libutil: begin porting serialization to generators

generators are a better basis for serializers than streaming into sinks
as we do currently for many reasons, such as being usable as sources if
one wishes to (without requiring an intermediate sink to serialize full
data sets into memory, or boost coroutines to turn sinks into sources),
composing more naturally (as one can just yield a sub-generator instead
of being forced to wrap entire substreams into clunky functions or even
more clunky custom types to implement operator<< on), allowing wrappers
to transform data with clear ownership semantics (removing the need for
explicit memory allocations and Source wrappers), and many other things

Change-Id: I361d89ff556354f6930d9204f55117565f2f7f20

src/libstore/daemon.cc

@@ -160,8 +160,7 @@ struct TunnelSink : Sink
     TunnelSink(Sink & to) : to(to) { }
     void operator () (std::string_view data)
     {
-        to << STDERR_WRITE;
+        to << STDERR_WRITE << data;
-        writeString(data, to);
     }
 };
 

src/libstore/remote-store.cc

@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ std::exception_ptr RemoteStore::Connection::processStderr(Sink * sink, Source *
             if (!source) throw Error("no source");
             size_t len = readNum<size_t>(from);
             auto buf = std::make_unique<char[]>(len);
-            writeString({(const char *) buf.get(), source->read(buf.get(), len)}, to);
+            to << std::string_view((const char *) buf.get(), source->read(buf.get(), len));
             to.flush();
         }
 

src/libutil/serialise.cc

@@ -330,55 +330,40 @@ void writePadding(size_t len, Sink & sink)
 }
 
 
-void writeString(std::string_view data, Sink & sink)
+WireFormatGenerator SerializingTransform::operator()(std::string_view s)
 {
-    sink << data.size();
+    co_yield s.size();
-    sink(data);
+    co_yield Bytes(s.begin(), s.size());
-    writePadding(data.size(), sink);
+    co_yield SerializingTransform::padding(s.size());
 }
 
-
+WireFormatGenerator SerializingTransform::operator()(const Strings & ss)
-Sink & operator << (Sink & sink, std::string_view s)
 {
-    writeString(s, sink);
+    co_yield ss.size();
-    return sink;
+    for (const auto & s : ss)
+        co_yield std::string_view(s);
 }
 
-
+WireFormatGenerator SerializingTransform::operator()(const StringSet & ss)
-template<class T> void writeStrings(const T & ss, Sink & sink)
 {
-    sink << ss.size();
+    co_yield ss.size();
-    for (auto & i : ss)
+    for (const auto & s : ss)
-        sink << i;
+        co_yield std::string_view(s);
 }
 
-Sink & operator << (Sink & sink, const Strings & s)
+WireFormatGenerator SerializingTransform::operator()(const Error & ex)
-{
-    writeStrings(s, sink);
-    return sink;
-}
-
-Sink & operator << (Sink & sink, const StringSet & s)
-{
-    writeStrings(s, sink);
-    return sink;
-}
-
-Sink & operator << (Sink & sink, const Error & ex)
 {
     auto & info = ex.info();
-    sink
+    co_yield "Error";
-        << "Error"
+    co_yield info.level;
-        << info.level
+    co_yield "Error"; // removed
-        << "Error" // removed
+    co_yield info.msg.str();
-        << info.msg.str()
+    co_yield 0; // FIXME: info.errPos
-        << 0 // FIXME: info.errPos
+    co_yield info.traces.size();
-        << info.traces.size();
     for (auto & trace : info.traces) {
-        sink << 0; // FIXME: trace.pos
+        co_yield 0; // FIXME: trace.pos
-        sink << trace.hint.str();
+        co_yield trace.hint.str();
     }
-    return sink;
 }
 
 

src/libutil/serialise.hh

@@ -350,12 +350,15 @@ inline Sink & operator<<(Sink & sink, Generator<Bytes> && g)
     return sink;
 }
 
-void writePadding(size_t len, Sink & sink);
+struct SerializingTransform;
-void writeString(std::string_view s, Sink & sink);
+using WireFormatGenerator = Generator<Bytes, SerializingTransform>;
 
-inline Sink & operator << (Sink & sink, uint64_t n)
+struct SerializingTransform
 {
-    unsigned char buf[8];
+    std::array<unsigned char, 8> buf;
+
+    Bytes operator()(uint64_t n)
+    {
         buf[0] = n & 0xff;
         buf[1] = (n >> 8) & 0xff;
         buf[2] = (n >> 16) & 0xff;
@@ -364,19 +367,65 @@ inline Sink & operator << (Sink & sink, uint64_t n)
         buf[5] = (n >> 40) & 0xff;
         buf[6] = (n >> 48) & 0xff;
         buf[7] = (unsigned char) (n >> 56) & 0xff;
-    sink({(char *) buf, sizeof(buf)});
+        return {reinterpret_cast<const char *>(buf.begin()), 8};
-    return sink;
+    }
+
+    static Bytes padding(size_t unpadded)
+    {
+        return Bytes("\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", unpadded % 8 ? 8 - unpadded % 8 : 0);
+    }
+
+    // opt in to generator chaining. without this co_yielding
+    // another generator of any type will cause a type error.
+    auto operator()(Generator<Bytes> && g)
+    {
+        return std::move(g);
+    }
+
+    // only choose this for *exactly* char spans, do not allow implicit
+    // conversions. this would cause ambiguities with strings literals,
+    // and resolving those with more string-like overloads needs a lot.
+    template<typename Span>
+        requires std::same_as<Span, std::span<char>> || std::same_as<Span, std::span<const char>>
+    Bytes operator()(Span s)
+    {
+        return s;
+    }
+    WireFormatGenerator operator()(std::string_view s);
+    WireFormatGenerator operator()(const Strings & s);
+    WireFormatGenerator operator()(const StringSet & s);
+    WireFormatGenerator operator()(const Error & s);
+};
+
+void writePadding(size_t len, Sink & sink);
+
+inline Sink & operator<<(Sink & sink, uint64_t u)
+{
+    return sink << [&]() -> WireFormatGenerator { co_yield u; }();
 }
 
-Sink & operator << (Sink & in, const Error & ex);
+inline Sink & operator<<(Sink & sink, std::string_view s)
-Sink & operator << (Sink & sink, std::string_view s);
+{
-Sink & operator << (Sink & sink, const Strings & s);
+    return sink << [&]() -> WireFormatGenerator { co_yield s; }();
-Sink & operator << (Sink & sink, const StringSet & s);
+}
 
+inline Sink & operator<<(Sink & sink, const Strings & s)
+{
+    return sink << [&]() -> WireFormatGenerator { co_yield s; }();
+}
+
+inline Sink & operator<<(Sink & sink, const StringSet & s)
+{
+    return sink << [&]() -> WireFormatGenerator { co_yield s; }();
+}
+
+inline Sink & operator<<(Sink & sink, const Error & ex)
+{
+    return sink << [&]() -> WireFormatGenerator { co_yield ex; }();
+}
 
 MakeError(SerialisationError, Error);
 
-
 template<typename T>
 T readNum(Source & source)
 {

tests/unit/libutil/serialise.cc

@@ -2,30 +2,47 @@
 #include "error.hh"
 #include "fmt.hh"
 #include "pos-table.hh"
+#include "generator.hh"
 #include "ref.hh"
 #include "types.hh"
 
+#include <concepts>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <initializer_list>
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
 #include <numeric>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <type_traits>
 
 namespace nix {
 
-TEST(Sink, uint64_t)
+// don't deduce the type of `val` for added insurance.
+template<typename T>
+static std::string toWire(const std::type_identity_t<T> & val)
 {
-    StringSink s;
+    std::string result;
-    s << 42;
+    auto g = [] (const auto & val) -> WireFormatGenerator { co_yield val; }(val);
-    ASSERT_EQ(s.s, std::string({42, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}));
+    while (auto buffer = g.next()) {
+        result.append(buffer->data(), buffer->size());
+    }
+    return result;
 }
 
-TEST(Sink, string_view)
+TEST(WireFormatGenerator, uint64_t)
 {
-    StringSink s;
+    auto s = toWire<uint64_t>(42);
-    s << "";
+    ASSERT_EQ(s, std::string({42, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}));
+}
+
+TEST(WireFormatGenerator, string_view)
+{
+    auto s = toWire<std::string_view>("");
     // clang-format off
     ASSERT_EQ(
-        s.s,
+        s,
         std::string({
             // length
             0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -34,11 +51,10 @@ TEST(Sink, string_view)
     );
     // clang-format on
 
-    s = {};
+    s = toWire<std::string_view>("test");
-    s << "test";
     // clang-format off
     ASSERT_EQ(
-        s.s,
+        s,
         std::string({
             // length
             4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -50,11 +66,10 @@ TEST(Sink, string_view)
     );
     // clang-format on
 
-    s = {};
+    s = toWire<std::string_view>("longer string");
-    s << "longer string";
     // clang-format off
     ASSERT_EQ(
-        s.s,
+        s,
         std::string({
             // length
             13, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -67,13 +82,12 @@ TEST(Sink, string_view)
     // clang-format on
 }
 
-TEST(Sink, StringSet)
+TEST(WireFormatGenerator, StringSet)
 {
-    StringSink s;
+    auto s = toWire<StringSet>({});
-    s << StringSet{};
     // clang-format off
     ASSERT_EQ(
-        s.s,
+        s,
         std::string({
             // length
             0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -82,11 +96,10 @@ TEST(Sink, StringSet)
     );
     // clang-format on
 
-    s = {};
+    s = toWire<StringSet>({"a", ""});
-    s << StringSet{"a", ""};
     // clang-format off
     ASSERT_EQ(
-        s.s,
+        s,
         std::string({
             // length
             2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -99,13 +112,12 @@ TEST(Sink, StringSet)
     // clang-format on
 }
 
-TEST(Sink, Strings)
+TEST(WireFormatGenerator, Strings)
 {
-    StringSink s;
+    auto s = toWire<Strings>({});
-    s << Strings{};
     // clang-format off
     ASSERT_EQ(
-        s.s,
+        s,
         std::string({
             // length
             0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -114,11 +126,10 @@ TEST(Sink, Strings)
     );
     // clang-format on
 
-    s = {};
+    s = toWire<Strings>({"a", ""});
-    s << Strings{"a", ""};
     // clang-format off
     ASSERT_EQ(
-        s.s,
+        s,
         std::string({
             // length
             2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -131,23 +142,22 @@ TEST(Sink, Strings)
     // clang-format on
 }
 
-TEST(Sink, Error)
+TEST(WireFormatGenerator, Error)
 {
     PosTable pt;
     auto o = pt.addOrigin(Pos::String{make_ref<std::string>("test")}, 4);
 
-    StringSink s;
+    auto s = toWire<Error>(Error{ErrorInfo{
-    s << Error{ErrorInfo{
         .level = lvlInfo,
         .msg = HintFmt("foo"),
         .pos = pt[pt.add(o, 1)],
         .traces = {{.pos = pt[pt.add(o, 2)], .hint = HintFmt("b %1%", "foo")}},
-    }};
+    }});
     // NOTE position of the error and all traces are ignored
     // by the wire format
     // clang-format off
     ASSERT_EQ(
-        s.s,
+        s,
         std::string({
             5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 'E', 'r', 'r', 'o', 'r', 0, 0, 0,
             3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -163,4 +173,45 @@ TEST(Sink, Error)
     // clang-format on
 }
 
+TEST(WireFormatGenerator, exampleMessage)
+{
+    auto gen = []() -> WireFormatGenerator {
+        std::set<std::string> foo{"a", "longer string", ""};
+        co_yield 42;
+        co_yield foo;
+        co_yield std::string_view("test");
+        co_yield true;
+    }();
+
+    std::vector<char> full;
+    while (auto s = gen.next()) {
+        full.insert(full.end(), s->begin(), s->end());
+    }
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(
+        full,
+        (std::vector<char>{
+            // clang-format off
+            // 42
+            42, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            // foo
+            3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            /// ""
+            0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            /// a
+            1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            'a', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            /// longer string
+            13, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            'l', 'o', 'n', 'g', 'e', 'r', ' ', 's', 't', 'r', 'i', 'n', 'g', 0, 0, 0,
+            // foo done
+            // test
+            4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            't', 'e', 's', 't', 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            // true
+            1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+            //clang-format on
+            }));
+}
+
 }