Contexts And Capabilities: Higher Order Functions
Note: Context and capabilities are enabled by default since HHVM 4.93.
One may define a higher order function whose context depends on the dynamic context of one or more passed in function arguments.
function has_dependent_fn_arg(
(function()[_]: void) $f,
)[ctx $f]: void {
/* some code */
$f();
/* more code */
}
One may reference the dependent context of a function argument in later arguments as well as in the return type.
function has_double_dependent_fn_arg(
(function()[_]: void) $f1,
(function()[ctx $f1]: void) $f2,
)[rand, ctx $f1]: void {
$f1();
$f2();
}
function has_dependent_return(
(function()[_]: void) $f,
)[ctx $f, io]: (function()[ctx $f]: void) {
$f();
return $f;
}
The semantics of the argument-dependent-context are such that the higher order function's type is specialized per invocation.
function callee(
(function()[_]: void) $f,
)[rand, ctx $f]: void {
/* some code */
$f();
/* more code */
}
function caller()[io, rand]: void {
// pass pure closure
callee(()[] ==> {/* some fn body */}); // specialized callee is {Rand}
// pass {IO} closure
callee(()[io] ==> {echo "output"; }); // specialized callee is {Rand, IO}
// pass {IO, Rand} closure
callee(() ==> {/* some fn body */}); // callee is {Rand, IO}
}
Note that this suggests and requires that all other statements within callee require only the Rand capability, as the actual capabilities of the passed argument cannot be depended upon to be any specific capability.
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