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+{-# LANGUAGE ExistentialQuantification #-}
+#include <pgf/pgf.h>
+
+module PGF2.Type where
+
+import System.IO.Unsafe(unsafePerformIO)
+import Foreign hiding (unsafePerformIO)
+import Foreign.C
+import qualified Text.PrettyPrint as PP
+import Data.List(mapAccumL)
+import PGF2.Expr
+import PGF2.FFI
+
+-- The C structure for the expression may point to other structures
+-- which are allocated from other pools. In order to ensure that
+-- they are not released prematurely we use the exprMaster to
+-- store references to other Haskell objects
+data Type = forall a . Type {typ :: PgfExpr, typMaster :: a}
+
+-- | 'Hypo' represents a hypothesis in a type i.e. in the type A -> B, A is the hypothesis
+type Hypo = (BindType,CId,Type)
+
+instance Show Type where
+  show = showType []
+
+-- | parses a 'String' as a type
+readType :: String -> Maybe Type
+readType str =
+  unsafePerformIO $
+    do typPl <- gu_new_pool
+       withGuPool $ \tmpPl ->
+         do c_str <- newUtf8CString str tmpPl
+            guin <- gu_string_in c_str tmpPl
+            exn <- gu_new_exn tmpPl
+            c_type <- pgf_read_type guin typPl exn
+            status <- gu_exn_is_raised exn
+            if (not status && c_type /= nullPtr)
+              then do typFPl <- newForeignPtr gu_pool_finalizer typPl
+                      return $ Just (Type c_type typFPl)
+              else do gu_pool_free typPl
+                      return Nothing
+
+-- | renders a type as a 'String'. The list
+-- of identifiers is the list of all free variables
+-- in the type in order reverse to the order
+-- of binding.
+showType :: [CId] -> Type -> String
+showType scope (Type ty master) = 
+  unsafePerformIO $
+    withGuPool $ \tmpPl ->
+      do (sb,out) <- newOut tmpPl
+         printCtxt <- newPrintCtxt scope tmpPl
+         exn <- gu_new_exn tmpPl
+         pgf_print_type ty printCtxt 1 out exn
+         s <- gu_string_buf_freeze sb tmpPl
+         peekUtf8CString s
+
+-- | creates a type from a list of hypothesises, a category and 
+-- a list of arguments for the category. The operation 
+-- @mkType [h_1,...,h_n] C [e_1,...,e_m]@ will create 
+-- @h_1 -> ... -> h_n -> C e_1 ... e_m@
+mkType :: [Hypo] -> CId -> [Expr] -> Type
+mkType hypos cat exprs = unsafePerformIO $ do
+  typPl  <- gu_new_pool
+  let n_exprs = fromIntegral (length exprs) :: CInt
+  c_type <- gu_malloc typPl ((#size PgfType) + n_exprs * (#size PgfExpr))
+  c_hypos <- gu_make_seq (#size PgfHypo) (fromIntegral (length hypos)) typPl
+  hs <- pokeHypos (c_hypos `plusPtr` (#offset GuSeq, data)) hypos typPl
+  (#poke PgfType, hypos) c_type c_hypos
+  ccat <- newUtf8CString cat typPl
+  (#poke PgfType, cid) c_type ccat
+  (#poke PgfType, n_exprs) c_type n_exprs
+  pokeExprs (c_type `plusPtr` (#offset PgfType, exprs)) exprs
+  typFPl <- newForeignPtr gu_pool_finalizer typPl
+  return (Type c_type (typFPl,hypos,exprs))
+  where
+    pokeHypos :: Ptr a -> [Hypo] -> Ptr GuPool -> IO ()
+    pokeHypos c_hypo []                                    typPl = return ()
+    pokeHypos c_hypo ((bind_type,cid,Type c_ty _) : hypos) typPl = do
+      (#poke PgfHypo, bind_type) c_hypo cbind_type
+      newUtf8CString cid typPl >>= (#poke PgfHypo, cid) c_hypo
+      (#poke PgfHypo, type) c_hypo c_ty
+      pokeHypos (plusPtr c_hypo (#size PgfHypo)) hypos typPl
+      where
+        cbind_type :: CInt
+        cbind_type =
+          case bind_type of
+            Explicit -> (#const PGF_BIND_TYPE_EXPLICIT)
+            Implicit -> (#const PGF_BIND_TYPE_IMPLICIT)
+
+    pokeExprs ptr []              = return ()
+    pokeExprs ptr ((Expr e _):es) = do
+      poke ptr e
+      pokeExprs (plusPtr ptr (#size PgfExpr)) es
+
+-- | Decomposes a type into a list of hypothesises, a category and 
+-- a list of arguments for the category.
+unType :: Type -> ([Hypo],CId,[Expr])
+unType (Type c_type master) = unsafePerformIO $ do
+  cid <- (#peek PgfType, cid) c_type >>= peekUtf8CString
+  c_hypos <- (#peek PgfType, hypos) c_type
+  n_hypos <- (#peek GuSeq, len) c_hypos
+  hs <- peekHypos (c_hypos `plusPtr` (#offset GuSeq, data)) 0 n_hypos
+  n_exprs <- (#peek PgfType, n_exprs) c_type
+  es <- peekExprs (c_type `plusPtr` (#offset PgfType, exprs)) 0 n_exprs
+  return (hs,cid,es)
+  where
+    peekHypos :: Ptr a -> Int -> Int -> IO [Hypo]
+    peekHypos c_hypo i n
+      | i < n     = do cid <- (#peek PgfHypo, cid) c_hypo >>= peekUtf8CString
+                       c_ty <- (#peek PgfHypo, type) c_hypo
+                       bt  <- fmap toBindType ((#peek PgfHypo, bind_type) c_hypo)
+                       hs <- peekHypos (plusPtr c_hypo (#size PgfHypo)) (i+1) n
+                       return ((bt,cid,Type c_ty master) : hs)
+      | otherwise = return []
+
+    toBindType :: CInt -> BindType
+    toBindType (#const PGF_BIND_TYPE_EXPLICIT) = Explicit
+    toBindType (#const PGF_BIND_TYPE_IMPLICIT) = Implicit
+
+    peekExprs ptr i n
+      | i < n     = do e  <- peekElemOff ptr i
+                       es <- peekExprs ptr (i+1) n
+                       return (Expr e master : es)
+      | otherwise = return []