Hi,

I tested the following, why does the rewrite rules not fire when using tuples also in testRewrite2, testRewriteReverse2? compiling: rm *.o; ghc -fglasgow-exts -ddump-simpl-stats -O9 --make rules.hs

module Main where

main :: IO ()
main = do
  print $ test                0
  print $ test2               0
  print $ testRewrite         0
  print $ testRewriteReverse  0
  print $ testRewrite2        0
  print $ testRewriteReverse2 0

test :: a → Bool
test x = pi
  where
    f  = replicate 2000 x
    i  = repeat         x
    pf = lenGT f 300
    pi = lenGT i 300

test2 :: a → (Bool,Bool)
test2 x = (pf,pi)
  where
    f  = replicate 2000 x
    i  = repeat         x
    pf = lenGT f 300
    pi = lenGT i 300

testRewrite :: a → Bool
testRewrite x = pi
  where
    f  = replicate 2000 x
    i  = repeat         x
    lf = length f
    li = length i
    pf = lf > 300
    pi = li > 300

testRewriteReverse :: a → Bool
testRewriteReverse x = pi
  where
    f  = replicate 2000 x
    i  = repeat         x
    lf = length f
    li = length i
    pf = 300 <= lf
    pi = 300 <= li

testRewrite2 :: a → (Bool,Bool)
testRewrite2 x = (pf,pi)
  where
    f  = replicate 2000 x
    i  = repeat         x
    lf = length f
    li = length i
    pf = lf > 300
    pi = li > 300

testRewriteReverse2 :: a → (Bool,Bool)
testRewriteReverse2 x = (pf,pi)
  where
    f  = replicate 2000 x
    i  = repeat         x
    lf = length f
    li = length i
    pf = 300 <= lf
    pi = 300 <= li


lengthOP :: (Num a, Ord a) ⇒ Bool → (a → a → Bool) → [b] → a → Bool
lengthOP v (⊜) []  n = 0 ⊜ n
lengthOP v (⊜) xxs n = co xxs 0
  where
    co (_:xs) c | n > c     = co xs (c+1)
                | otherwise = v
    co []     c = c ⊜ n


lenEQ = lengthOP False (==)
lenLT = lengthOP False (<)
lenLE = lengthOP False (<=)
lenGT = lengthOP True  (>)
lenGE = lengthOP True  (>=)

{-# RULES
-- | length
"lenEQ_LHS" forall xs n.  (length xs) == n = lenEQ xs n
"lenLT_LHS" forall xs n.  (length xs) <  n = lenLT xs n
"lenLE_LHS" forall xs n.  (length xs) <= n = lenLE xs n
"lenGT_LHS" forall xs n.  (length xs) >  n = lenGT xs n
"lenGE_LHS" forall xs n.  (length xs) >= n = lenGE xs n

"lenEQ_RHS" forall xs n.  n == (length xs) = lenEQ xs n
"lenLT_RHS" forall xs n.  n <  (length xs) = lenGE xs n
"lenLE_RHS" forall xs n.  n <= (length xs) = lenGT xs n
"lenGT_RHS" forall xs n.  n >  (length xs) = lenLE xs n
"lenGE_RHS" forall xs n.  n >= (length xs) = lenLT xs n
  #-}

Best Regards,
Cetin Sert

2008/12/18 Luke Palmer <lrpalmer@gmail.com>
This does not answer your question, but you can solve this problem without rewrite rules by having length return a lazy natural:

   data Nat = Zero | Succ Nat

And defining lazy comparison operators on it.

Of course you cannot replace usages of Prelude.length.  But I am really not in favor of rules which change semantics, even if they only make things less strict.  My argument is the following.  I may come to rely on such nonstrictness as in:

  bad xs = (length xs > 10, length xs > 20)

bad [1..] will return (True,True).  However, if I do an obviously semantics-preserving refactor:

  bad xs = (l > 10, l > 20)
  where
  l = length xs

My semantics are not preserved: bad [1..] = (_|_, _|_)   (if/unless the compiler is clever, in which case my semantics depend on the compiler's cleverness which is even worse)

Luke

2008/12/18 Cetin Sert <cetin.sert@gmail.com>
Hi *^o^*,

With the following rewrite rules:

lengthOP :: (Num a, Ord a) ⇒ Bool → (a → a → Bool) → [b] → a → Bool
lengthOP v (⊜) []  n = 0 ⊜ n
lengthOP v (⊜) xxs n = co xxs 0
  where
    co []     c = c ⊜ n
    co (_:xs) c | n > c     = co xs (c+1)
                | otherwise = v

lenEQ = lengthOP False (==)
lenLT = lengthOP False (<)
lenLE = lengthOP False (<=)
lenGT = lengthOP True  (>)
lenGE = lengthOP True  (>=)

{-# RULES
-- | length
"lenEQ_LHS" forall xs n.  (length xs) == n = lenEQ xs n
"lenLT_LHS" forall xs n.  (length xs) <  n = lenLT xs n
"lenLE_LHS" forall xs n.  (length xs) <= n = lenLE xs n
"lenGT_LHS" forall xs n.  (length xs) >  n = lenGT xs n
"lenGE_LHS" forall xs n.  (length xs) >= n = lenGE xs n

"lenEQ_RHS" forall xs n.  n == (length xs) = lenEQ xs n
"lenLT_RHS" forall xs n.  n <  (length xs) = lenGE xs n
"lenLE_RHS" forall xs n.  n <= (length xs) = lenGT xs n
"lenGT_RHS" forall xs n.  n >  (length xs) = lenLE xs n
"lenGE_RHS" forall xs n.  n >= (length xs) = lenLT xs n

-- | genericLength
"glenEQ_LHS" forall xs n.  (genericLength xs) == n = lenEQ xs n
"glenLT_LHS" forall xs n.  (genericLength xs) <  n = lenLT xs n
"glenLE_LHS" forall xs n.  (genericLength xs) <= n = lenLE xs n
"glenGT_LHS" forall xs n.  (genericLength xs) >  n = lenGT xs n
"glenGE_LHS" forall xs n.  (genericLength xs) >= n = lenGE xs n

"glenEQ_RHS" forall xs n.  n == (genericLength xs) = lenEQ xs n
"glenLT_RHS" forall xs n.  n <  (genericLength xs) = lenGE xs n
"glenLE_RHS" forall xs n.  n <= (genericLength xs) = lenGT xs n
"glenGT_RHS" forall xs n.  n >  (genericLength xs) = lenLE xs n
"glenGE_RHS" forall xs n.  n >= (genericLength xs) = lenLT xs n
  #-}

1) Is there a way to tell where 'length' is mentioned, what is meant is for example 'Prelude.length' or any length that works on lists?
2) How can I avoid the following error messages?

module Main where
import Data.List
main :: IO Int
  print $ length (repeat 0) > 200
  print $ 200 < length (repeat 0)
  print $ genericLength (repeat 0) > 200 -- error
  print $ 200 < genericLength (repeat 0) -- error
  return 0

########:
    Could not deduce (Ord i) from the context (Eq i, Num i)
      arising from a use of `lenEQ' at ########
    Possible fix: add (Ord i) to the context of the RULE "glenEQ_LHS"
    In the expression: lenEQ xs n
    When checking the transformation rule "glenEQ_LHS"

########:
    Could not deduce (Ord a) from the context (Eq a, Num a)
      arising from a use of `lenEQ' at ########
    Possible fix: add (Ord a) to the context of the RULE "glenEQ_RHS"
    In the expression: lenEQ xs n
    When checking the transformation rule "glenEQ_RHS"

3) What speaks for/against broad usage of such rewrite rules involving list lengths?

Best Regards,
Cetin Sert

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