Add a notation for tuple field accesses in Lean

1 files changed, 51 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/backends/lean/Base/Primitives/Base.lean b/backends/lean/Base/Primitives/Base.lean
index 9dbaf133..adec9a8b 100644
--- a/backends/lean/Base/Primitives/Base.lean
+++ b/backends/lean/Base/Primitives/Base.lean
@@ -123,6 +123,57 @@ def Result.attach {α: Type} (o : Result α): Result { x : α // o = ret x } :=
   simp [Bind.bind]
   cases e <;> simp
 
+-------------------------------
+-- Tuple field access syntax --
+-------------------------------
+-- Declare new syntax `a.#i` for accessing the `i`-th term in a tuple
+-- The `noWs` parser is used to ensure there is no whitespace.
+syntax term noWs ".#" noWs num : term
+
+open Lean Meta Elab Term
+
+-- Auxliary function for computing the number of elements in a tuple (`Prod`) type.
+def getArity (type : Expr) : Nat :=
+  match type with
+  | .app (.app (.const ``Prod _) _) as => getArity as + 1
+  | _ => 1 -- It is not product
+
+-- Given a `tuple` of size `n`, construct a term that for accessing the `i`-th element
+def mkGetIdx (tuple : Expr) (n : Nat) (i : Nat) : MetaM Expr := do
+  match i with
+  | 0 => mkAppM ``Prod.fst #[tuple]
+  | i+1 =>
+    if n = 2 then
+      -- If the tuple has only two elements and `i` is not `0`,
+      -- we just return the second element.
+      mkAppM ``Prod.snd #[tuple]
+    else
+      -- Otherwise, we continue with the rest of the tuple.
+      let tuple ← mkAppM ``Prod.snd #[tuple]
+      mkGetIdx tuple (n-1) i
+
+-- Now, we define the elaboration function for the new syntax `a#i`
+elab_rules : term
+| `($a:term.#$i:num) => do
+  -- Convert `i : Syntax` into a natural number
+  let i := i.getNat
+  -- Return error if it is 0.
+  unless i ≥ 0 do
+    throwError "tuple index must be greater or equal to 0"
+  -- Convert `a : Syntax` into an `tuple : Expr` without providing expected type
+  let tuple ← elabTerm a none
+  let type ← inferType tuple
+  -- Instantiate assigned metavariable occurring in `type`
+  let type ← instantiateMVars type
+  -- Ensure `tuple`'s type is a `Prod`uct.
+  unless type.isAppOf ``Prod do
+    throwError "tuple expected{indentExpr type}"
+  let n := getArity type
+  -- Ensure `i` is a valid index
+  unless i < n do
+    throwError "invalid tuple access at {i}, tuple has {n} elements"
+  mkGetIdx tuple n i
+
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