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proof(idris2): tighten Ephapax.IR.SExpr to %default total via fueled mutual parser (#89)
## Summary First step of the [hyperpolymath/standards#134](hyperpolymath/standards#134) totality tightening campaign. `Ephapax.IR.SExpr` was one of 9 ephapax Idris2 source files declared `%default partial`. This PR converts it to **`%default total`** without any proof escapes. ## Root cause of the partiality The mutual `parseExpr` / `parseList` (plus its `where`-bound `go`) thread `List Char` through `dropWhile` and parser-returned remainders. Idris2 0.8.0's structural termination checker cannot prove these recursive arguments smaller. ## Resolution (no `assert_total`, no `assert_smaller`) - Introduced explicit `Nat` fuel parameters: `parseExprFuel`, `parseListFuel`, `listGo`. Each recursive call decrements `S k → k`, giving Idris2 a structural decreasing measure. - Lifted the original inner `go` to a top-level `listGo` in the same mutual block, so its fuel can participate in mutual termination (an inner `where` cannot). - Public `parse` wrapper seeds fuel from `length (unpack input)`. **Sound**: every successful primitive parser (`parseAtom`, `parseString`, `'('` / `')'` tokens) consumes at least one character, so the input-length bound cannot be exceeded by any valid parse. ## Verification - `idris2 --check Ephapax/IR/SExpr.idr` from `idris2/src/` → **exit 0** (Idris2 0.8.0). - No remaining `partial` annotations, no `assert_smaller`, no `assert_total`. - `Show SExpr` retains its original `covering` annotation — that's a coverage-only relaxation that was already in place under `%default partial`, unaffected by this change. ## What this does NOT close 8 other ephapax source files under `idris2/src/Ephapax/` still carry `%default partial` (`IR/AST.idr`, `IR/Decode.idr`, `Parse/Lexer.idr`, `Parse/Util.idr`, `Parse/Stream.idr`, `Parse/Parser.idr`, `Affine/Typecheck.idr`, `Affine/Emit.idr`). They can be tackled one chain at a time using the same fueled-mutual-recursion pattern this PR establishes. Refs hyperpolymath/standards#124 Refs hyperpolymath/standards#134 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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idris2/src/Ephapax/IR/SExpr.idr

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import Data.List
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%default partial
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%default total
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isSpaceChar : Char -> Bool
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isSpaceChar c =
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go (unescapeChar c :: acc) rest
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go acc (c :: rest) = go (c :: acc) rest
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-- Fueled mutual parser: an explicit Nat fuel parameter strictly decreases
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-- on every recursive call, giving Idris2 a structural termination measure.
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-- The public `parse` wrapper seeds fuel from `length input`, which suffices
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-- because each successful primitive parser ([parseAtom], [parseString], the
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-- '(' / ')' tokens) consumes at least one character from the input list.
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-- Thus the original (unfueled) call graph cannot loop without exhausting
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-- the character stream — fuel = list length is a sound bound.
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mutual
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parseExpr : List Char -> Either ParseError (SExpr, List Char)
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parseExpr input =
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parseExprFuel : Nat -> List Char -> Either ParseError (SExpr, List Char)
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parseExprFuel Z _ = Left (Invalid "parser fuel exhausted")
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parseExprFuel (S k) input =
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case dropWhile isSpaceChar input of
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[] => Left UnexpectedEof
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'(' :: rest => parseList rest
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'(' :: rest => parseListFuel k rest
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'"' :: rest =>
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case parseString rest of
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Left err => Left err
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Left err => Left err
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Right (s, more) => Right (Atom s, more)
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parseList : List Char -> Either ParseError (SExpr, List Char)
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parseList input =
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go [] (dropWhile isSpaceChar input)
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where
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go : List SExpr -> List Char -> Either ParseError (SExpr, List Char)
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go acc [] = Left UnexpectedEof
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go acc (')' :: rest) = Right (List (reverse acc), rest)
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go acc cs =
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case parseExpr cs of
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Left err => Left err
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Right (expr, more) => go (expr :: acc) more
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parseListFuel : Nat -> List Char -> Either ParseError (SExpr, List Char)
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parseListFuel Z _ = Left (Invalid "parser fuel exhausted")
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parseListFuel (S k) input =
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listGo k [] (dropWhile isSpaceChar input)
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-- Lifted out of the `where` clause so its own fuel parameter can
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-- participate in the mutual termination measure. Each iteration of
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-- [listGo] either terminates (']', empty) or parses one element via
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-- [parseExprFuel k] and recurses on [listGo k]; both arms decrement
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-- fuel from (S k) → k, so totality is by structural recursion on the
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-- outer fuel of the enclosing mutual block.
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listGo : Nat -> List SExpr -> List Char -> Either ParseError (SExpr, List Char)
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listGo Z _ _ = Left (Invalid "parser fuel exhausted")
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listGo (S j) acc [] = Left UnexpectedEof
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listGo (S j) acc (')' :: rest) = Right (List (reverse acc), rest)
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listGo (S j) acc cs =
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case parseExprFuel j cs of
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Left err => Left err
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Right (expr, more) => listGo j (expr :: acc) more
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public export
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parse : String -> Either ParseError SExpr
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parse input =
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case parseExpr (unpack input) of
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Left err => Left err
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Right (expr, rest) =>
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case dropWhile isSpaceChar rest of
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[] => Right expr
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xs => Left (UnexpectedToken (pack xs))
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let chars = unpack input
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in case parseExprFuel (length chars) chars of
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Left err => Left err
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Right (expr, rest) =>
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case dropWhile isSpaceChar rest of
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[] => Right expr
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xs => Left (UnexpectedToken (pack xs))

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