A generic framework for on-demand, incrementalized computation. Inspired by adapton, glimmer, and rustc's query system.
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Merge #392
392: Allow creation of tracked methods r=nikomatsakis a=Skepfyr

Fixes #319.

This allows users to annotate impl blocks with `#[salsa::tracked]` and
then create tracked methods by marking individual functions with
`#[salsa::tracked]`.

Note this requires your code that looks like:
```rust
#[salsa::tracked(jar = Jar)]
impl MyInput {
    #[salsa::tracked]
    fn tracked_fn(self, db: &dyn Db) -> u32 {
        self.field(db) * 2
    }
}
```
You get an error if you annotate a method with `#[salsa::tracked]` but forget to mark the impl block.

It got messier than I was hoping but I think it turned out alright, this would look really pretty if we had [inherent associated types](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/8995), but we don't. Annoyingly even if that landed I think we'd still need the attribute on the impl block just so that it was possible to create the associated struct somewhere as you can't put types inside an impl block (and they aren't accessible if placed inside a function).

Co-authored-by: Jack Rickard <jack.rickard@outlook.com>
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salsa

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A generic framework for on-demand, incrementalized computation.

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Obligatory warning

Very much a WORK IN PROGRESS at this point. Ready for experimental use but expect frequent breaking changes.

Credits

This system is heavily inspired by adapton, glimmer, and rustc's query system. So credit goes to Eduard-Mihai Burtescu, Matthew Hammer, Yehuda Katz, and Michael Woerister.

Key idea

The key idea of salsa is that you define your program as a set of queries. Every query is used like function K -> V that maps from some key of type K to a value of type V. Queries come in two basic varieties:

  • Inputs: the base inputs to your system. You can change these whenever you like.
  • Functions: pure functions (no side effects) that transform your inputs into other values. The results of queries are memoized to avoid recomputing them a lot. When you make changes to the inputs, we'll figure out (fairly intelligently) when we can re-use these memoized values and when we have to recompute them.

Want to learn more?

To learn more about Salsa, try one of the following:

Getting in touch

The bulk of the discussion happens in the issues and pull requests, but we have a zulip chat as well.