Add uninterned symbols

Uninterned symbols are slightly more expensive to allocate than 0- or
1-argument calls to `gensym`, but they're much cheaper to hash (and
print). They're also more consistently distinct when unfasled, and the
fasled form is determinsitic.

original commit: 3167083008031b1f880e76a6f573563c7d9c888c

c/externs.h

@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ extern void S_prim_init PROTO((void));
 extern ptr S_strerror PROTO((INT errnum));
 extern void S_prim5_init PROTO((void));
 extern void S_dump_tc PROTO((ptr tc));
+extern ptr S_uninterned PROTO((ptr x));
 
 /* print.c */
 extern void S_print_init PROTO((void));

c/fasl.c

@@ -652,6 +652,15 @@ static void faslin(ptr tc, ptr *x, ptr t, ptr *pstrbuf, faslFile f) {
             *x = S_intern3(&STRIT(*pstrbuf, 0), pn, &STRIT(*pstrbuf, pn), un, Sfalse, Sfalse);
             return;
         }
+        case fasl_type_uninterned_symbol: {
+            iptr i, n;
+            ptr str;
+            n = uptrin(f);
+            str = S_string((char *)0, n);
+            for (i = 0; i != n; i += 1) Sstring_set(str, i, uptrin(f));
+            *x = S_uninterned(str);
+            return;
+        }
         case fasl_type_ratnum:
             *x = S_rational(FIX(0), FIX(0));
             faslin(tc, &RATNUM(*x), t, pstrbuf, f);

c/prim5.c

@@ -962,6 +962,25 @@ static ptr s_strings_to_gensym(ptr pname_str, ptr uname_str) {
                    pname_str, uname_str);
 }
 
+ptr S_uninterned(x) ptr x; {
+  ptr sym;
+  static uptr hc;
+
+  require(Sstringp(x),"string->uninterned-symbol","~s is not a string",x);
+
+  sym = S_symbol(Scons(x, Sfalse));
+
+  /* Wraparound on `hc++` is ok. It's technically illegal with
+     threads, since multiple thread might increment `hc` at the same
+     time; we don't care if we miss an increment sometimes, and we
+     assume compilers won't take this as a license for arbitrarily bad
+     behavior: */
+  hc++;
+  INITSYMHASH(sym) = FIX(hc);
+
+  return sym;
+}
+
 static ptr s_mkdir(const char *inpath, INT mode) {
   INT status; ptr res; char *path;
 
@@ -1516,6 +1535,7 @@ void S_prim5_init() {
     Sforeign_symbol("(cs)s_intern3", (void *)s_intern3);
     Sforeign_symbol("(cs)s_strings_to_gensym", (void *)s_strings_to_gensym);
     Sforeign_symbol("(cs)s_intern_gensym", (void *)S_intern_gensym);
+    Sforeign_symbol("(cs)s_uninterned", (void *)S_uninterned);
     Sforeign_symbol("(cs)cputime", (void *)S_cputime);
     Sforeign_symbol("(cs)realtime", (void *)S_realtime);
     Sforeign_symbol("(cs)clock_gettime", (void *)S_clock_gettime);

csug/objects.stex

@@ -1550,7 +1550,7 @@ These parameters are not consulted until that time; setting them when
 %----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 \entryheader
 \formdef{gensym?}{\categoryprocedure}{(gensym? \var{obj})}
-\returns \scheme{#t} if \var{obj} is gensym, \scheme{#f} otherwise
+\returns \scheme{#t} if \var{obj} is a gensym, \scheme{#f} otherwise
 \listlibraries
 \endentryheader
 
@@ -1564,6 +1564,63 @@ These parameters are not consulted until that time; setting them when
 \endschemedisplay
 
 
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+\entryheader
+\formdef{string->uninterned-symbol}{\categoryprocedure}{(string->uninterned-symbol \var{str})}
+\returns a fresh uninterned symbol
+\listlibraries
+\endentryheader
+
+\var{str} must be a string.
+
+Returns an uninterned symbol that prints the same as a symbol
+constructed from \var{str}, but which is not \scheme{eq?} to any
+other symbol.
+
+When an uninterned symbol is converted by the fasl writer, the fasl
+reader will allocate a fresh uninterned symbol each time the fasl
+stream is read. Multiple occurrences of the same uninterned symbol in
+the fasl writer's argument will become multiple occurrences of the
+same new uninterned symbol in the fasl reader's result for the stream.
+
+\noskip\schemedisplay
+(string->uninterned-symbol "z") ;=> z
+(uninterned-symbol? (string->uninterned-symbol "z")) ;=> #t
+(symbol? (string->uninterned-symbol "z")) ;=> #t
+(gensym? (string->uninterned-symbol "z")) ;=> #f
+\endschemedisplay
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+\entryheader
+\formdef{uninterned-symbol?}{\categoryprocedure}{(uninterned-symbol? \var{obj})}
+\returns \scheme{#t} if \var{obj} is an uninterned symbol, \scheme{#f} otherwise
+\listlibraries
+\endentryheader
+
+\noskip\schemedisplay
+(uninterned-symbol? (string->symbol "z")) ;=> #f
+(uninterned-symbol? (gensym "z")) ;=> #f
+(uninterned-symbol? (string->uninterned-symbol "z")) ;=> #t
+\endschemedisplay
+
+
+
+
+%----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+\entryheader
+\formdef{uninterned-symbol?}{\categoryprocedure}{(uninterned-symbol? \var{obj})}
+\returns \scheme{#t} if \var{obj} is an uninterned symbol, \scheme{#f} otherwise
+\listlibraries
+\endentryheader
+
+\noskip\schemedisplay
+(uninterned-symbol? (string->symbol "z")) ;=> #f
+(uninterned-symbol? (gensym "z")) ;=> #f
+(uninterned-symbol? (string->uninterned-symbol "z")) ;=> #t
+\endschemedisplay
+
+
+
 %----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 \entryheader\label{property-lists}
 \formdef{putprop}{\categoryprocedure}{(putprop \var{symbol} \var{key} \var{value})}

mats/5_7.ms

@@ -105,3 +105,22 @@
     (error? (putprop "hi" 'key 'value))
     (error? (property-list '(a b c)))
  )
+
+(mat uninterned-symbol
+     (symbol? (string->uninterned-symbol "hello"))
+     (uninterned-symbol? (string->uninterned-symbol "hello"))
+     (not (gensym? (string->uninterned-symbol "hello")))
+
+     (equal? "hello" (symbol->string (string->uninterned-symbol "hello")))
+
+     (not (eq? (string->uninterned-symbol "hello")
+               (string->uninterned-symbol "hello")))
+
+     (let-values ([(o get) (open-bytevector-output-port)])
+       (let ([s (string->uninterned-symbol "hello")])
+         (fasl-write (list s s) o)
+         (let ([r (fasl-read (open-bytevector-input-port (get)))])
+           (and (eq? (car r) (cadr r))
+                (equal? "hello" (symbol->string (car r)))))))
+
+     )

s/cmacros.ss

@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
                  [(_ foo e1 e2) e1] ...
                  [(_ bar e1 e2) e2]))))])))
 
-(define-constant scheme-version #x09050305)
+(define-constant scheme-version #x09050306)
 
 (define-syntax define-machine-types
   (lambda (x)
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@
 
 (define-constant fasl-type-begin 41)
 (define-constant fasl-type-phantom 42)
+(define-constant fasl-type-uninterned-symbol 43)
 
 (define-constant fasl-fld-ptr 0)
 (define-constant fasl-fld-u8 1)
@@ -1242,7 +1243,7 @@
   ([ptr value]
    [ptr pvalue]
    [ptr plist]
-   [ptr name]
+   [ptr name] ; (cons str #f) => uninterned; #f or (cons ptr str) => gensym
    [ptr splist]
    [ptr hash]))
 

s/cp0.ss

@@ -4876,7 +4876,7 @@
                   (not (preinfo-lambda-name preinfo)))
          (preinfo-lambda-name-set! preinfo
            (let ([x ($symbol-name name)])
-             (if (pair? x) (cdr x) x))))
+             (if (pair? x) (or (cdr x) (car x)) x))))
        (context-case ctxt
          [(value tail)
           (bump sc 1)

s/cpnanopass.ss

@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@
               [(string? x) x]
               [(symbol? x)
                (let ([name ($symbol-name x)])
-                 (if (pair? name) (cdr name) name))]
+                 (if (pair? name) (or (cdr name) (car name)) name))]
               [(eq? #f x) #f]
               [else (error 'np-discover-names "x is not a name" x)]))))
       (Expr : Expr (ir name moi) -> Expr ()
@@ -9503,8 +9503,18 @@
                (%type-check mask-symbol type-symbol ,e)
                (bind #t ([t (%mref ,e ,(constant symbol-name-disp))])
                  `(if ,t
-                      ,(%type-check mask-pair type-pair ,t)
+                      ,(build-and (%type-check mask-pair type-pair ,t)
+                                  (build-and (%mref ,t ,(constant pair-cdr-disp))
+                                             (%constant strue)))
                       ,(%constant strue)))))])
+        (define-inline 2 uninterned-symbol?
+          [(e)
+           (bind #t (e)
+             (build-and
+               (%type-check mask-symbol type-symbol ,e)
+               (bind #t ([t (%mref ,e ,(constant symbol-name-disp))])
+                     (build-and (%type-check mask-pair type-pair ,t)
+                                (build-not (%mref ,t ,(constant pair-cdr-disp)))))))])
         (let ()
           (define build-make-symbol
             (lambda (e-name)
@@ -9541,7 +9551,10 @@
              (bind #t ([e-name (%mref ,e-sym ,(constant symbol-name-disp))])
                `(if ,e-name
                     (if ,(%type-check mask-pair type-pair ,e-name)
-                        ,(%mref ,e-name ,(constant pair-cdr-disp))
+                        ,(bind #t ([e-cdr (%mref ,e-name ,(constant pair-cdr-disp))])
+                               `(if ,e-cdr
+                                    ,e-cdr
+                                    ,(%mref ,e-name ,(constant pair-car-disp))))
                         ,e-name)
                     ,(%primcall #f sexpr $gensym->pretty-name ,e-sym))))])
         (define-inline 3 $fxaddress

s/fasl.ss

@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@
          (put-u8 p (constant fasl-type-gensym))
          (wrf-string-help (symbol->string x) p)
          (wrf-string-help uname p))]
+      [(uninterned-symbol? x)
+       (put-u8 p (constant fasl-type-uninterned-symbol))
+       (wrf-string-help (symbol->string x) p)]
       [else
        (put-u8 p (constant fasl-type-symbol))
        (wrf-string-help (symbol->string x) p)])))

s/primdata.ss

@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@
   (symbol->string [sig [(symbol) -> (string)]] [flags true mifoldable discard safeongoodargs ieee r5rs])
   (symbol=? [sig [(symbol symbol symbol ...) -> (boolean)]] [flags pure mifoldable discard cp03 safeongoodargs])
   (string->symbol [sig [(string) -> (symbol)]] [flags true mifoldable discard safeongoodargs ieee r5rs])
+  (string->uninterned-symbol [sig [(string) -> (symbol)]] [flags true discard])
+  (uninterned-symbol? [sig [(ptr) -> (boolean)]] [flags pure unrestricted mifoldable discard])
   (char? [sig [(ptr) -> (boolean)]] [flags pure unrestricted mifoldable discard ieee r5rs])
   (char->integer [sig [(char) -> (fixnum)]] [flags pure mifoldable discard safeongoodargs true ieee r5rs])
   (integer->char [sig [(sub-ufixnum) -> (char)]] [flags pure mifoldable discard true ieee r5rs])

s/prims.ss

@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@
     (scheme-object)
     scheme-object))
 
+(define string->uninterned-symbol
+  (foreign-procedure "(cs)s_uninterned"
+    (scheme-object)
+    scheme-object))
+
 (define $intern2
   (foreign-procedure "(cs)s_intern2"
     (scheme-object scheme-object)
@@ -1261,6 +1266,8 @@
 
 (define gensym? (lambda (x) (gensym? x)))
 
+(define uninterned-symbol? (lambda (x) (uninterned-symbol? x)))
+
 (define fixnum? (lambda (x) (fixnum? x)))
 
 (define bignum? (lambda (x) (bignum? x)))