72 lines
3.0 KiB
Go
72 lines
3.0 KiB
Go
package cty
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// Value represents a value of a particular type, and is the interface by
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// which operations are executed on typed values.
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//
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// Value has two different classes of method. Operation methods stay entirely
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// within the type system (methods accept and return Value instances) and
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// are intended for use in implementing a language in terms of cty, while
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// integration methods either enter or leave the type system, working with
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// native Go values. Operation methods are guaranteed to support all of the
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// expected short-circuit behavior for unknown and dynamic values, while
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// integration methods may not.
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//
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// The philosophy for the operations API is that it's the caller's
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// responsibility to ensure that the given types and values satisfy the
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// specified invariants during a separate type check, so that the caller is
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// able to return errors to its user from the application's own perspective.
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//
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// Consequently the design of these methods assumes such checks have already
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// been done and panics if any invariants turn out not to be satisfied. These
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// panic errors are not intended to be handled, but rather indicate a bug in
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// the calling application that should be fixed with more checks prior to
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// executing operations.
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//
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// A related consequence of this philosophy is that no automatic type
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// conversions are done. If a method specifies that its argument must be
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// number then it's the caller's responsibility to do that conversion before
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// the call, thus allowing the application to have more constrained conversion
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// rules than are offered by the built-in converter where necessary.
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type Value struct {
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ty Type
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v interface{}
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}
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// Type returns the type of the value.
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func (val Value) Type() Type {
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return val.ty
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}
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// IsKnown returns true if the value is known. That is, if it is not
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// the result of the unknown value constructor Unknown(...), and is not
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// the result of an operation on another unknown value.
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//
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// Unknown values are only produced either directly or as a result of
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// operating on other unknown values, and so an application that never
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// introduces Unknown values can be guaranteed to never receive any either.
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func (val Value) IsKnown() bool {
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return val.v != unknown
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}
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// IsNull returns true if the value is null. Values of any type can be
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// null, but any operations on a null value will panic. No operation ever
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// produces null, so an application that never introduces Null values can
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// be guaranteed to never receive any either.
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func (val Value) IsNull() bool {
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return val.v == nil
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}
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// NilVal is an invalid Value that can be used as a placeholder when returning
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// with an error from a function that returns (Value, error).
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//
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// NilVal is *not* a valid error and so no operations may be performed on it.
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// Any attempt to use it will result in a panic.
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//
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// This should not be confused with the idea of a Null value, as returned by
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// NullVal. NilVal is a nil within the *Go* type system, and is invalid in
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// the cty type system. Null values *do* exist in the cty type system.
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var NilVal = Value{
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ty: Type{typeImpl: nil},
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v: nil,
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}
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