ++ " " ++ show b ++ ")"
show (ELambda s e) = "\\" ++ show s ++ "." ++ show e
_s :: String -> Expression Symbol
_s s = ESymbol $ Symbol s 0
main = do
print (EExpr (_s "a") (EExpr (_s "b") (_s "c")))
print (EExpr (_s "a") (EExpr (_s "b") (EExpr (_s "c") (_s "d"))))
print (EExpr (EExpr (_s "a") (_s "b")) (_s "c"))
print (EExpr (EExpr (EExpr (_s "a") (_s "b")) (_s "c")) (_s "d"))
print (EExpr (EExpr (_s "a") (EExpr (_s "b") (_s "c"))) (_s "d"))
print (ELambda (Symbol "a" 0) (_s "a"))
print (ELambda (Symbol "a" 0) (EExpr (EExpr (_s "a") (EExpr (_s "b") (_s "c"))) (_s "d")))
-- test of findName (seems to be working) ~G
print $ findName [(Symbol "a" 0), (Symbol "b" 0), (Symbol "a" 1)] (Symbol "a" 4)
print $ findName [(Symbol "a" 0), (Symbol "b" 0), (Symbol "a" 1)] (Symbol "b" 3)
print $ findName [(Symbol "a" 0), (Symbol "b" 0), (Symbol "a" 1)] (Symbol "c" 2)
print $ findName [(Symbol "a" 1), (Symbol "a" 3), (Symbol "a" 0)] (Symbol "a" 1)