equality.mal

;; equality.mal

;; This file checks whether the `=` function correctly implements equality of
;; hash-maps and sequences (lists and vectors).  If not, it redefines the `=`
;; function with a pure mal (recursive) implementation that only relies on the
;; native original `=` function for comparing scalars (integers, booleans,
;; symbols, strings, keywords, atoms, nil).

;; Save the original (native) `=` as scalar-equal?
(def! scalar-equal? =)

;; A faster `and` macro which doesn't use `=` internally.
(defmacro! bool-and                    ; boolean
  (fn* [& xs]                          ; interpreted as logical values
    (if (empty? xs)
      true
      `(if ~(first xs) (bool-and ~@(rest xs)) false))))
(defmacro! bool-or                     ; boolean
  (fn* [& xs]                          ; interpreted as logical values
    (if (empty? xs)
      false
      `(if ~(first xs) true (bool-or ~@(rest xs))))))

(def! starts-with?
  (fn* [a b]
    (bool-or (empty? a)
             (bool-and (mal-equal? (first a) (first b))
                       (starts-with? (rest a) (rest b))))))

(def! hash-map-vals-equal?
  (fn* [a b map-keys]
    (bool-or (empty? map-keys)
             (let* [key (first map-keys)]
               (bool-and (contains? b key)
                         (mal-equal? (get a key) (get b key))
                         (hash-map-vals-equal? a b (rest map-keys)))))))

;; This implements = in pure mal (using only scalar-equal? as native impl)
(def! mal-equal?
  (fn* [a b]
    (cond

      (sequential? a)
      (bool-and (sequential? b)
                (scalar-equal? (count a) (count b))
                (starts-with? a b))

      (map? a)
      (let* [keys-a (keys a)]
        (bool-and (map? b)
                  (scalar-equal? (count keys-a) (count (keys b)))
                  (hash-map-vals-equal? a b keys-a)))

      true
      (scalar-equal? a b))))

(def! hash-map-equality-correct?
  (fn* []
    (try*
      (bool-and (= {:a 1} {:a 1})
                (not (= {:a 1} {:a 1 :b 2})))
      (catch* _ false))))

(def! sequence-equality-correct?
  (fn* []
    (try*
      (bool-and (= [:a :b] (list :a :b))
                (not (= [:a :b] [:a :b :c])))
      (catch* _ false))))

;; If the native `=` implementation doesn't support sequences or hash-maps
;; correctly, replace it with the pure mal implementation
(if (not (bool-and (hash-map-equality-correct?)
                   (sequence-equality-correct?)))
  (do
    (def! = mal-equal?)
    (println "equality.mal: Replaced = with pure mal implementation")))