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Module Node.Val
Source
Val
provides base functions for node values.
Node values
The type for node metadata.
The type for either (node) keys or (contents) keys combined with their metadata.
list t
is the contents of t
. offset
and length
are used to paginate results.
caching
cache
regulates the caching behaviour regarding the node's internal data which may be lazily loaded from the backend, depending on the node implementation.
cache
defaults to true
which may greatly reduce the IOs and the runtime but may also increase the memory consumption.
cache = false
doesn't replace a call to clear
, it only prevents the storing of new data, it doesn't discard the existing one.
of_seq s
is the node n
such that seq n = s
.
seq t
is the contents of t
. offset
and length
are used to paginate results.
See caching for an explanation of the cache
parameter
hash_exn t
is the hash of t
.
Another way of computing it is Hash.Typed(Hash)(Node).hash t
which computes the pre-hash of t
before hashing it using Hash
. hash_exn
might be faster because the it may be optimised (e.g. it may use caching).
hash_exn t
is hash_exn ~force:true t
which is not expected to raise an exception. hash_exn ~force:false t
will raise Not_found
if the hash requires IOs to be computed.
find t s
is the value associated with s
in t
.
A node can point to user-defined contents. The edge between the node and the contents is labeled by a step.
See caching for an explanation of the cache
parameter
add t s v
is the node where find t v
is Some s
but is similar to t
otherwise.
remove t s
is the node where find t s
is None
but is similar to t
otherwise.
Proofs
The type for proof trees.
Recursive Nodes
Some Node
implementations (like irmin-pack
's inodes) can represent a node as a set of nodes. One operation on such "high-level" node corresponds to a sequence of recursive calls to the underlying "lower-level" nodes. Note: theses effects
are not in the Lwt monad on purpose (so Tree.hash
and Tree.equal
are not in the Lwt monad as well).