yi-0.3: Yi/Completion.hs

-- Copyright (C) 2008 JP Bernardy


module Yi.Completion (completeInList) where

import Yi.Editor
import Data.List

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-- General completion
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commonPrefix :: [String] -> String
commonPrefix [] = []
commonPrefix strings
    | any null strings = []
    | all (== prefix) heads = prefix : commonPrefix tailz
    | otherwise = []
    where
          (heads, tailz) = unzip [(h,t) | (h:t) <- strings]
          prefix = head heads
-- for an alternative implementation see GHC's InteractiveUI module.



completeInList :: String -> (String -> Bool) -> [ String ] -> EditorM String
completeInList s condition l
    | null filtered = printMsg "No match" >> return s
    | prefix /= s = return prefix
    | isSingleton filtered = printMsg "Sole completion" >> return s
    | prefix `elem` filtered = printMsg ("Complete, but not unique: " ++ show filtered) >> return s
    | otherwise = printMsg ("Matches: " ++ show filtered) >> return s
    where
    prefix   = commonPrefix filtered
    filtered = nub $ filter condition l

    -- Not really necessary but a bit faster than @(length l) == 1@
    isSingleton :: [ a ] -> Bool
    isSingleton [_] = True
    isSingleton _   = False