(************************************************************************) (* * The Coq Proof Assistant / The Coq Development Team *) (* v * Copyright INRIA, CNRS and contributors *) (* a | _ -> b *) if x.0 == constr_Y then a else b and the polymorphic comparison function works like: let equal = fun (c1, ...) (c2, ...) -> c1.id == c2.id In every new extension constructor, the name field is a constant string and the id field is filled with an unique[1] value returned by %caml_fresh_oo_id. Moreover, every value of an extensible variant type is allocated as a new block. [1]: On 64-bit systems. On 32-bit systems, calling %caml_fresh_oo_id 2**30 times will result in a wraparound. Note that this does not affect soundness because constructors are compared by physical equality during matching. See OCaml PR7809 for code demonstrating this. An extensible variant can be marshalled and unmarshalled, and is guaranteed to not be equal to itself after unmarshalling, since the id field is filled with another unique value. Note that the explanation above is purely informative and we do not depend on the exact representation of extensible variants, only on the fact that no two constructor representations ever alias. In particular, if the definition of constr is replaced with: type constr = int (where the value is truly unique for every created constructor), correctness is preserved. *) type 'a typ = .. (* Erases the contained type so that the key can be put in a hash table. *) type boxkey = Box : 'a typ -> boxkey [@@unboxed] (* Carry the type we just erased with the actual key. *) type 'a key = 'a typ * boxkey module EHashtbl = Ephemeron.K1.Make(struct type t = boxkey let equal = (==) let hash = Hashtbl.hash end) type value = { get : 'k. 'k typ -> 'k } [@@unboxed] let values : value EHashtbl.t = EHashtbl.create 1001 let create : type v. v -> v key = fun value -> let module M = struct type _ typ += Typ : v typ let get : type k. k typ -> k = fun typ -> match typ with | Typ -> value | _ -> assert false let boxkey = Box Typ let key = Typ, boxkey let value = { get } end in EHashtbl.add values M.boxkey M.value; M.key (* Avoid raising Not_found *) exception InvalidKey let get (typ, boxkey) = try (EHashtbl.find values boxkey).get typ with Not_found -> raise InvalidKey let default (typ, boxkey) default = try (EHashtbl.find values boxkey).get typ with Not_found -> default let clean () = EHashtbl.clean values