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import gleam/dict.{type Dict}
import gleam/otp/actor.{type Next, Continue, Stop}
import gleam/erlang/process.{type Subject, Normal}
import gleam/option.{None}
const timeout = 1000
type Message(k, v) {
Shutdown
Get(key: k, client: Subject(Result(v, Nil)))
Set(key: k, value: v)
}
type Server(k, v) =
Subject(Message(k, v))
pub opaque type Cache(k, v) {
Cache(server: Server(k, v))
}
fn handle_message(
message: Message(k, v),
dict: Dict(k, v),
) -> Next(Message(k, v), Dict(k, v)) {
case message {
Shutdown -> Stop(Normal)
Get(key, client) -> {
process.send(client, dict.get(dict, key))
Continue(dict, None)
}
Set(key, value) -> Continue(dict.insert(dict, key, value), None)
}
}
/// Start an actor that holds a memoization cache. Pass this cache to the
/// function you want to memoize.
/// This is best used with a `use` expression:
/// ```gleam
/// use cache <- create()
/// f(a, b, c, cache)
/// ```
///
pub fn create(apply fun: fn(Cache(k, v)) -> t) -> t {
let assert Ok(server) = actor.start(dict.new(), handle_message)
let result = fun(Cache(server))
process.send(server, Shutdown)
result
}
/// Manually add a key-value pair to the memoization cache.
pub fn set(in cache: Cache(k, v), for key: k, insert value: v) -> Nil {
process.send(cache.server, Set(key, value))
}
/// Manually look up a value from the memoization cache for a given key.
pub fn get(from cache: Cache(k, v), fetch key: k) -> Result(v, Nil) {
process.call(cache.server, fn(c) { Get(key, c) }, timeout)
}
/// Look up the value associated with the given key in the memoization cache,
/// and return it if it exists. If it doesn't exist, evaluate the callback function
/// and update the cache with the value it returns.
///
/// This works well with a `use` expression:
/// ```gleam
/// fn f(a, b, c, cache) {
/// use <- memoize(cache, #(a, b, c))
/// // function body goes here
/// }
/// ```
///
pub fn memoize(with cache: Cache(k, v), this key: k, apply fun: fn() -> v) -> v {
let result = case get(from: cache, fetch: key) {
Ok(value) -> value
Error(Nil) -> fun()
}
set(in: cache, for: key, insert: result)
result
}