[erlang-questions] Defining static functions in abstract modules

Hynek Vychodil vychodil.hynek@REDACTED
Wed Apr 9 11:20:54 CEST 2008


UGH, static functions? Where is benefit to do it? What matter? I don't
understand.

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Matthew Dempsky <matthew@REDACTED>
wrote:

> It would be nice to be able to define arbitrary static functions
> within an abstract module.  Right now you can kludge around this by
> exploiting that local functions named 'new' are always static and
> write something like
>
>    new(incr, X) -> X + 1.
>
> but it would be nicer to just write
>
>    -static([incr/1]).
>    incr(X) -> X + 1.
>
> Below is a very rudimentary patch that adds support for this syntax.
> It's basically only enough to compile and run very simple test cases
> and to demonstrate that implementing this does not seem too difficult.
> (One problem I'm already aware of is that a static function foo/1 and
> an instance function foo/0 silently collide without any warning... so
> don't do that. ;-))
>
> Another option would be to make the attribute statement just
> "-static([incr])." and then all incr functions are defined static, but
> that seems unnecessarily limiting.
>
> If the long-term goal is to have separate namespaces for static and
> instance functions (e.g., so (Mod:new(...)):module_info() works and
> returns something meaningful for the module instance), then maybe a
> syntax that actually decorates individual function definitions would
> be better?
>
> Are there any plans on adding static functions in a future release?
>
>
> --- stdlib/src/erl_parse.yrl.orig       2007-11-27 07:57:32.000000000
> -0800
> +++ stdlib/src/erl_parse.yrl    2008-04-09 01:25:31.000000000 -0700
> @@ -627,6 +627,12 @@
>            {attribute,La,export,farity_list(ExpList)};
>        _Other -> error_bad_decl(La, export)
>     end;
> +build_attribute({atom,La,static}, Val) ->
> +    case Val of
> +        [ExpList] ->
> +            {attribute,La,static,farity_list(ExpList)};
> +        _Other -> error_bad_decl(La, static)
> +    end;
>  build_attribute({atom,La,import}, Val) ->
>     case Val of
>        [Name] ->
> --- compiler/src/sys_pre_expand.erl.orig        2008-02-05
> 05:37:09.000000000 -0800
> +++ compiler/src/sys_pre_expand.erl     2008-04-09 01:26:06.000000000
> -0700
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
>                  parameters=undefined,          %Module parameters
>                  package="",                    %Module package
>                  exports=[],                    %Exports
> +                 statics=[],                    %Statics
>                  imports=[],                    %Imports
>                  mod_imports,                   %Module Imports
>                  compile=[],                    %Compile flags
> @@ -109,6 +110,7 @@
>                 end,
>             {Fs1,Xs,Ds} = sys_expand_pmod:forms(Fs0, Ps,
>                                                 St0#expand.exports,
> +                                                St0#expand.statics,
>                                                 St0#expand.defined),
>            St1 = St0#expand{exports=Xs, defined=Ds},
>            {Fs2,St2} = add_instance(Ps, Fs1, St1),
> @@ -220,6 +222,8 @@
>               package = packages:strip_last(M)};
>  attribute(export, Es, St) ->
>     St#expand{exports=union(from_list(Es), St#expand.exports)};
> +attribute(static, Ss, St) ->
> +    St#expand{statics=union(from_list(Ss), St#expand.statics)};
>  attribute(import, Is, St) ->
>     import(Is, St);
>  attribute(compile, C, St) when is_list(C) ->
> --- compiler/src/sys_expand_pmod.erl.orig       2008-02-05
> 05:38:12.000000000 -0800
> +++ compiler/src/sys_expand_pmod.erl    2008-04-09 01:32:36.000000000
> -0700
> @@ -25,18 +25,19 @@
>  %% and 'exports'. The automatic 'new/N' function is neither added to the
>  %% definitions nor to the 'exports'/'defines' lists yet.
>
> --export([forms/4]).
> +-export([forms/5]).
>
> --record(pmod, {parameters, exports, defined, predef}).
> +-record(pmod, {parameters, exports, statics, defined, predef}).
>
>  %% TODO: more abstract handling of predefined/static functions.
>
> -forms(Fs0, Ps, Es0, Ds0) ->
> +forms(Fs0, Ps, Es0, Ss0, Ds0) ->
>     PreDef = [{module_info,0},{module_info,1}],
> -    forms(Fs0, Ps, Es0, Ds0, PreDef).
> +    forms(Fs0, Ps, Es0, Ss0, Ds0, PreDef).
>
> -forms(Fs0, Ps, Es0, Ds0, PreDef) ->
> -    St0 = #pmod{parameters=Ps,exports=Es0,defined=Ds0, predef=PreDef},
> +forms(Fs0, Ps, Es0, Ss0, Ds0, PreDef) ->
> +    St0 = #pmod{parameters=Ps,exports=Es0,statics=Ss0,defined=Ds0,
> +                predef=PreDef},
>     {Fs1, St1} = forms(Fs0, St0),
>     Es1 = update_function_names(Es0, St1),
>     Ds1 = update_function_names(Ds0, St1),
> @@ -50,15 +51,22 @@
>     [update_function_name(E, St) || E <- Es].
>
>  update_function_name(E={F,A}, St) when F =/= new ->
> -    case ordsets:is_element(E, St#pmod.predef) of
> +    case ordsets:is_element(E, St#pmod.predef) orelse
> +        ordsets:is_element(E, St#pmod.statics) of
>        true -> E;
>        false -> {F, A + 1}
>     end;
>  update_function_name(E, _St) ->
>     E.
>
> -update_forms([{function,L,N,A,Cs}|Fs],St) when N =/= new ->
> -    [{function,L,N,A+1,Cs}|update_forms(Fs,St)];
> +update_forms([F0={function,L,N,A,Cs}|Fs],St) when N =/= new ->
> +    F = case ordsets:is_element({N,A}, St#pmod.statics) of
> +            true ->
> +                F0;
> +            false ->
> +                {function,L,N,A+1,Cs}
> +        end,
> +    [F|update_forms(Fs,St)];
>  update_forms([F|Fs],St) ->
>     [F|update_forms(Fs,St)];
>  update_forms([],_St) ->
> @@ -74,9 +82,14 @@
>     {[], St0}.
>
>  %% Only function definitions are of interest here. State is not updated.
> -form({function,Line,Name0,Arity0,Clauses0},St) when Name0 =/= new ->
> -    {Name,Arity,Clauses} = function(Name0, Arity0, Clauses0, St),
> -    {{function,Line,Name,Arity,Clauses},St};
> +form(F = {function,Line,Name0,Arity0,Clauses0},St) when Name0 =/= new ->
> +    case ordsets:is_element({Name0, Arity0}, St#pmod.statics) of
> +        true ->
> +            {F,St};
> +        false ->
> +            {Name,Arity,Clauses} = function(Name0, Arity0, Clauses0, St),
> +            {{function,Line,Name,Arity,Clauses},St}
> +    end;
>  %% Pass anything else through
>  form(F,St) -> {F,St}.
>
> @@ -362,7 +375,13 @@
>  expr({call,Lc,{atom,Lf,F},As0},St) ->
>     %% Local function call - needs THIS parameter.
>     As1 = expr_list(As0,St),
> -    {call,Lc,{atom,Lf,F},As1 ++ [{var,0,'THIS'}]};
> +    As2 = case ordsets:is_element({F, length(As1)}, St#pmod.statics) of
> +              true ->
> +                  As1;
> +              false ->
> +                  As1 ++ [{var,0,'THIS'}]
> +          end,
> +    {call,Lc,{atom,Lf,F},As2};
>  expr({call,Line,F0,As0},St) ->
>     %% Other function call
>     F1 = expr(F0,St),
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