通过前面的几篇讨论我们了解到F[T]就是FP中运算的表达形式(representation of computation)。在这里F[]不仅仅是一种高阶类型,它还代表了一种运算协议(computation protocol)或者称为运算模型好点,如IO[T],Option[T]。运算模型规范了运算值T的运算方式。而Monad是一种特殊的FP运算模型M[A],它是一种持续运算模式。通过flatMap作为链条把前后两个运算连接起来。多个flatMap同时作用可以形成一个程序运行链。我们可以在flatMap函数实现中增加一些附加作用,如维护状态值(state value)、跟踪记录(log)等。
在上一篇讨论中我们用一个Logger的实现例子示范了如何在flatMap函数实现过程中增加附加作用;一个跟踪功能(logging),我们在F[T]运算结构中增加了一个String类型值作为跟踪记录(log)。在本篇讨论中我们首先会对上篇的Logger例子进行一些log类型的概括,设计一个新的Logger结构:
1 case class Logger[LOG, A](log: LOG, value: A) { 2 def map[B](f: A => B): Logger[LOG,B] = Logger(log, f(value)) 3 def flatMap[B](f: A => Logger[LOG,B])(implicit M: Monoid[LOG]): Logger[LOG,B] = { 4 val nxLogger = f(value) 5 Logger(log |+| nxLogger.log, nxLogger.value) 6 } 7 8 }
以上Logger对LOG类型进行了概括:任何拥有Monoid实例的类型都可以,能够支持Monoid |+|操作符号。这点从flatMap函数的实现可以证实。
当然我们必须获取Logger的Monad实例才能使用for-comprehension。不过由于Logger有两个类型参数Logger[LOG,A],我们必须用type lambda把LOG类型固定下来,让Monad运算只针对A类型值:
1 object Logger { 2 implicit def toLogger[LOG](implicit M: Monoid[LOG]) = new Monad[({type L[x] = Logger[LOG,x]})#L] { 3 def point[A](a: => A) = Logger(M.zero,a) 4 def bind[A,B](la: Logger[LOG,A])(f: A => Logger[LOG,B]): Logger[LOG,B] = la flatMap f 5 } 6 }
有了Monad实例我们可以使用for-comprehension:
1 def enterInt(x: Int): Logger[String, Int] = Logger("Entered Int:"+x, x) 2 //> enterInt: (x: Int)Exercises.logger.Logger[String,Int] 3 def enterStr(x: String): Logger[String, String] = Logger("Entered String:"+x, x) 4 //> enterStr: (x: String)Exercises.logger.Logger[String,String] 5 6 for { 7 a <- enterInt(3) 8 b <- enterInt(4) 9 c <- enterStr("Result:") 10 } yield c + (a * b).shows //> res0: Exercises.logger.Logger[String,String] = Logger(Entered Int:3Entered I 11 //| nt:4Entered String:Result:,Result:12)
不过必须对每个类型定义操作函数,用起来挺不方便的。我们可以为任何类型注入操作方法:
1 final class LoggerOps[A](a: A) { 2 def applyLog[LOG](log: LOG): Logger[LOG,A] = Logger(log,a) 3 } 4 implicit def toLoggerOps[A](a: A) = new LoggerOps[A](a) 5 //> toLoggerOps: [A](a: A)Exercises.logger.LoggerOps[A]
我们为任意类型A注入了applyLog方法:
1 3.applyLog("Int three") //> res1: Exercises.logger.Logger[String,Int] = Logger(Int three,3) 2 "hi" applyLog "say hi" //> res2: Exercises.logger.Logger[String,String] = Logger(say hi,hi) 3 for { 4 a <- 3 applyLog "Entered Int 3" 5 b <- 4 applyLog "Entered Int 4" 6 c <- "Result:" applyLog "Entered String ‘Result‘" 7 } yield c + (a * b).shows //> res3: Exercises.logger.Logger[String,String] = Logger(Entered Int 3Entered 8 //| Int 4Entered String ‘Result‘,Result:12)
用aplyLog这样操作方便多了。由于LOG可以是任何拥有Monoid实例的类型。除了String类型之外,我们还可以用Vector或List这样的高阶类型:
1 for { 2 a <- 3 applyLog Vector("Entered Int 3") 3 b <- 4 applyLog Vector("Entered Int 4") 4 c <- "Result:" applyLog Vector("Entered String ‘Result‘") 5 } yield c + (a * b).shows //> res4: Exercises.logger.Logger[scala.collection.immutable.Vector[String],Str 6 //| ing] = Logger(Vector(Entered Int 3, Entered Int 4, Entered String ‘Result‘) 7 //| ,Result:12)
一般来讲,用Vector效率更高,在下面我们会证实这点。
我们再来看看Logger的典型应用:一个gcd(greatest common denominator)算法例子:
1 def gcd(x: Int, y: Int): Logger[Vector[String], Int] = { 2 if (y == 0 ) for { 3 _ <- x applyLog Vector("Finished at " + x) 4 } yield x 5 else 6 x applyLog Vector(x.shows + " mod " + y.shows + " = " + (x % y).shows) >>= {_ => gcd(y, x % y) } 7 8 } //> gcd: (x: Int, y: Int)Exercises.logger.Logger[Vector[String],Int] 9 gcd(18,6) //> res5: Exercises.logger.Logger[Vector[String],Int] = Logger(Vector(18 mod 6 10 //| = 0, Finished at 6),6) 11 gcd(8,3) //> res6: Exercises.logger.Logger[Vector[String],Int] = Logger(Vector(8 mod 3 = 12 //| 2, 3 mod 2 = 1, 2 mod 1 = 0, Finished at 1),1)
注意 >>= 符号的使用,显现了Logger的Monad实例特性。
实际上scalar提供了Writer数据结构,它是WriterT类型的一个特例:
1 type Writer[+W, +A] = WriterT[Id, W, A]
我们再看看WriterT:scalaz/WriterT.scala
final case class WriterT[F[_], W, A](run: F[(W, A)]) { self => ...
WriterT在运算值A之外增加了状态值W,形成一个对值(paired value)。这是一种典型的FP状态维护模式。不过WriterT的这个(W,A)是在运算模型F[]内的。这样可以实现更高层次的概括,为这种状态维护的运算增加多一层运算协议(F[])影响。我们看到Writer运算是WriterT运算模式的一个特例,它直接计算运算值,不需要F[]影响,所以Writer的F[]采用了Id,因为Id[A] = A。我们看看WriterT是如何通过flatMap来实现状态维护的:scalaz/WriterT.scala:
1 def flatMap[B](f: A => WriterT[F, W, B])(implicit F: Bind[F], s: Semigroup[W]): WriterT[F, W, B] = 2 flatMapF(f.andThen(_.run)) 3 4 def flatMapF[B](f: A => F[(W, B)])(implicit F: Bind[F], s: Semigroup[W]): WriterT[F, W, B] = 5 writerT(F.bind(run){wa => 6 val z = f(wa._2) 7 F.map(z)(wb => (s.append(wa._1, wb._1), wb._2)) 8 })
在flatMapF函数里对(W,A)的W进行了Monoid append操作。
实际上Writer可以说是一种附加的数据结构,它在运算模型F[A]内增加了一个状态值W形成了F(W,A)这种形式。当我们为任何类型A提供注入方法来构建这个Writer结构后,任意类型的运算都可以使用Writer来实现在运算过程中增加附加作用如维护状态、logging等等。我们看看scalaz/Syntax/WriterOps.scala:
package scalaz package syntax final class WriterOps[A](self: A) { def set[W](w: W): Writer[W, A] = WriterT.writer(w -> self) def tell: Writer[A, Unit] = WriterT.tell(self) } trait ToWriterOps { implicit def ToWriterOps[A](a: A) = new WriterOps(a) }
存粹是方法注入。现在任何类型A都可以使用set和tell来构建Writer类型了:
1 3 set Vector("Entered Int 3") //> res2: scalaz.Writer[scala.collection.immutable.Vector[String],Int] = WriterT 2 //| ((Vector(Entered Int 3),3)) 3 "hi" set Vector("say hi") //> res3: scalaz.Writer[scala.collection.immutable.Vector[String],String] = Writ 4 //| erT((Vector(say hi),hi)) 5 List(1,2,3) set Vector("list 123") //> res4: scalaz.Writer[scala.collection.immutable.Vector[String],List[Int]] = W 6 //| riterT((Vector(list 123),List(1, 2, 3))) 7 3.some set List("some 3") //> res5: scalaz.Writer[List[String],Option[Int]] = WriterT((List(some 3),Some(3 8 //| ))) 9 Vector("just say hi").tell //> res6: scalaz.Writer[scala.collection.immutable.Vector[String],Unit] = Writer 10 //| T((Vector(just say hi),()))
用Writer运算上面Logger的例子:
1 for { 2 a <- 3 set "Entered Int 3 " 3 b <- 4 set "Entered Int 4 " 4 c <- "Result:" set "Entered String ‘Result‘" 5 } yield c + (a * b).shows //> res7: scalaz.WriterT[scalaz.Id.Id,String,String] = WriterT((Entered Int 3 En 6 //| tered Int 4 Entered String ‘Result‘,Result:12))
那个gcd例子还是挺有代表性的,我们用Writer来运算和跟踪gcd运算:
1 def gcd(a: Int, b: Int): Writer[Vector[String],Int] = 2 if (b == 0 ) for { 3 _ <- Vector("Finished at "+a.shows).tell 4 } yield a 5 else 6 Vector(a.shows+" mod "+b.shows+" = "+(a % b).shows).tell >>= {_ => gcd(b,a % b)} 7 //> gcd: (a: Int, b: Int)scalaz.Writer[Vector[String],Int] 8 9 gcd(8,3) //> res8: scalaz.Writer[Vector[String],Int] = WriterT((Vector(8 mod 3 = 2, 3 mo 10 //| d 2 = 1, 2 mod 1 = 0, Finished at 1),1)) 11 gcd(16,4) //> res9: scalaz.Writer[Vector[String],Int] = WriterT((Vector(16 mod 4 = 0, Fin 12 //| ished at 4),4))
在维护跟踪记录(logging)时使用Vector会比List更高效。我们来证明一下:
1 def listLogCount(c: Int): Writer[List[String],Unit] = { 2 @annotation.tailrec 3 def countDown(c: Int, w: Writer[List[String],Unit]): Writer[List[String],Unit] = c match { 4 case 0 => w >>= {_ => List("0").tell } 5 case x => countDown(x-1, w >>= {_ => List(x.shows).tell }) 6 } 7 val t0 = System.currentTimeMillis 8 val r = countDown(c,List[String]().tell) 9 val t1 = System.currentTimeMillis 10 r >>= {_ => List((t1 -t0).shows+"msec").tell } 11 } //> listLogCount: (c: Int)scalaz.Writer[List[String],Unit] 12 def vectorLogCount(c: Int): Writer[Vector[String],Unit] = { 13 @annotation.tailrec 14 def countDown(c: Int, w: Writer[Vector[String],Unit]): Writer[Vector[String],Unit] = c match { 15 case 0 => w >>= {_ => Vector("0").tell } 16 case x => countDown(x-1, w >>= {_ => Vector(x.shows).tell }) 17 } 18 val t0 = System.currentTimeMillis 19 val r = countDown(c,Vector[String]().tell) 20 val t1 = System.currentTimeMillis 21 r >>= {_ => Vector((t1 -t0).shows+"msec").tell } 22 } //> vectorLogCount: (c: Int)scalaz.Writer[Vector[String],Unit] 23 24 (listLogCount(10000).run)._1.last //> res10: String = 361msec 25 (vectorLogCount(10000).run)._1.last //> res11: String = 49msec
看,listLogCount(10000)用了361msec
vectorLogCount(10000)只用了49msec,快了8,9倍呢。