Splitting a definition


Identity: Splitting
Category: Data MultiModule
Classifiers: splitting definition
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Language: Haskell


f 1 y = 1
f x y = x + 1
  

f 1 x = (1, x)
f x y = (x + 1, y)


{- f1 :: Num t1  => ( t1  ->  t ) ->  t1 -}
f1 1 x = 1
 
f1 x y = x + 1
 

{- f2 :: Num t  => ( t  ->  t1 ) ->  t1 -}
f2 1 x = x
 
f2 x y = y
  

General comment:

New type signatures are also generated for the new definitions. The new types are the most general inferred type.

Left to right comment:

Tuple elements are extracted into unique definitions. Each new definition contains the extracted computation required for a particular element of the tuple; the computation is extracted from the original definition in question. For example, f1 contains the computation (extracted from f) required to compute the first element of the return tuple of f.

Right to left comment:

This is defined in merging. Merging multiple definitions together to form a new function returning a tuple.

Left to right conditions:

The selected definition must return a tuple or a single value (as opposed to, say, a list).


Right to left conditions:

At least two definitions must be selected to perform the merge.

Analysis required: Call Graph, dependancy analysis, program slice.