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+---
+layout: post
+title:  "Many years of Rust"
+date:   2025-10-07 07:28:42 -0700
+categories: [rust]
+---
+TODO: write blog post explaining context for [hyph3b.rs](/assets/hyph3b.rs).
diff --git a/assets/hyph3b.rs b/assets/hyph3b.rs
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+// Implementation of Knuth-Liang hyphenation
+// Raph Levien (raph@google.com)
+// Copyright 2014 Google Inc.
+
+use std::io::{BufferedReader, File};
+use std::collections::{HashMap, TreeMap};
+
+struct Trie {
+  res: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+  succ: TreeMap<char, Box<Trie>>
+}
+
+impl Trie {
+  fn new() -> Trie {
+    Trie { res: None, succ: TreeMap::new()}
+  }
+  fn insert(&mut self, word: &str, res: Vec<u8>) {
+    let leaf = word.chars().fold(self, |node, c| {
+      if !node.succ.contains_key(&c) {
+        node.succ.insert(c, box Trie::new());
+      }
+      &mut **node.succ.find_mut(&c).unwrap()
+    });
+    leaf.res = Some(res)
+  }
+  fn hyphenate(&self, word: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let pw = ".".to_string().append(word).append(".");
+    let mut res = Vec::from_elem(pw.len(), 0u8);
+    for i in range(0, pw.len()) {
+      let mut node = self;
+      for j in range(i, pw.len()) {
+        let c = pw.as_slice().char_at(j);  // not awesome
+        match node.succ.find(&c) {
+          None => break,
+          Some(next) => node = &**next
+        }
+        match node.res {
+          Some(ref p) => {
+            //println!("{} {}", pw.as_slice().slice(i, j + 1), p);
+            apply_pattern(&mut res, j + 1, p.as_slice())
+          },
+          None => ()
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    res
+  }
+  fn add_hyphens(&self, word: &str) -> String {
+    let mut ret = String::new();
+    let res = self.hyphenate(word);
+    for (i, c) in word.chars().enumerate() {
+      ret.push_char(c);
+      if (res.get(i + 1) & 1) != 0 {
+        ret.push_char('-')
+      }
+    }
+    ret
+  }
+}
+
+struct PatBuilder {
+  trie: Trie
+}
+
+impl PatBuilder {
+  fn new() -> PatBuilder {
+    PatBuilder{trie : Trie::new()}
+  }
+  fn add_pat(&mut self, pat: &str) {
+    //let word : String = pat.chars().filter(|c| !c.is_digit_radix(10)).collect();
+    let mut res = Vec::new();
+    let mut want = false;
+    let mut word = String::new();
+    for c in pat.chars() {
+      match c.to_digit(10) {
+        Some(x) => {
+          res.push(x as u8);
+          want = false;
+        },
+        None => {
+          word.push_char(c);
+          if want {
+            res.push(0)
+          }
+          want = true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if want { res.push(0) }
+    res = res.move_iter().skip_while(|&x| x == 0).collect();;
+    //println!("{} {} {}", pat, word, res);
+    self.trie.insert(word.as_slice(), res)
+  }
+}
+
+fn load_pat(filename: &str) -> PatBuilder {
+  let mut pb = PatBuilder::new();
+  match File::open(&Path::new(filename)) {
+    Err(e) => println!("failed to read pattern file, {}", e),
+    Ok(v) => for l in BufferedReader::new(v).lines() {
+      match l {
+        Ok(l) => pb.add_pat(l.as_slice().trim_right_chars('\n')),
+        Err(e) => println!("error reading {}: {}", filename, e)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  pb
+}
+
+struct MashedEntry {
+  res: Vec<u8>,
+  res_end: Vec<u8>,
+  fail: uint,
+  succ: TreeMap<char, uint>
+}
+
+struct Mashed {
+  arr: Vec<MashedEntry>,
+  init: uint,
+}
+
+fn apply_pattern(res: &mut Vec<u8>, j: uint, pat: &[u8]) {
+  let off = j - pat.len();
+  for (k, x) in pat.iter().enumerate() {
+    *res.get_mut(off + k) = std::cmp::max(*res.get(off + k), *x);
+  }
+}
+
+impl Mashed {
+  fn hyphenate(&self, word: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut res = Vec::from_elem(word.len() + 2, 0u8);
+    let mut node = self.init;
+    for (i, c) in word.chars().enumerate() {
+      loop {
+        let entry = self.arr.get(node);
+        match entry.succ.find(&c) {
+          Some(&next) => {
+            //println!("{} skip {}", c, entry.res);
+            node = next;
+            break
+          },
+          None => {
+            //println!("{} @{} {}", c, i, entry.res);
+            apply_pattern(&mut res, i + 1, entry.res.as_slice());
+            node = entry.fail;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    //println!("final {}", self.arr.get(node).res);
+    apply_pattern(&mut res, word.len() + 2, self.arr.get(node).res_end.as_slice());
+    res
+  }
+}
+
+fn fill_rec(m: &mut Mashed, map: &mut HashMap<String, uint>, s: &str, t: &Trie) -> uint {
+  let ret = m.arr.len();
+  map.insert(s.to_string(), ret);
+  m.arr.push(MashedEntry{ res: Vec::new(), res_end: Vec::new(), fail: 0, succ: TreeMap::new() });
+  for (&c, &box ref child) in t.succ.iter() {
+    let mut child_str = s.to_string();
+    child_str.push_char(c);
+    let child_ix = fill_rec(m, map, child_str.as_slice(), child);
+    m.arr.get_mut(ret).succ.insert(c, child_ix);
+  }
+  ret
+}
+
+fn mash_entry(me: &mut MashedEntry, map: &HashMap<String, uint>, s: &str, root: &Trie) {
+  let mut res = Vec::from_elem(s.char_len() + 1, 0 as u8);
+  for (i, (i_ix, _c)) in s.char_indices().enumerate() {
+    let mut node = root;
+    for (j, c) in s.slice_from(i_ix).chars().enumerate() {
+      match node.succ.find(&c) {
+        None => break,
+        Some(next) => node = &**next
+      }
+      match node.res {
+        Some(ref p) => {
+          apply_pattern(&mut res, i + j + 2, p.as_slice());
+        },
+        None => ()
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  me.res.extend(res.iter().map(|&x| x).skip_while(|&x| x == 0));
+  for (start, _c) in s.char_indices().skip(1) {
+    match map.find_equiv(&s.slice_from(start)) {
+      Some(&fail) => {
+        me.fail = fail;
+        break
+      },
+      None => ()
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+fn prepare_end(m: &mut Mashed, ix: uint) {
+  let mut node = ix;
+  let mut res = m.arr.get(node).res.clone();
+  loop {
+    let entry = m.arr.get(node);
+    match entry.succ.find(&'.') {
+      Some(&next) => {
+        node = next;
+        break
+      },
+      None => {
+        while res.len() < entry.res.len() {
+          res.unshift(0);
+        }
+        let n = res.len();
+        apply_pattern(&mut res, n, entry.res.as_slice());
+        node = entry.fail;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  res.push(0);
+  {
+    let last_res = &m.arr.get(node).res;
+    while res.len() < last_res.len() {
+      res.unshift(0);
+    }
+    let n = res.len();
+    apply_pattern(&mut res, n, last_res.as_slice());
+  }
+  m.arr.get_mut(ix).res_end.extend(res.iter().map(|&x| x).skip_while(|&x| x == 0));
+}
+
+fn mash(t: &Trie) -> Mashed {
+  let mut ret = Mashed { arr: Vec::new(), init: 0 };
+  let mut map = HashMap::new();
+  fill_rec(&mut ret, &mut map, "", t);
+  for (s, &ix) in map.iter() {
+    mash_entry(ret.arr.get_mut(ix), &map, s.as_slice(), t);
+  }
+  for i in range(0, ret.arr.len()) {
+    prepare_end(&mut ret, i);
+  }
+  ret.init = *ret.arr.get(0).succ.find(&'.').unwrap();
+  ret
+}
+
+fn main() {
+  let pb = load_pat("/tmp/hyph-en-us.pat.txt");
+  let word = "hyphenation";
+  println!("{}", pb.trie.add_hyphens(word));
+  println!("{}", pb.trie.hyphenate(word));
+  //for _ in range(0u, 1_000_000) {
+    //pb.trie.hyphenate(word);
+  //}
+  let m = mash(&pb.trie);
+  println!("{}", m.hyphenate(word));
+  for _ in range(0u, 1_000_000) {
+    m.hyphenate(word);
+  }
+}