With an intermediate function like double:
use inc_complete::{intermediate, storage::HashMapStorage, DbHandle, Storage, define_intermediate};
#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
struct Double(i32);
#[intermediate(id = 1)]
fn double(params: &Double, _db: &DbHandle<MyStorage>) -> i32 {
params.0 * 2
}
#[derive(Storage)]
struct MyStorage {
doubles: HashMapStorage<Double>,
}
If we have access to a DbHandle<MyStorage>, e.g. via another computation we could call double without going through the db first:
fn foo(db: &DbHandle<MyStorage>) -> i32 {
double(&Double(3), db)
}
Possible solution: prevent double by being accessed by renaming the function to something like _double_impl and having intermediate automatically generate the struct Double(i32) struct instead - but naming it double to stand-in for the original function. This also has the benefit of reducing the amount of ceremony required to define a new intermediate computation:
#[intermediate(id = 1)]
fn double(x: &i32, _db: &DbHandle<MyStorage>) -> i32 {
*x * 2
}
// Expands to:
#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
struct double {
pub x: i32,
}
fn _double_impl(ctx: &double, _db: &DbHandle<MyStorage>) -> i32 {
let x = &double.x;
*x * 2
}
Difficulties:
- it's unclear what, if any, traits for
double we should derive by default. The original example uses #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)] but a user may also likely want Serialize, Deserialize, or more. There would likely also need to be a syntax for specifying these but now that the struct itself is no longer shown, it is less clear to the user why they may want to do this.
- the
double struct would still need to be specified when creating the storage type, which may be confusing now that the struct is hidden.
With an intermediate function like
double:If we have access to a
DbHandle<MyStorage>, e.g. via another computation we could calldoublewithout going through the db first:Possible solution: prevent
doubleby being accessed by renaming the function to something like_double_impland havingintermediateautomatically generate thestruct Double(i32)struct instead - but naming itdoubleto stand-in for the original function. This also has the benefit of reducing the amount of ceremony required to define a new intermediate computation:Difficulties:
doublewe should derive by default. The original example uses#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]but a user may also likely wantSerialize,Deserialize, or more. There would likely also need to be a syntax for specifying these but now that the struct itself is no longer shown, it is less clear to the user why they may want to do this.doublestruct would still need to be specified when creating the storage type, which may be confusing now that the struct is hidden.