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/*  Part of SWI-Prolog

    Author:        Jan Wielemaker
    E-mail:        J.Wielemaker@cs.vu.nl
    WWW:           http://www.swi-prolog.org
    Copyright (C): 2010, VU University Amsterdam

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*/

:- module(coinduction,
	  [ (coinductive)/1,
	    op(1150, fx, (coinductive))
	  ]).
:- use_module(library(error)).

/** <module> Co-Logic Programming

This simple module implements the   directive coinductive/1 as described
in "Co-Logic Programming: Extending Logic  Programming with Coinduction"
by Luke Simon et al. The idea behind coinduction is that a goal succeeds
if it unifies to a parent goal.  This enables some interesting programs,
notably on infinite trees (cyclic terms).

    ==
    :- use_module(library(coinduction)).

    :- coinductive p/1.

    p([1|T]) :- p(T).
    ==

This predicate is  true  for  any   cyclic  list  containing  only  1-s,
regardless of the cycle-length.

@bug	Programs mixing normal predicates and coinductive predicates must
	be _stratified_.  The theory does not apply to normal Prolog calling
	coinductive predicates, calling normal Prolog predicates, etc.

	Stratification is not checked or enforced in any other way and thus
	left as a responsibility to the user.
@see	"Co-Logic Programming: Extending Logic  Programming with Coinduction"
	by Luke Simon et al.
*/

:- multifile
	system:term_expansion/2,
	coinductive_declaration/2.	% Head, Module

%%	head(+Term, -QHead) is semidet.
%
%	Must be first to allow reloading!

head(Var, _) :-
	var(Var), !, fail.
head((H:-_B), Head) :- !,
	head(H, Head).
head(H, Head) :-
	(   H = _:_
	->  Head = H
	;   prolog_load_context(module, M),
	    Head = M:H
	).

%%	coinductive(:Spec)
%
%	The  declaration  :-   coinductive    name/arity,   ...  defines
%	predicates as _coinductive_. The predicate definition is wrapped
%	such that goals unify with their  ancestors. This directive must
%	preceed all clauses of the predicate.

coinductive(Spec) :-
	throw(error(context_error(nodirective, coinductive(Spec)), _)).

expand_coinductive_declaration(Spec, Clauses) :-
	prolog_load_context(module, Module),
	phrase(expand_specs(Spec, Module), Clauses).

expand_specs(Var, _) -->
	{ var(Var), !,
	  instantiation_error(Var)
	}.
expand_specs(M:Spec, _) --> !,
	expand_specs(Spec, M).
expand_specs((A,B), Module) --> !,
	expand_specs(A, Module),
	expand_specs(B, Module).
expand_specs(Head, Module) -->
	{ valid_pi(Head, Name, Arity),
	  functor(GenHead, Name, Arity)
	},
	[ coinduction:coinductive_declaration(GenHead, Module) ].


valid_pi(Name/Arity, Name, Arity) :-
	must_be(atom, Name),
	must_be(integer, Arity).


%%	wrap_coinductive(+Head, +Term, -Clauses) is det.
%
%	Create a wrapper. The first clause deal   with the case where we
%	already created the wrapper. The second  creates the wrapper and
%	the first clause.

wrap_coinductive(Pred, Term, Clause) :-
	current_predicate(_, Pred), !,
	rename_clause(Term, 'coinductive ', Clause).
wrap_coinductive(Pred, Term, [Wrapper_1,Wrapper_2,FirstClause]) :-
	Pred = M:Head,
	functor(Head, Name, Arity),
	length(Args, Arity),
	GenHead =.. [Name|Args],
	atom_concat('coinductive ', Name, WrappedName),
	WrappedHead =.. [WrappedName|Args],
	Wrapper_1 = (GenHead :-
			prolog_current_frame(F),
		        prolog_frame_attribute(F, parent, FP),
		        prolog_frame_attribute(FP, parent_goal, M:GenHead)),
	Wrapper_2 = (GenHead :- WrappedHead, coinduction:no_lco),
	rename_clause(Term, 'coinductive ', FirstClause).

:- public no_lco/0.

no_lco.					% true, but do not optimize away

%%	rename_clause(+Clause, +Prefix, -Renamed) is det.
%
%	Rename a clause by prefixing its old name wit h Prefix.

rename_clause((Head :- Body), Prefix, (NewHead :- Body)) :- !,
        rename_clause(Head, Prefix, NewHead).
rename_clause(M:Head, Prefix, M:NewHead) :-
	rename_clause(Head, Prefix, NewHead).
rename_clause(Head, Prefix, NewHead) :-
        Head =.. [Name|Args],
        atom_concat(Prefix, Name, WrapName),
        NewHead =.. [WrapName|Args].


		 /*******************************
		 *	  EXPANSION HOOKS	*
		 *******************************/

system:term_expansion((:- coinductive(Spec)), Clauses) :-
	expand_coinductive_declaration(Spec, Clauses).
system:term_expansion(Term, Wrapper) :-
	head(Term, Module:Head),
	coinductive_declaration(Head, Module),
	wrap_coinductive(Module:Head, Term, Wrapper).