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cerl_trees (3erl)

Name

cerl_trees - Basic functions on Core Erlang abstract syntax trees.

Synopsis

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Description

cerl_trees(3)              Erlang Module Definition              cerl_trees(3)



NAME
       cerl_trees - Basic functions on Core Erlang abstract syntax trees.

DESCRIPTION
       Basic functions on Core Erlang abstract syntax trees.

       Syntax trees are defined in the module cerl.

DATA TYPES
         cerl() = cerl:cerl():


EXPORTS
       depth(T::cerl:cerl()) -> non_neg_integer()

              Returns  the length of the longest path in the tree. A leaf node
              has depth zero, the tree representing  "{foo,  bar}"  has  depth
              one, etc.

       fold(F::(cerl:cerl(),  term()) -> term(), S::term(), T::cerl:cerl()) ->
       term()

              Does a fold operation over the nodes of the tree. The result  is
              the  value  of  Function(X1, Function(X2, ... Function(Xn, Unit)
              ... )), where X1, ..., Xn are the nodes of Tree in a  post-order
              traversal.

              See also: mapfold/3.

       free_variables(T::cerl:cerl()) -> [cerl:var_name()]

              Like  variables/1,  but only includes variables that are free in
              the tree.

              See also: next_free_variable_name/1, variables/1.

       get_label(T::cerl:cerl()) -> top | integer()

       label(T::cerl:cerl()) -> {cerl:cerl(), integer()}

              Equivalent to label(Tree, 0).

       label(T::cerl:cerl(), N::integer()) -> {cerl:cerl(), integer()}

              Labels each expression in the tree. A term {label,  L}  is  pre-
              fixed to the annotation list of each expression node, where L is
              a unique number for every node, except for variables (and  func-
              tion  name variables) which get the same label if they represent
              the same variable. Constant literal nodes are not labeled.

              The returned value is a tuple {NewTree, Max}, where  NewTree  is
              the labeled tree and Max is 1 plus the largest label value used.
              All previous  annotation  terms  on  the  form  {label,  X}  are
              deleted.

              The  values of L used in the tree is a dense range from N to Max
              - 1, where N =< Max =< N + size(Tree). Note that it is  possible
              that no labels are used at all, i.e., N = Max.

              Note:  All  instances  of  free variables will be given distinct
              labels.

              See also: label/1, size/1.

       map(F::(cerl:cerl()) -> cerl:cerl(), T::cerl:cerl()) -> cerl:cerl()

              Maps a function onto the nodes of a  tree.  This  replaces  each
              node in the tree by the result of applying the given function on
              the original node, bottom-up.

              See also: mapfold/3.

       mapfold(F::(cerl:cerl(), term()) -> {cerl:cerl(), term()},  S0::term(),
       T::cerl:cerl()) -> {cerl:cerl(), term()}

              Does  a  combined  map/fold  operation on the nodes of the tree.
              This is similar to map/2, but also propagates a value from  each
              application  of  Function  to  the next, starting with the given
              value Initial, while doing a post-order traversal of  the  tree,
              much like fold/3.

              This  is the same as mapfold/4, with an identity function as the
              pre-operation.

              See also: fold/3, map/2, mapfold/4.

       mapfold(Pre::(cerl:cerl(), term()) ->  {cerl:cerl(),  term()}  |  skip,
       Post::(cerl:cerl(),  term())  ->  {cerl:cerl(),  term()},  S00::term(),
       T0::cerl:cerl()) -> {cerl:cerl(), term()}

              Does a combined map/fold operation on the nodes of the tree.  It
              begins  by calling Pre on the tree, using the Initial value. Pre
              must either return a tree with an  updated  accumulator  or  the
              atom skip.

              If  a  tree is returned, this function deconstructs the top node
              of the returned tree and recurses on  the  children,  using  the
              returned value as the new initial and carrying the returned val-
              ues from one call to the next. Finally it  reassembles  the  top
              node from the children, calls Post on it and returns the result.

              If skip is returned, it returns the tree and accumulator as is.

       next_free_variable_name(T::cerl:cerl()) -> integer()

              Returns  a  integer  variable name higher than any other integer
              variable name in the syntax tree. An exception is thrown if Tree
              does not represent a well-formed Core Erlang syntax tree.

              See also: free_variables/1, variables/1.

       size(T::cerl:cerl()) -> non_neg_integer()

              Returns the number of nodes in Tree.

       variables(T::cerl:cerl()) -> [cerl:var_name()]

              Returns an ordered-set list of the names of all variables in the
              syntax tree. (This includes function name variables.) An  excep-
              tion  is  thrown  if  Tree does not represent a well-formed Core
              Erlang syntax tree.

              See also: free_variables/1, next_free_variable_name/1.

AUTHORS
       Richard Carlsson <carlsson.richard@gmail.com>



                                compiler 8.0.4                   cerl_trees(3)