Implement default values for at() (#995)

docs/src/reference/types.md

@@ -259,11 +259,14 @@ Fails with an error if the string is empty.
 - returns: any
 
 ### at()
-Extract the first grapheme cluster after the specified index. Fails with an
+Extract the first grapheme cluster after the specified index. Returns the
-error if the index is out of bounds.
+default value if the index is out of bounds or fails with an error if no default
+value was specified.
 
 - index: integer (positional, required)
   The byte index.
+- default: any (named)
+  A default value to return if the index is out of bounds.
 - returns: string
 
 ### slice()
@@ -450,10 +453,13 @@ Whether the content has the specified field.
 - returns: boolean
 
 ### at()
-Access the specified field on the content.
+Access the specified field on the content. Returns the default value if the
+field does not exist or fails with an error if no default value was specified.
 
 - field: string (positional, required)
   The field to access.
+- default: any (named)
+  A default value to return if the field does not exist.
 - returns: any
 
 ### location()
@@ -518,12 +524,14 @@ Fails with an error if the array is empty.
 - returns: any
 
 ### at()
-Returns the item at the specified index in the array.
+Returns the item at the specified index in the array. May be used on the
-May be used on the left-hand side of an assignment.
+left-hand side of an assignment. Returns the default value if the index is out
-Fails with an error if the index is out of bounds.
+of bounds or fails with an error if no default value was specified.
 
 - index: integer (positional, required)
   The index at which to retrieve the item.
+- default: any (named)
+  A default value to return if the index is out of bounds.
 - returns: any
 
 ### push()
@@ -738,13 +746,15 @@ The number of pairs in the dictionary.
 - returns: integer
 
 ### at()
-Returns the value associated with the specified key in the dictionary.
+Returns the value associated with the specified key in the dictionary. May be
-May be used on the left-hand side of an assignment if the key is already
+used on the left-hand side of an assignment if the key is already present in the
-present in the dictionary.
+dictionary. Returns the default value if the key is not part of the dictionary
-Fails with an error if the key is not part of the dictionary.
+or fails with an error if no default value was specified.
 
 - key: string (positional, required)
   The key at which to retrieve the item.
+- default: any (named)
+  A default value to return if the key is not part of the dictionary.
 - returns: any
 
 ### insert()

src/eval/array.rs

@@ -74,10 +74,15 @@ impl Array {
     }
 
     /// Borrow the value at the given index.
-    pub fn at(&self, index: i64) -> StrResult<&Value> {
+    pub fn at<'a>(
+        &'a self,
+        index: i64,
+        default: Option<&'a Value>,
+    ) -> StrResult<&'a Value> {
         self.locate(index)
             .and_then(|i| self.0.get(i))
-            .ok_or_else(|| out_of_bounds(index, self.len()))
+            .or(default)
+            .ok_or_else(|| out_of_bounds_no_default(index, self.len()))
     }
 
     /// Mutably borrow the value at the given index.
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@ impl Array {
         let len = self.len();
         self.locate(index)
             .and_then(move |i| self.0.make_mut().get_mut(i))
-            .ok_or_else(|| out_of_bounds(index, len))
+            .ok_or_else(|| out_of_bounds_no_default(index, len))
     }
 
     /// Push a value to the end of the array.
@@ -462,3 +467,14 @@ fn array_is_empty() -> EcoString {
 fn out_of_bounds(index: i64, len: i64) -> EcoString {
     eco_format!("array index out of bounds (index: {}, len: {})", index, len)
 }
+
+/// The out of bounds access error message when no default value was given.
+#[cold]
+fn out_of_bounds_no_default(index: i64, len: i64) -> EcoString {
+    eco_format!(
+        "array index out of bounds (index: {}, len: {}) \
+         and no default value was specified",
+        index,
+        len
+    )
+}

src/eval/dict.rs

@@ -53,16 +53,20 @@ impl Dict {
         self.0.len() as i64
     }
 
-    /// Borrow the value the given `key` maps to.
+    /// Borrow the value the given `key` maps to,
-    pub fn at(&self, key: &str) -> StrResult<&Value> {
+    pub fn at<'a>(
-        self.0.get(key).ok_or_else(|| missing_key(key))
+        &'a self,
+        key: &str,
+        default: Option<&'a Value>,
+    ) -> StrResult<&'a Value> {
+        self.0.get(key).or(default).ok_or_else(|| missing_key_no_default(key))
     }
 
     /// Mutably borrow the value the given `key` maps to.
     pub fn at_mut(&mut self, key: &str) -> StrResult<&mut Value> {
         Arc::make_mut(&mut self.0)
             .get_mut(key)
-            .ok_or_else(|| missing_key(key))
+            .ok_or_else(|| missing_key_no_default(key))
     }
 
     /// Remove the value if the dictionary contains the given key.
@@ -218,3 +222,13 @@ impl<'a> IntoIterator for &'a Dict {
 fn missing_key(key: &str) -> EcoString {
     eco_format!("dictionary does not contain key {:?}", Str::from(key))
 }
+
+/// The missing key access error message when no default was fiven.
+#[cold]
+fn missing_key_no_default(key: &str) -> EcoString {
+    eco_format!(
+        "dictionary does not contain key {:?} \
+         and no default value was specified",
+        Str::from(key)
+    )
+}

src/eval/methods.rs

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub fn call(
             "len" => Value::Int(string.len()),
             "first" => Value::Str(string.first().at(span)?),
             "last" => Value::Str(string.last().at(span)?),
-            "at" => Value::Str(string.at(args.expect("index")?).at(span)?),
+            "at" => Value::Str(string.at(args.expect("index")?, None).at(span)?),
             "slice" => {
                 let start = args.expect("start")?;
                 let mut end = args.eat()?;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pub fn call(
         Value::Content(content) => match method {
             "func" => content.func().into(),
             "has" => Value::Bool(content.has(&args.expect::<EcoString>("field")?)),
-            "at" => content.at(&args.expect::<EcoString>("field")?).at(span)?,
+            "at" => content.at(&args.expect::<EcoString>("field")?, None).at(span)?,
             "location" => content
                 .location()
                 .ok_or("this method can only be called on content returned by query(..)")
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ pub fn call(
             "len" => Value::Int(array.len()),
             "first" => array.first().at(span)?.clone(),
             "last" => array.last().at(span)?.clone(),
-            "at" => array.at(args.expect("index")?).at(span)?.clone(),
+            "at" => array
+                .at(args.expect("index")?, args.named("default")?.as_ref())
+                .at(span)?
+                .clone(),
             "slice" => {
                 let start = args.expect("start")?;
                 let mut end = args.eat()?;
@@ -125,7 +128,10 @@ pub fn call(
 
         Value::Dict(dict) => match method {
             "len" => Value::Int(dict.len()),
-            "at" => dict.at(&args.expect::<Str>("key")?).at(span)?.clone(),
+            "at" => dict
+                .at(&args.expect::<Str>("key")?, args.named("default")?.as_ref())
+                .at(span)?
+                .clone(),
             "keys" => Value::Array(dict.keys()),
             "values" => Value::Array(dict.values()),
             "pairs" => Value::Array(dict.pairs()),

src/eval/mod.rs

@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ impl ast::Pattern {
         for p in destruct.bindings() {
             match p {
                 ast::DestructuringKind::Normal(expr) => {
-                    let Ok(v) = value.at(i) else {
+                    let Ok(v) = value.at(i, None) else {
                         bail!(expr.span(), "not enough elements to destructure");
                     };
                     f(vm, expr, v.clone())?;
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ impl ast::Pattern {
         for p in destruct.bindings() {
             match p {
                 ast::DestructuringKind::Normal(ast::Expr::Ident(ident)) => {
-                    let Ok(v) = value.at(&ident) else {
+                    let Ok(v) = value.at(&ident, None) else {
                         bail!(ident.span(), "destructuring key not found in dictionary");
                     };
                     f(vm, ast::Expr::Ident(ident.clone()), v.clone())?;
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ impl ast::Pattern {
                 }
                 ast::DestructuringKind::Sink(spread) => sink = spread.expr(),
                 ast::DestructuringKind::Named(named) => {
-                    let Ok(v) = value.at(named.name().as_str()) else {
+                    let Ok(v) = value.at(named.name().as_str(), None) else {
                         bail!(named.name().span(), "destructuring key not found in dictionary");
                     };
                     f(vm, named.expr(), v.clone())?;

src/eval/str.rs

@@ -69,12 +69,13 @@ impl Str {
     }
 
     /// Extract the grapheme cluster at the given index.
-    pub fn at(&self, index: i64) -> StrResult<Self> {
+    pub fn at<'a>(&'a self, index: i64, default: Option<&'a str>) -> StrResult<Self> {
         let len = self.len();
         let grapheme = self.0[self.locate(index)?..]
             .graphemes(true)
             .next()
-            .ok_or_else(|| out_of_bounds(index, len))?;
+            .or(default)
+            .ok_or_else(|| no_default_and_out_of_bounds(index, len))?;
         Ok(grapheme.into())
     }
 
@@ -348,6 +349,12 @@ fn out_of_bounds(index: i64, len: i64) -> EcoString {
     eco_format!("string index out of bounds (index: {}, len: {})", index, len)
 }
 
+/// The out of bounds access error message when no default value was given.
+#[cold]
+fn no_default_and_out_of_bounds(index: i64, len: i64) -> EcoString {
+    eco_format!("no default value was specified and string index out of bounds (index: {}, len: {})", index, len)
+}
+
 /// The char boundary access error message.
 #[cold]
 fn not_a_char_boundary(index: i64) -> EcoString {

src/eval/value.rs

@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ impl Value {
     pub fn field(&self, field: &str) -> StrResult<Value> {
         match self {
             Self::Symbol(symbol) => symbol.clone().modified(field).map(Self::Symbol),
-            Self::Dict(dict) => dict.at(field).cloned(),
+            Self::Dict(dict) => dict.at(field, None).cloned(),
-            Self::Content(content) => content.at(field),
+            Self::Content(content) => content.at(field, None),
             Self::Module(module) => module.get(field).cloned(),
             v => Err(eco_format!("cannot access fields on type {}", v.type_name())),
         }

src/model/content.rs

@@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ impl Content {
     }
 
     /// Borrow the value of the given field.
-    pub fn at(&self, field: &str) -> StrResult<Value> {
+    pub fn at(&self, field: &str, default: Option<Value>) -> StrResult<Value> {
-        self.field(field).ok_or_else(|| missing_field(field))
+        self.field(field)
+            .or(default)
+            .ok_or_else(|| missing_field_no_default(field))
     }
 
     /// The content's label.
@@ -582,8 +584,12 @@ impl Fold for Vec<Meta> {
     }
 }
 
-/// The missing key access error message.
+/// The missing key access error message when no default value was given.
 #[cold]
-fn missing_field(key: &str) -> EcoString {
+fn missing_field_no_default(key: &str) -> EcoString {
-    eco_format!("content does not contain field {:?}", Str::from(key))
+    eco_format!(
+        "content does not contain field {:?} and \
+         no default value was specified",
+        Str::from(key)
+    )
 }

tests/typ/compiler/array.typ

@@ -47,17 +47,22 @@
 
 ---
 // Test rvalue out of bounds.
-// Error: 2-17 array index out of bounds (index: 5, len: 3)
+// Error: 2-17 array index out of bounds (index: 5, len: 3) and no default value was specified
 #(1, 2, 3).at(5)
 
 ---
 // Test lvalue out of bounds.
 #{
   let array = (1, 2, 3)
-  // Error: 3-14 array index out of bounds (index: 3, len: 3)
+  // Error: 3-14 array index out of bounds (index: 3, len: 3) and no default value was specified
   array.at(3) = 5
 }
 
+---
+// Test default value.
+#test((1, 2, 3).at(2, default: 5), 3)
+#test((1, 2, 3).at(3, default: 5), 5)
+
 ---
 // Test bad lvalue.
 // Error: 2:3-2:14 cannot mutate a temporary value
@@ -243,7 +248,7 @@
 #([Hi], [There]).sorted()
 
 ---
-// Error: 2-18 array index out of bounds (index: -4, len: 3)
+// Error: 2-18 array index out of bounds (index: -4, len: 3) and no default value was specified
 #(1, 2, 3).at(-4)
 
 ---

tests/typ/compiler/dict.typ

@@ -31,15 +31,20 @@
 // Test rvalue missing key.
 #{
   let dict = (a: 1, b: 2)
-  // Error: 11-23 dictionary does not contain key "c"
+  // Error: 11-23 dictionary does not contain key "c" and no default value was specified
   let x = dict.at("c")
 }
 
+---
+// Test default value.
+#test((a: 1, b: 2).at("b", default: 3), 2)
+#test((a: 1, b: 2).at("c", default: 3), 3)
+
 ---
 // Missing lvalue is not automatically none-initialized.
 #{
   let dict = (:)
-  // Error: 3-9 dictionary does not contain key "b"
+  // Error: 3-9 dictionary does not contain key "b" and no default value was specified
   dict.b += 1
 }
 

tests/typ/compiler/field.typ

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 - C
 
 ---
-// Error: 6-13 dictionary does not contain key "invalid"
+// Error: 6-13 dictionary does not contain key "invalid" and no default value was specified
 #(:).invalid
 
 ---
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #false.ok
 
 ---
-// Error: 25-28 content does not contain field "fun"
+// Error: 25-28 content does not contain field "fun" and no default value was specified
 #show heading: it => it.fun
 = A
 

tests/typ/compiler/show-node.typ

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Another text.
 = Heading
 
 ---
-// Error: 25-29 content does not contain field "page"
+// Error: 25-29 content does not contain field "page" and no default value was specified
 #show heading: it => it.page
 = Heading
 

tests/typ/compiler/string.typ

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #"🏳️‍🌈".at(2)
 
 ---
-// Error: 2-15 string index out of bounds (index: 5, len: 5)
+// Error: 2-15 no default value was specified and string index out of bounds (index: 5, len: 5)
 #"Hello".at(5)
 
 ---