Fundamental internal iteration with try_fold

This is the core method in terms of which the other methods (fold, all, any, find, position, nth, ...) can be implemented, allowing Iterator implementors to get the full goodness of internal iteration by only overriding one method (per direction).

src/libcore/benches/iter.rs

@@ -275,3 +275,9 @@ bench_sums! {
     bench_skip_while_chain_ref_sum,
     (0i64..1000000).chain(0..1000000).skip_while(|&x| x < 1000)
 }
+
+bench_sums! {
+    bench_take_while_chain_sum,
+    bench_take_while_chain_ref_sum,
+    (0i64..1000000).chain(1000000..).take_while(|&x| x < 1111111)
+}

src/libcore/iter/iterator.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 use cmp::Ordering;
+use ops::Try;
 
+use super::{AlwaysOk, LoopState};
 use super::{Chain, Cycle, Cloned, Enumerate, Filter, FilterMap, FlatMap, Fuse};
 use super::{Inspect, Map, Peekable, Scan, Skip, SkipWhile, StepBy, Take, TakeWhile, Rev};
 use super::{Zip, Sum, Product};
@@ -251,12 +253,8 @@ pub trait Iterator {
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
-    fn nth(&mut self, mut n: usize) -> Option<Self::Item> {
-        for x in self {
-            if n == 0 { return Some(x) }
-            n -= 1;
-        }
-        None
+    fn nth(&mut self, n: usize) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        self.spec_nth(n)
     }
 
     /// Creates an iterator starting at the same point, but stepping by
@@ -1337,6 +1335,78 @@ pub trait Iterator {
         (left, right)
     }
 
+    /// An iterator method that applies a function as long as it returns
+    /// successfully, producing a single, final value.
+    ///
+    /// `try_fold()` takes two arguments: an initial value, and a closure with
+    /// two arguments: an 'accumulator', and an element. The closure either
+    /// returns successfully, with the value that the accumulator should have
+    /// for the next iteration, or it returns failure, with an error value that
+    /// is propagated back to the caller immediately (short-circuiting).
+    ///
+    /// The initial value is the value the accumulator will have on the first
+    /// call.  If applying the closure succeeded against every element of the
+    /// iterator, `try_fold()` returns the final accumulator as success.
+    ///
+    /// Folding is useful whenever you have a collection of something, and want
+    /// to produce a single value from it.
+    ///
+    /// # Note to Implementors
+    ///
+    /// Most of the other (forward) methods have default implementations in
+    /// terms of this one, so try to implement this explicitly if it can
+    /// do something better than the default `for` loop implementation.
+    ///
+    /// In particular, try to have this call `try_fold()` on the internal parts
+    /// from which this iterator is composed.  If multiple calls are needed,
+    /// the `?` operator be convenient for chaining the accumulator value along,
+    /// but beware any invariants that need to be upheld before those early
+    /// returns.  This is a `&mut self` method, so iteration needs to be
+    /// resumable after hitting an error here.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// Basic usage:
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #![feature(iterator_try_fold)]
+    /// let a = [1, 2, 3];
+    ///
+    /// // the checked sum of all of the elements of a
+    /// let sum = a.iter()
+    ///            .try_fold(0i8, |acc, &x| acc.checked_add(x));
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(sum, Some(6));
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// Short-circuiting:
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #![feature(iterator_try_fold)]
+    /// let a = [10, 20, 30, 100, 40, 50];
+    /// let mut it = a.iter();
+    ///
+    /// // This sum overflows when adding the 100 element
+    /// let sum = it.try_fold(0i8, |acc, &x| acc.checked_add(x));
+    /// assert_eq!(sum, None);
+    ///
+    /// // Because it short-circuited, the remaining elements are still
+    /// // available through the iterator.
+    /// assert_eq!(it.len(), 2);
+    /// assert_eq!(it.next(), Some(&40));
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    #[unstable(feature = "iterator_try_fold", issue = "45594")]
+    fn try_fold<B, F, R>(&mut self, init: B, mut f: F) -> R where
+        Self: Sized, F: FnMut(B, Self::Item) -> R, R: Try<Ok=B>
+    {
+        let mut accum = init;
+        while let Some(x) = self.next() {
+            accum = f(accum, x)?;
+        }
+        Try::from_ok(accum)
+    }
+
     /// An iterator method that applies a function, producing a single, final value.
     ///
     /// `fold()` takes two arguments: an initial value, and a closure with two
@@ -1403,14 +1473,10 @@ pub trait Iterator {
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
-    fn fold<B, F>(self, init: B, mut f: F) -> B where
+    fn fold<B, F>(mut self, init: B, mut f: F) -> B where
         Self: Sized, F: FnMut(B, Self::Item) -> B,
     {
-        let mut accum = init;
-        for x in self {
-            accum = f(accum, x);
-        }
-        accum
+        self.try_fold(init, move |acc, x| AlwaysOk(f(acc, x))).0
     }
 
     /// Tests if every element of the iterator matches a predicate.
@@ -1455,12 +1521,10 @@ pub trait Iterator {
     fn all<F>(&mut self, mut f: F) -> bool where
         Self: Sized, F: FnMut(Self::Item) -> bool
     {
-        for x in self {
-            if !f(x) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        true
+        self.try_fold((), move |(), x| {
+            if f(x) { LoopState::Continue(()) }
+            else { LoopState::Break(()) }
+        }) == LoopState::Continue(())
     }
 
     /// Tests if any element of the iterator matches a predicate.
@@ -1506,12 +1570,10 @@ pub trait Iterator {
         Self: Sized,
         F: FnMut(Self::Item) -> bool
     {
-        for x in self {
-            if f(x) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        false
+        self.try_fold((), move |(), x| {
+            if f(x) { LoopState::Break(()) }
+            else { LoopState::Continue(()) }
+        }) == LoopState::Break(())
     }
 
     /// Searches for an element of an iterator that satisfies a predicate.
@@ -1562,10 +1624,10 @@ pub trait Iterator {
         Self: Sized,
         P: FnMut(&Self::Item) -> bool,
     {
-        for x in self {
-            if predicate(&x) { return Some(x) }
-        }
-        None
+        self.try_fold((), move |(), x| {
+            if predicate(&x) { LoopState::Break(x) }
+            else { LoopState::Continue(()) }
+        }).break_value()
     }
 
     /// Searches for an element in an iterator, returning its index.
@@ -1623,18 +1685,17 @@ pub trait Iterator {
     ///
     /// ```
     #[inline]
+    #[rustc_inherit_overflow_checks]
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     fn position<P>(&mut self, mut predicate: P) -> Option<usize> where
         Self: Sized,
         P: FnMut(Self::Item) -> bool,
     {
-        // `enumerate` might overflow.
-        for (i, x) in self.enumerate() {
-            if predicate(x) {
-                return Some(i);
-            }
-        }
-        None
+        // The addition might panic on overflow
+        self.try_fold(0, move |i, x| {
+            if predicate(x) { LoopState::Break(i) }
+            else { LoopState::Continue(i + 1) }
+        }).break_value()
     }
 
     /// Searches for an element in an iterator from the right, returning its
@@ -1681,17 +1742,14 @@ pub trait Iterator {
         P: FnMut(Self::Item) -> bool,
         Self: Sized + ExactSizeIterator + DoubleEndedIterator
     {
-        let mut i = self.len();
-
-        while let Some(v) = self.next_back() {
-            // No need for an overflow check here, because `ExactSizeIterator`
-            // implies that the number of elements fits into a `usize`.
-            i -= 1;
-            if predicate(v) {
-                return Some(i);
-            }
-        }
-        None
+        // No need for an overflow check here, because `ExactSizeIterator`
+        // implies that the number of elements fits into a `usize`.
+        let n = self.len();
+        self.try_rfold(n, move |i, x| {
+            let i = i - 1;
+            if predicate(x) { LoopState::Break(i) }
+            else { LoopState::Continue(i) }
+        }).break_value()
     }
 
     /// Returns the maximum element of an iterator.
@@ -1922,10 +1980,10 @@ pub trait Iterator {
         let mut ts: FromA = Default::default();
         let mut us: FromB = Default::default();
 
-        for (t, u) in self {
+        self.for_each(|(t, u)| {
             ts.extend(Some(t));
             us.extend(Some(u));
-        }
+        });
 
         (ts, us)
     }
@@ -2300,17 +2358,17 @@ fn select_fold1<I, B, FProj, FCmp>(mut it: I,
     // start with the first element as our selection. This avoids
     // having to use `Option`s inside the loop, translating to a
     // sizeable performance gain (6x in one case).
-    it.next().map(|mut sel| {
-        let mut sel_p = f_proj(&sel);
+    it.next().map(|first| {
+        let first_p = f_proj(&first);
 
-        for x in it {
+        it.fold((first_p, first), |(sel_p, sel), x| {
             let x_p = f_proj(&x);
             if f_cmp(&sel_p, &sel, &x_p, &x) {
-                sel = x;
-                sel_p = x_p;
+                (x_p, x)
+            } else {
+                (sel_p, sel)
             }
-        }
-        (sel_p, sel)
+        })
     })
 }
 
@@ -2323,3 +2381,27 @@ impl<'a, I: Iterator + ?Sized> Iterator for &'a mut I {
         (**self).nth(n)
     }
 }
+
+
+trait SpecIterator : Iterator {
+    fn spec_nth(&mut self, n: usize) -> Option<Self::Item>;
+}
+
+impl<I: Iterator + ?Sized> SpecIterator for I {
+    default fn spec_nth(&mut self, mut n: usize) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        for x in self {
+            if n == 0 { return Some(x) }
+            n -= 1;
+        }
+        None
+   }
+}
+
+impl<I: Iterator + Sized> SpecIterator for I {
+    fn spec_nth(&mut self, n: usize) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        self.try_fold(n, move |i, x| {
+            if i == 0 { LoopState::Break(x) }
+            else { LoopState::Continue(i - 1) }
+        }).break_value()
+   }
+}