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danbooru/app/logical/post_query/ast.rb
evazion 4c7cfc73c6 search: add new tag search parser.
Add a new tag tag search parser that supports full boolean expressions, including `and`,
`or`, and `not` operators and parenthesized subexpressions.

This is only the parser itself, not the code for converting the search into SQL. The new
parser isn't used yet for actual searches. Searches still use the old parser.

Some example syntax:

* `1girl 1boy`
* `1girl and 1boy` (same as `1girl 1boy`)
* `1girl or 1boy`
* `~1girl ~1boy` (same as `1girl or 1boy`)
* `1girl and ((blonde_hair blue_eyes) or (red_hair green_eyes))`
* `1girl ~(blonde_hair blue_eyes) ~(red_hair green_eyes)` (same as above)
* `1girl -(blonde_hair blue_eyes)`
* `*_hair *_eyes`
* `*_hair or *_eyes`
* `user:evazion or fav:evazion`
* `~user:evazion ~fav:evazion`

Rules:

AND is implicit between terms, but may be written explicitly:

* `a b c` is `a and b and c`

AND has higher precedence (binds tighter) than OR:

* `a or b and c or d` is `a or (b and c) or d`
* `a or b c or d e` is `a or (b and c) or (d and e)`

All `~` operators in the same subexpression are combined into a single OR:

* `a b ~c ~d` is `a b (c or d)`
* `~a ~b and ~c ~d` is `(a or b) (c or d)`
* `(~a ~b) (~c ~d)` is `(a or b) (c or d)`

A single `~` operator in a subexpression by itself is ignored:

* `a ~b` is `a b`
* `~a and ~b` is `a and b`, which is `a b`
* `(~a) ~b` is `a ~b`, which is `a b`

The parser is written as a backtracking recursive descent parser built on top of
StringScanner and a handful of parser combinators. The parser generates an AST, which is
then simplified using Boolean algebra to remove redundant nodes and to convert the
expression to conjunctive normal form (that is, a product of sums, or an AND of ORs).
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# frozen_string_literal: true
# A PostQuery::AST is an abstract syntax tree representing a search parsed by
# `PostQuery::Parser#parse`. It has methods for printing, manipulating, and
# simpifying ASTs returned by the parser.
#
# There are nine AST node types:
#
# * :all (representing the search that returns everything, aka the empty search)
# * :none (representing the search that returns nothing)
# * :tag (a single tag)
# * :metatag (a metatag with a name and value)
# * :wildcard (a wildcard tag, e.g. `blue_*`)
# * :and (an n-ary AND clause)
# * :or (an n-nary OR clause)
# * :not (a unary NOT clause)
# * :opt (the unary `~`, or 'optional' operator)
#
# The AST returned by the parser is normally simplified with `#simplify` before
# it's used. This is for several reasons:
#
# * To replace the `~` operator with `or` clauses.
# * To remove redundant `and` and `or` nodes.
# * To normalize the AST to conjunctive normal form.
#
# @example
#
# PostQuery::AST.new(:or, [PostQuery::AST.new(:tag, "1girl"), PostQuery::AST.new(:metatag, "rating", "s")]).to_sexp
# => "(or 1girl rating:s)"
#
# PostQuery::Parser.parse("cat_girl or (cat_ears tail)").to_sexp
# => "(or (and cat_girl) (and (and cat_ears tail)))"
#
# PostQuery::Parser.parse("cat_girl or (cat_ears tail)").simplify.to_sexp
# => "(and (or cat_ears cat_girl) (or cat_girl tail))"
class PostQuery
class AST
extend Memoist
include Comparable
include Enumerable
attr_reader :type, :args
delegate :all?, :none?, :and?, :or?, :not?, :opt?, :tag?, :metatag?, :wildcard?, to: :inquirer
# Create an AST node.
#
# @param type [Symbol] The type of the AST node.
# @param args [Array] The arguments for the node (either a list of child nodes for
# AND/OR/NOT/OPT nodes, or the name and/or value for tag, metatag, or wildcard nodes).
def initialize(type, args)
@type = type
@args = args
end
concerning :SimplificationMethods do
# Simplify the AST by rewriting `~` to `or` clauses, and by reducing it to
# conjunctive normal form (that is, product-of-sums form, or an AND of ORs).
#
# The algorithm is to repeatedly apply the rules of Boolean algebra, one
# at a time in a top-down fashion, until the AST can't be simplified any more.
#
# @return [AST] A new simplified AST
def simplify
old_ast = nil
new_ast = rewrite_opts
until new_ast == old_ast
old_ast = new_ast
new_ast = old_ast.simplify_once
end
new_ast
end
# Simplify the AST once by applying the rules of Boolean algebra in a single top-down pass.
#
# @return [AST] A new simplified AST
def simplify_once
case self
# (and A) = A
in [:and, a]
a
# (or A) = A
in [:or, a]
a
# Double negation: -(-A) = A
in [:not, [:not, a]]
a
# DeMorgan's law: -(A and B) = -A or -B
in [:not, [:and, *args]]
node(:or, *args.map { node(:not, _1) })
# DeMorgan's law: -(A or B) = -A and -B
in [:not, [:or, *args]]
node(:and, *args.map { node(:not, _1) })
# Associative law: (or (or A B) C) = (or A B C)
in [:or, *args] if args.any?(&:or?)
ors, others = args.partition(&:or?)
node(:or, *ors.flat_map(&:args), *others)
# Associative law: (and (and A B) C) = (and A B C)
in [:and, *args] if args.any?(&:and?)
ands, others = args.partition(&:and?)
node(:and, *ands.flat_map(&:args), *others)
# Distributive law: A or (B and C) = (A or B) and (A or C)
# (or A (and B C ...) ... = (and (or A B ...) (or A C ...) ...
in [:or, *args] if args.any?(&:and?)
ands, others = args.partition(&:and?)
first, rest = ands.first, ands[1..] + others
node(:and, *first.args.map { node(:or, _1, *rest) })
in [:not, arg]
node(:not, arg.simplify_once)
in [:and, *args]
node(:and, *args.map(&:simplify_once))
in [:or, *args]
node(:or, *args.map(&:simplify_once))
else
self
end
end
# Rewrite the `~` operator to `or` clauses.
#
# @return [AST] A new AST with `:opt` nodes replaced with `:or` nodes.
def rewrite_opts
# ... ~A ~B ... = ... (or A B) ...
# ... ~A ... = ... (or A) ... = ... A ...
if children.any?(&:opt?)
opts, non_opts = children.partition(&:opt?)
or_node = node(:or, *opts.flat_map(&:children))
node(type, or_node, *non_opts).rewrite_opts
elsif children.any?
node(type, *children.map(&:rewrite_opts))
else
self
end
end
# Create a new AST node, sorting the child nodes so that the AST is normalized to a consistent form.
def node(type, *args)
AST.new(type, args.sort)
end
end
concerning :OutputMethods do
def inspect
to_sexp
end
# Display the AST as an S-expression.
def to_sexp
case self
in [:all]
"all"
in [:none]
"none"
in [:tag, name]
name
in [:metatag, name, value]
"#{name}:#{value}"
in [:wildcard, name]
"(wildcard #{name})"
in [type, *args]
"(#{type} #{args.map(&:to_sexp).join(" ")})"
end
end
# Display the AST in infix notation.
def to_infix
case self
in [:all]
"all"
in [:none]
"none"
in [:wildcard, name]
name
in [:tag, name]
name
in [:metatag, name, value]
"#{name}:#{value}"
in [:not, a]
"-#{a.to_infix}"
in [:opt, a]
"~#{a.to_infix}"
in [:and, a]
a.to_infix
in [:or, a]
a.to_infix
in [:and, *a]
"(#{a.map(&:to_infix).join(" ")})"
in [:or, *a]
"(#{a.map(&:to_infix).join(" or ")})"
end
end
# Convert the AST to a series of nested arrays.
def to_tree
if term?
[type, *args]
else
[type, *args.map(&:to_tree)]
end
end
end
concerning :UtilityMethods do
# Traverse the AST in depth-first left-to-right order, calling the block on each
# node and passing it the current node and the results from visiting each subtree.
def visit(&block)
return enum_for(:visit) unless block_given?
results = children.map { _1.visit(&block) }
yield self, *results
end
# Traverse the AST in depth-first left-to-right order, calling the block on each node.
def each(&block)
return enum_for(:each) unless block_given?
visit { |node| yield node }
self
end
# @return [Array<AST>] A flat list of all the nodes in the AST, in depth-first left-to-right order.
def nodes
each.map
end
# @return [Array<AST>] A list of all unique tag nodes in the AST.
def tags
nodes.select(&:tag?).uniq.sort
end
# @return [Array<AST>] A list of all unique metatag nodes in the AST.
def metatags
nodes.select(&:metatag?).uniq.sort
end
# @return [Array<String>] The names of all unique tags in the AST.
def tag_names
tags.map(&:name)
end
# True if the AST is a simple node, that is a leaf node with no child nodes.
def term?
type.in?(%i[tag metatag wildcard all none])
end
# @return [String, nil] The name of the tag, metatag, or wildcard, if one of these nodes.
def name
args.first if tag? || metatag? || wildcard?
end
# @return [String, nil] The value of the metatag, if a metatag node.
def value
args.second if metatag?
end
# @return [Array<AST>] The child nodes, if the node has children.
def children
term? ? [] : args
end
def <=>(other)
return nil unless other.is_a?(AST)
deconstruct <=> other.deconstruct
end
# Deconstruct the node into an array (used for pattern matching).
def deconstruct
[type, *args]
end
def inquirer
ActiveSupport::StringInquirer.new(type.to_s)
end
end
memoize :simplify, :simplify_once, :rewrite_opts, :inquirer, :deconstruct, :inspect, :to_sexp, :to_infix, :to_tree, :nodes, :tags, :metatags, :tag_names
end
end