From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95D72431FAF for ; Mon, 27 May 2013 13:58:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.098 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.098 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3] autolearn=disabled Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 92L5TPlETU+D for ; Mon, 27 May 2013 13:58:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail2.qmul.ac.uk (mail2.qmul.ac.uk [138.37.6.6]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8E277431FAE for ; Mon, 27 May 2013 13:58:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.qmul.ac.uk ([138.37.6.40]) by mail2.qmul.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uh4Uv-00042P-GJ; Mon, 27 May 2013 21:58:30 +0100 Received: from 93-97-24-31.zone5.bethere.co.uk ([93.97.24.31] helo=localhost) by smtp.qmul.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Uh4Uu-0000Wd-Sp; Mon, 27 May 2013 21:58:29 +0100 From: Mark Walters To: Austin Clements Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] emacs: Streaming S-expression parser In-Reply-To: <20130527190436.GS5999@mit.edu> References: <1368851472-5382-1-git-send-email-amdragon@mit.edu> <1368851472-5382-5-git-send-email-amdragon@mit.edu> <87fvxg2wc4.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> <87ip2b3moz.fsf@awakening.csail.mit.edu> <8761y7ph8v.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> <20130527190436.GS5999@mit.edu> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.14+255~gff3cc55 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.4.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 21:58:27 +0100 Message-ID: <8761y4jg24.fsf@qmul.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Sender-Host-Address: 93.97.24.31 X-QM-SPAM-Info: Sender has good ham record. :) X-QM-Body-MD5: bd9b0ce573f2b98574890d6b736b23f0 (of first 20000 bytes) X-SpamAssassin-Score: -0.1 X-SpamAssassin-SpamBar: / X-SpamAssassin-Report: The QM spam filters have analysed this message to determine if it is spam. We require at least 5.0 points to mark a message as spam. This message scored -0.1 points. Summary of the scoring: * 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider * (markwalters1009[at]gmail.com) * -0.1 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-QM-Scan-Virus: ClamAV says the message is clean Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 20:58:40 -0000 Austin Clements writes: > Quoth Mark Walters on May 25 at 9:59 am: >>=20 >> Hi >>=20 >> On Wed, 22 May 2013, Austin Clements wrote: >> > On Tue, 21 May 2013, Mark Walters wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> >> >> This patch looks good to me. Some minor comments below. >> > >> > Some minor replies below. >> > >> > In building some other code on top of this, I found an interesting (but >> > easy to fix) interface bug. Currently, the interface is designed as if >> > it doesn't matter what buffer these functions are called from, however, >> > because they move point and expect this point motion to persist, it's >> > actually not safe to call this interface unless the caller is in the >> > right buffer anyway. For example, if the buffer is selected in a >> > window, the with-current-buffer in the parser functions will actually >> > move a *temporary* point, meaning that the only way the caller can >> > discover the new point is to first select the buffer for itself. I can >> > think of two solutions: 1) maintain our own mark for the parser's >> > current position or 2) tweak the doc strings and code so that it reads >> > from the current buffer. 1 keeps the interface the way it's currently >> > documented, but complicates the parser implementation and interface and >> > doesn't simplify the caller. 2 simplifies the parser and it turns out >> > all callers already satisfy the requirement. >>=20 >> I am confused by this: the docs strings for json/sexp-parse-partial-list >> both say something like "Parse a partial JSON list from current buffer"? >> Or do you mean the with-current-buffer in notmuch-search-process-filter? > > I was referring to the lower level parser, which effectively has the > same requirement but isn't documented to and has code that pointlessly > tries to track the parsing buffer (I consider > json/sexp-parse-partial-list to be a helper). In fact, one reason the > lower level parser didn't choke is because right now we only use it > through json/sexp-parse-partial-list, which requires that it be called > from the right buffer. Right I think I see. I am definitely happy with insisting on being called from the correct buffer in the low level code. >> >> On Sat, 18 May 2013, Austin Clements wrote: >> >>> This provides the same interface as the streaming JSON parser, but >> >>> reads S-expressions incrementally. The only difference is that the >> >>> `notmuch-sexp-parse-partial-list' helper does not handle interleaved >> >>> error messages (since we now have the ability to separate these out = at >> >>> the invocation level), so it no longer takes an error function and >> >>> does not need to do the horrible resynchronization that the JSON >> >>> parser had to. >> >>> >> >>> Some implementation improvements have been made over the JSON parser. >> >>> This uses a vector instead of a list for the parser data structure, >> >>> since this allows faster access to elements (and modern versions of >> >>> Emacs handle storage of small vectors efficiently). Private functio= ns >> >>> follow the "prefix--name" convention. And the implementation is much >> >>> simpler overall because S-expressions are much easier to parse. >> >>> --- >> >>> emacs/Makefile.local | 1 + >> >>> emacs/notmuch-parser.el | 212 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++= +++++++++++ >> >>> 2 files changed, 213 insertions(+) >> >>> create mode 100644 emacs/notmuch-parser.el >> >>> >> >>> diff --git a/emacs/Makefile.local b/emacs/Makefile.local >> >>> index 456700a..a910aff 100644 >> >>> --- a/emacs/Makefile.local >> >>> +++ b/emacs/Makefile.local >> >>> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ >> >>> dir :=3D emacs >> >>> emacs_sources :=3D \ >> >>> $(dir)/notmuch-lib.el \ >> >>> + $(dir)/notmuch-parser.el \ >> >>> $(dir)/notmuch.el \ >> >>> $(dir)/notmuch-query.el \ >> >>> $(dir)/notmuch-show.el \ >> >>> diff --git a/emacs/notmuch-parser.el b/emacs/notmuch-parser.el >> >>> new file mode 100644 >> >>> index 0000000..1b7cf64 >> >>> --- /dev/null >> >>> +++ b/emacs/notmuch-parser.el >> >>> @@ -0,0 +1,212 @@ >> >>> +;; notmuch-parser.el --- streaming S-expression parser >> >>> +;; >> >>> +;; Copyright =C2=A9 Austin Clements >> >>> +;; >> >>> +;; This file is part of Notmuch. >> >>> +;; >> >>> +;; Notmuch is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify = it >> >>> +;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by >> >>> +;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or >> >>> +;; (at your option) any later version. >> >>> +;; >> >>> +;; Notmuch is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but >> >>> +;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of >> >>> +;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU >> >>> +;; General Public License for more details. >> >>> +;; >> >>> +;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License >> >>> +;; along with Notmuch. If not, see . >> >>> +;; >> >>> +;; Authors: Austin Clements >> >>> + >> >>> +(require 'cl) >> >>> + >> >>> +(defun notmuch-sexp-create-parser (buffer) >> >>> + "Return a streaming S-expression parser that reads from BUFFER. >> >>> + >> >>> +This parser is designed to incrementally read an S-expression >> >>> +whose structure is known to the caller. Like a typical >> >>> +S-expression parsing interface, it provides a function to read a >> >>> +complete S-expression from the input. However, it extends this >> >>> +with an additional function that requires the next value in the >> >>> +input to be a list and descends into it, allowing its elements to >> >>> +be read one at a time or further descended into. Both functions >> >>> +can return 'retry to indicate that not enough input is available. >> >>> + >> >>> +The parser always consumes input from BUFFER's point. Hence, the >> >>> +caller is allowed to delete any data before point and may >> >>> +resynchronize after an error by moving point." >> >>> + >> >>> + (vector 'notmuch-sexp-parser >> >>> + buffer >> >>> + ;; List depth >> >>> + 0 >> >>> + ;; Partial parse position marker >> >>> + nil >> >>> + ;; Partial parse state >> >>> + nil)) >> >>> + >> >>> +(defmacro notmuch-sexp--buffer (sp) `(aref ,sp 1)) >> >>> +(defmacro notmuch-sexp--depth (sp) `(aref ,sp 2)) >> >>> +(defmacro notmuch-sexp--partial-pos (sp) `(aref ,sp 3)) >> >>> +(defmacro notmuch-sexp--partial-state (sp) `(aref ,sp 4)) >> >> >> >> Why the double hyphen --? Is it a name-space or some convention? >> > >> > More specifically, this seems to be the most common Elisp convention f= or >> > indicating private symbols. >>=20 >> Ok. If we are keeping the json parser it might be worth making it follow >> the same convention but as it is purely internal it's probably not worth >> bothering. > > Yeah, it is purely internal. Also, I was planning to remove the JSON > parser (or maybe move it somewhere else? I feel bad deleting that > much perfectly functional code, though of course git will keep it in > perpetuity). Yes it does seem a shame to lose it. It would be nice to find a better home for it then hiding in a git tree. Best wishes Mark >> >>> +(defun notmuch-sexp-read (sp) >> >>> + "Consume and return the value at point in SP's buffer. >> >>> + >> >>> +Returns 'retry if there is insufficient input to parse a complete >> >>> +value (though it may still move point over whitespace). If the >> >>> +parser is currently inside a list and the next token ends the >> >>> +list, this moves point just past the terminator and returns 'end. >> >>> +Otherwise, this moves point to just past the end of the value and >> >>> +returns the value." >> >>> + >> >>> + (with-current-buffer (notmuch-sexp--buffer sp) >> >>> + (skip-chars-forward " \n\r\t") >> >>> + (cond ((eobp) 'retry) >> >>> + ((=3D (char-after) ?\)) >> >>> + ;; We've reached the end of a list >> >>> + (if (=3D (notmuch-sexp--depth sp) 0) >> >>> + ;; .. but we weren't in a list. Let read signal the >> >>> + ;; error. >> >>> + (read (current-buffer)) >> >> >> >> Why is good for read to signal the error rather than us doing it? >> > >> > This ensures the syntax error handling and signal behavior of >> > notmuch-sexp-read is identical in every way to a regular read call. >> > Maybe the comment should read "Let read signal the error like we do in >> > all other code paths."? >>=20 >> Yes that would be good: or perhaps "like it does in all other code >> paths". > > Sure. > >> Best wishes=20 >>=20 >> Mark >>=20 >> > >> >>> + ;; Go up a level and return an end token >> >>> + (decf (notmuch-sexp--depth sp)) >> >>> + (forward-char) >> >>> + 'end)) >> >>> + ((=3D (char-after) ?\() >> >>> + ;; We're at the beginning of a list. If we haven't started >> >>> + ;; a partial parse yet, attempt to read the list in its >> >>> + ;; entirety. If this fails, or we've started a partial >> >>> + ;; parse, extend the partial parse to figure out when we >> >>> + ;; have a complete list. >> >>> + (catch 'return >> >>> + (when (null (notmuch-sexp--partial-state sp)) >> >>> + (let ((start (point))) >> >>> + (condition-case nil >> >>> + (throw 'return (read (current-buffer))) >> >>> + (end-of-file (goto-char start))))) >> >>> + ;; Extend the partial parse >> >>> + (let (is-complete) >> >>> + (save-excursion >> >>> + (let* ((new-state (parse-partial-sexp >> >>> + (or (notmuch-sexp--partial-pos sp) (point)) >> >>> + (point-max) 0 nil >> >>> + (notmuch-sexp--partial-state sp))) >> >>> + ;; A complete value is available if we've >> >>> + ;; reached depth 0. >> >>> + (depth (first new-state))) >> >>> + (assert (>=3D depth 0)) >> >>> + (if (=3D depth 0) >> >>> + ;; Reset partial parse state >> >>> + (setf (notmuch-sexp--partial-state sp) nil >> >>> + (notmuch-sexp--partial-pos sp) nil >> >>> + is-complete t) >> >>> + ;; Update partial parse state >> >>> + (setf (notmuch-sexp--partial-state sp) new-state >> >>> + (notmuch-sexp--partial-pos sp) (point-marker))))) >> >>> + (if is-complete >> >>> + (read (current-buffer)) >> >>> + 'retry)))) >> >>> + (t >> >>> + ;; Attempt to read a non-compound value >> >>> + (let ((start (point))) >> >>> + (condition-case nil >> >>> + (let ((val (read (current-buffer)))) >> >>> + ;; We got what looks like a complete read, but if >> >>> + ;; we reached the end of the buffer in the process, >> >>> + ;; we may not actually have all of the input we >> >>> + ;; need (unless it's a string, which is delimited). >> >>> + (if (or (stringp val) (not (eobp))) >> >>> + val >> >>> + ;; We can't be sure the input was complete >> >>> + (goto-char start) >> >>> + 'retry)) >> >>> + (end-of-file >> >>> + (goto-char start) >> >>> + 'retry))))))) >> >>> + >> >>> +(defun notmuch-sexp-begin-list (sp) >> >>> + "Parse the beginning of a list value and enter the list. >> >>> + >> >>> +Returns 'retry if there is insufficient input to parse the >> >>> +beginning of the list. If this is able to parse the beginning of >> >>> +a list, it moves point past the token that opens the list and >> >>> +returns t. Later calls to `notmuch-sexp-read' will return the >> >>> +elements inside the list. If the input in buffer is not the >> >>> +beginning of a list, throw invalid-read-syntax." >> >>> + >> >>> + (with-current-buffer (notmuch-sexp--buffer sp) >> >>> + (skip-chars-forward " \n\r\t") >> >>> + (cond ((eobp) 'retry) >> >>> + ((=3D (char-after) ?\() >> >>> + (forward-char) >> >>> + (incf (notmuch-sexp--depth sp)) >> >>> + t) >> >>> + (t >> >>> + ;; Skip over the bad character like `read' does >> >>> + (forward-char) >> >>> + (signal 'invalid-read-syntax (list (string (char-before)))))))) >> >>> + >> >>> +(defun notmuch-sexp-eof (sp) >> >>> + "Signal an error if there is more data in SP's buffer. >> >>> + >> >>> +Moves point to the beginning of any trailing data or to the end >> >>> +of the buffer if there is only trailing whitespace." >> >>> + >> >>> + (with-current-buffer (notmuch-sexp--buffer sp) >> >>> + (skip-chars-forward " \n\r\t") >> >>> + (unless (eobp) >> >>> + (error "Trailing garbage following expression")))) >> >>> + >> >>> +(defvar notmuch-sexp--parser nil >> >>> + "The buffer-local notmuch-sexp-parser instance. >> >>> + >> >>> +Used by `notmuch-sexp-parse-partial-list'.") >> >>> + >> >>> +(defvar notmuch-sexp--state nil >> >>> + "The buffer-local `notmuch-sexp-parse-partial-list' state.") >> >>> + >> >>> +(defun notmuch-sexp-parse-partial-list (result-function result-buff= er) >> >>> + "Incrementally parse an S-expression list from the current buffer. >> >>> + >> >>> +This function consume an S-expression list from the current >> >> >> >> consumes >> > >> > Oops, yes. >> > >> >>> +buffer, applying RESULT-FUNCTION in RESULT-BUFFER to each >> >>> +complete value in the list. It operates incrementally and should >> >>> +be called whenever the input buffer has been extended with >> >>> +additional data. The caller just needs to ensure it does not >> >>> +move point in the input buffer." >> >>> + >> >>> + ;; Set up the initial state >> >>> + (unless (local-variable-p 'notmuch-sexp--parser) >> >>> + (set (make-local-variable 'notmuch-sexp--parser) >> >>> + (notmuch-sexp-create-parser (current-buffer))) >> >>> + (set (make-local-variable 'notmuch-sexp--state) 'begin)) >> >>> + (let (done) >> >>> + (while (not done) >> >>> + (case notmuch-sexp--state >> >>> + (begin >> >>> + ;; Enter the list >> >>> + (if (eq (notmuch-sexp-begin-list notmuch-sexp--parser) 'retry) >> >>> + (setq done t) >> >>> + (setq notmuch-sexp--state 'result))) >> >>> + (result >> >>> + ;; Parse a result >> >>> + (let ((result (notmuch-sexp-read notmuch-sexp--parser))) >> >>> + (case result >> >>> + (retry (setq done t)) >> >>> + (end (setq notmuch-sexp--state 'end)) >> >>> + (t (with-current-buffer result-buffer >> >>> + (funcall result-function result)))))) >> >>> + (end >> >>> + ;; Any trailing data is unexpected >> >>> + (notmuch-sexp-eof notmuch-sexp--parser) >> >>> + (setq done t))))) >> >>> + ;; Clear out what we've parsed >> >>> + (delete-region (point-min) (point))) >> >>> + >> >>> +(provide 'notmuch-parser) >> >>> + >> >>> +;; Local Variables: >> >>> +;; byte-compile-warnings: (not cl-functions) >> >>> +;; End: