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use std::fs::read_to_string;

mod ast;
use ast::*;

mod parser;
use parser::*;

pub fn run(arg: &str) -> String {
    let content = read_to_string(arg).unwrap();
    let value = parse(&content.to_string());
    let result = interpret(&value);

    result.to_string()
}

fn interpret(arg: &Value) -> Value {
    match arg {
        Value::App(l, r) => apply(&interpret(l), r),
        other => other.clone(),
    }
}

fn apply(l: &Value, r: &Value) -> Value {
    if let Value::Lam(v, body) = l {
        subst(v, body, r)
    } else {
        Value::App(Box::new(l.clone()), Box::new(r.clone()))
    }
}

fn subst(var: &str, body: &Value, r: &Value) -> Value {
    match body {
        Value::Sym(x) if x == var => r.clone(),
        Value::Lam(x, b) => Value::Lam(x.to_string(), Box::new(subst(var, b, r))),
        other => other.clone(),
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod lambda_test {
    use crate::{interpret, parse, Value};

    #[test]
    fn evaluating_a_non_reducible_value_yields_itself() {
        let value = parse("(foo 12)");
        assert_eq!(value, interpret(&value));
    }

    #[test]
    fn evaluating_application_on_an_abstraction_reduces_it() {
        let value = parse("((lam x x) 12)");
        assert_eq!(Value::Num(12), interpret(&value));
    }

    #[test]
    fn substitution_occurs_within_abstraction_body() {
        let value = parse("(((lam x (lam y x)) 13) 12)");
        assert_eq!(Value::Num(13), interpret(&value));
    }
}