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author | Emilio Jesus Gallego Arias <e+git@x80.org> | 2016-03-03 18:26:12 +0100 |
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committer | Emilio Jesus Gallego Arias <e+git@x80.org> | 2016-10-20 15:18:28 +0200 |
commit | 2dfe032fd42f2489320936fe1e60c9cf7dafe8cf (patch) | |
tree | 20b0c583febeda8d96a0fb4c8ba6ffb6fa4763ec /tactics/hints.ml | |
parent | df1de9fa318f1924d92fb39c4bc67c16f3d31db4 (diff) |
[search] Don't build intermediate lists in search.
This patch converts the `search_*` functions to use an iter-style API.
Consequently, the Search Vernac will produce a message for each search
result, greatly improving roundtrip time as IDEs can effectively display
the results in a streaming way.
It also allows different printers to be used.
I didn't observe a performance difference (as things seem to be
dominated by printing and `Declaremods`).
As a minor tweak, we make search with "Output Name Only" more efficient.
Motivation:
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Currently, the main search API `Search.generic_search` is an effectful,
iteration-based function:
```ocaml
val generic_search : int option -> display_function -> unit
```
This type is imposed by `Declaremods`, which exposes an effectful,
iteration-based API to traverse Coq library objects.
The `Search.search_*` functions try to offer a more functional API by
returning a list of pretty printing commands. They need to build an
internal intermediate list for that purpose.
However, this is a waste of time, as the destination of these lists is
to be flushed out by the printer right away.
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