a new era for Containe

engine/container.go

@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ package engine
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/gob"
+	"fmt"
 )
 
 var _ interface {
-	Registrar
+	Prepper
 	Scanner
 	gob.GobDecoder
 	gob.GobEncoder
@@ -16,10 +17,11 @@ func init() {
 	gob.Register(&Container{})
 }
 
-// Container contains many components, in order.
+// Container is a component that contains many other components, in order.
+// It can be used as both a component in its own right, or as a ordered set.
+// A nil *Container contains no items and modifications will panic (like a map).
 type Container struct {
 	items   []interface{}
-	free    map[int]struct{}
 	reverse map[interface{}]int
 }
 
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ func (c *Container) GobDecode(in []byte) error {
 	if err := gob.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(in)).Decode(&c.items); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	c.free, c.reverse = nil, nil
+	c.reverse = nil
 	return c.Prepare(nil)
 }
 
@@ -57,14 +59,14 @@ func (c *Container) Prepare(*Game) error {
 			c.reverse[x] = i
 		}
 	}
-	if c.free == nil {
-		c.free = make(map[int]struct{})
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 // Scan visits every non-nil component in the container.
 func (c *Container) Scan(visit VisitFunc) error {
+	if c == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
 	for _, x := range c.items {
 		if x != nil {
 			if err := visit(x); err != nil {
@@ -75,6 +77,55 @@ func (c *Container) Scan(visit VisitFunc) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Add adds an item to the end of the container, if not already present.
+func (c *Container) Add(component interface{}) {
+	if c.Contains(component) {
+		return
+	}
+	c.reverse[component] = len(c.items)
+	c.items = append(c.items, component)
+}
+
+// Remove replaces an item with nil. If the number of nil items is greater than
+// half the slice, the slice is compacted (indexes of items will change).
+func (c *Container) Remove(component interface{}) {
+	i, found := c.reverse[component]
+	if !found {
+		return
+	}
+	c.items[i] = nil
+	delete(c.reverse, i)
+	if len(c.reverse) < len(c.items)/2 {
+		c.compact()
+	}
+}
+
+// Contains reports if an item exists in the container.
+func (c *Container) Contains(component interface{}) bool {
+	if c == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	_, found := c.reverse[component]
+	return found
+}
+
+// IndexOf reports if an item exists in the container and returns the index if
+// present.
+func (c *Container) IndexOf(component interface{}) (int, bool) {
+	if c == nil {
+		return 0, false
+	}
+	i, found := c.reverse[component]
+	return i, found
+}
+
+func (c *Container) ItemCount() int {
+	if c == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return len(c.reverse)
+}
+
 // Element returns the item at index i, or nil for a free slot.
 func (c *Container) Element(i int) interface{} { return c.items[i] }
 
@@ -83,72 +134,21 @@ func (c *Container) Len() int { return len(c.items) }
 
 // Swap swaps any two items, free slots, or a combination.
 func (c *Container) Swap(i, j int) {
-	if i == j {
+	c.items[i], c.items[j] = c.items[j], c.items[i]
-		return
+	if c.items[i] != nil {
+		c.reverse[c.items[i]] = i
 	}
-	ifree := c.items[i] == nil
+	if c.items[j] != nil {
-	jfree := c.items[j] == nil
-	switch {
-	case ifree && jfree:
-		return
-	case ifree:
-		c.items[i] = c.items[j]
-		c.reverse[c.items[i]] = i
-		c.free[j] = struct{}{}
-		delete(c.free, i)
-	case jfree:
-		c.items[j] = c.items[i]
-		c.reverse[c.items[j]] = j
-		c.free[i] = struct{}{}
-		delete(c.free, j)
-	default:
-		c.items[i], c.items[j] = c.items[j], c.items[i]
-		c.reverse[c.items[i]] = i
 		c.reverse[c.items[j]] = j
 	}
 }
 
-func (c Container) String() string { return "Container" }
+func (c *Container) String() string {
-
+	return "Container" + fmt.Sprint(c.items)
-// Register records component into the slice, if parent is this container. It
-// writes the component to an arbitrary free index in the slice, or appends if
-// there are none free.
-func (c *Container) Register(component, parent interface{}) error {
-	if parent != c {
-		return nil
-	}
-	if len(c.free) == 0 {
-		c.reverse[component] = len(c.items)
-		c.items = append(c.items, component)
-		return nil
-	}
-	for i := range c.free {
-		c.reverse[component] = i
-		c.items[i] = component
-		delete(c.free, i)
-		return nil
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Unregister searches the slice for the component, and removes it by setting
-// to nil. If the number of nil items is greater than half the slice, the slice
-// is compacted.
-func (c *Container) Unregister(component interface{}) {
-	i, found := c.reverse[component]
-	if !found {
-		return
-	}
-	c.items[i] = nil
-	c.free[i] = struct{}{}
-	delete(c.reverse, i)
-	if len(c.free) > len(c.items)/2 {
-		c.compact()
-	}
 }
 
 // compact moves all the items to the front of the items slice, removing any
-// free slots, and empties the free map.
+// free slots, and resets the free counter.
 func (c *Container) compact() {
 	i := 0
 	for _, x := range c.items {
@@ -159,5 +159,4 @@ func (c *Container) compact() {
 		}
 	}
 	c.items = c.items[:i]
-	c.free = make(map[int]struct{})
 }

engine/container_test.go

@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ func TestMakeContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	if want := []interface{}{69, 420}; !cmp.Equal(c.items, want) {
 		t.Errorf("c.items = %v, want %v", c.items, want)
 	}
-	if want := make(map[int]struct{}); !cmp.Equal(c.free, want) {
-		t.Errorf("c.free = %v, want %v", c.free, want)
-	}
 	if want := map[interface{}]int{69: 0, 420: 1}; !cmp.Equal(c.reverse, want) {
 		t.Errorf("c.reverse = %v, want %v", c.reverse, want)
 	}

engine/game.go

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"log"
 	"reflect"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -45,10 +44,10 @@ type Game struct {
 	VoxelScale geom.Float3
 
 	dbmu     sync.RWMutex
-	byID     map[string]Identifier        // Named components by ID
+	byID     map[string]Identifier       // Named components by ID
-	byAB     map[abKey]ComponentSet       // paths matching interface
+	byAB     map[abKey]*Container        // paths matching interface
-	parent   map[interface{}]interface{}  // parent[x] is parent of x
+	parent   map[interface{}]interface{} // parent[x] is parent of x
-	children map[interface{}]ComponentSet // children[x] are chilren of x
+	children map[interface{}]*Container  // children[x] are chilren of x
 }
 
 // Draw draws everything.
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ func (g *Game) Parent(c interface{}) interface{} {
 
 // Children returns the direct subcomponents of the given component, or nil if
 // there are none. This only returns sensible values for registered components.
-func (g *Game) Children(c interface{}) ComponentSet {
+func (g *Game) Children(c interface{}) *Container {
 	g.dbmu.RLock()
 	defer g.dbmu.RUnlock()
 	return g.children[c]
@@ -179,13 +178,16 @@ func (g *Game) Query(ancestor interface{}, behaviour reflect.Type, visitPre, vis
 	g.dbmu.RLock()
 	q := g.byAB[abKey{ancestor, behaviour}]
 	g.dbmu.RUnlock()
-	for x := range q {
+	if err := q.Scan(func(x interface{}) error {
 		if err := g.Query(x, behaviour, visitPre, visitPost); err != nil {
 			if errors.Is(err, Skip) {
-				continue
+				return nil
 			}
 			return err
 		}
+		return nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 	if pi && visitPost != nil {
 		return visitPost(ancestor)
@@ -262,9 +264,9 @@ func (g *Game) build() error {
 	g.dbmu.Lock()
 	defer g.dbmu.Unlock()
 	g.byID = make(map[string]Identifier)
-	g.byAB = make(map[abKey]ComponentSet)
+	g.byAB = make(map[abKey]*Container)
 	g.parent = make(map[interface{}]interface{})
-	g.children = make(map[interface{}]ComponentSet)
+	g.children = make(map[interface{}]*Container)
 	return g.registerRecursive(g, nil)
 }
 
@@ -311,9 +313,10 @@ func (g *Game) registerOne(component, parent interface{}) error {
 	// register in g.parent and g.children
 	g.parent[component] = parent
 	if g.children[parent] == nil {
-		g.children[parent] = make(ComponentSet)
+		g.children[parent] = MakeContainer(component)
+	} else {
+		g.children[parent].Add(component)
 	}
-	g.children[parent][component] = struct{}{}
 
 	// register in g.byAB
 	ct := reflect.TypeOf(component)
@@ -324,13 +327,13 @@ func (g *Game) registerOne(component, parent interface{}) error {
 		for c, p := component, g.parent[component]; p != nil; c, p = p, g.parent[p] {
 			k := abKey{p, b}
 			if g.byAB[k] == nil {
-				g.byAB[k] = ComponentSet{c: {}}
+				g.byAB[k] = MakeContainer(c)
 				continue
 			}
-			if _, exists := g.byAB[k][c]; exists {
+			if g.byAB[k].Contains(c) {
 				break
 			}
-			g.byAB[k][c] = struct{}{}
+			g.byAB[k].Add(c)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -349,30 +352,33 @@ func (g *Game) Unregister(component interface{}) {
 }
 
 func (g *Game) unregisterRecursive(component interface{}) {
-	for x := range g.children[component] {
+	g.children[component].Scan(func(x interface{}) error {
 		g.unregisterRecursive(x)
-	}
+		return nil
+	})
 	g.unregisterOne(component)
 }
 
 func (g *Game) unregisterOne(component interface{}) {
+	parent := g.parent[component]
+
 	// unregister from g.byAB
 	ct := reflect.TypeOf(component)
 	for _, b := range Behaviours {
 		if !ct.Implements(b) {
 			continue
 		}
-		for c, p := component, g.parent[component]; p != nil; c, p = p, g.parent[p] {
+		for c, p := component, parent; p != nil; c, p = p, g.parent[p] {
 			k := abKey{p, b}
-			delete(g.byAB[k], c)
+			g.byAB[k].Remove(c)
-			if len(g.byAB[k]) > 0 {
+			if g.byAB[k].ItemCount() > 0 {
 				break
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	// unregister from g.parent and g.children
-	delete(g.children[g.parent[component]], component)
+	g.children[parent].Remove(component)
 	delete(g.parent, component)
 
 	// unregister from g.byID if needed
@@ -385,19 +391,6 @@ func (g *Game) String() string { return "Game" }
 
 // --------- Helper stuff ---------
 
-// ComponentSet is a set of components.
-type ComponentSet map[interface{}]struct{}
-
-func (c ComponentSet) String() string {
-	var b strings.Builder
-	b.WriteString("{")
-	for x := range c {
-		fmt.Fprint(&b, " ", x)
-	}
-	b.WriteString(" }")
-	return b.String()
-}
-
 // abKey is the key type for game.byAB.
 type abKey struct {
 	parent    interface{}

engine/repl.go

@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@ func (g *Game) printTreeRecursive(dst io.Writer, depth int, c interface{}) {
 	} else {
 		fmt.Fprintf(dst, "%s%v\n", indent, c)
 	}
-	for x := range g.Children(c) {
+	g.Children(c).Scan(func(x interface{}) error {
 		g.printTreeRecursive(dst, depth+1, x)
-	}
+		return nil
+	})
 }
 
 func (g *Game) cmdQuery(dst io.Writer, argv []string) {