builder.go

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package scs

import (
	"math/big"
	"reflect"
	"sort"

	"github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto/ecc"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/constraint"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/debug"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/frontend"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/frontend/internal/expr"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/frontend/schema"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/internal/circuitdefer"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/internal/kvstore"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/internal/tinyfield"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/internal/utils"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/logger"

	bls12377r1cs "github.com/consensys/gnark/constraint/bls12-377"
	bls12381r1cs "github.com/consensys/gnark/constraint/bls12-381"
	bls24315r1cs "github.com/consensys/gnark/constraint/bls24-315"
	bls24317r1cs "github.com/consensys/gnark/constraint/bls24-317"
	bn254r1cs "github.com/consensys/gnark/constraint/bn254"
	bw6633r1cs "github.com/consensys/gnark/constraint/bw6-633"
	bw6761r1cs "github.com/consensys/gnark/constraint/bw6-761"
	"github.com/consensys/gnark/constraint/solver"
	tinyfieldr1cs "github.com/consensys/gnark/constraint/tinyfield"
)

func NewBuilder(field *big.Int, config frontend.CompileConfig) (frontend.Builder, error) {
	return newBuilder(field, config), nil
}

type builder struct {
	cs     constraint.SparseR1CS
	config frontend.CompileConfig
	kvstore.Store

	// map for recording boolean constrained variables (to not constrain them twice)
	mtBooleans map[expr.Term]struct{}

	// records multiplications constraint to avoid duplicate.
	// see mulConstraintExist(...)
	mMulInstructions map[uint64]int

	// same thing for addition gates
	// see addConstraintExist(...)
	mAddInstructions map[uint64]int

	// frequently used coefficients
	tOne, tMinusOne constraint.Element

	genericGate                constraint.BlueprintID
	mulGate, addGate, boolGate constraint.BlueprintID

	// used to avoid repeated allocations
	bufL expr.LinearExpression
	bufH []constraint.LinearExpression
}

// initialCapacity has quite some impact on frontend performance, especially on large circuits size
// we may want to add build tags to tune that
func newBuilder(field *big.Int, config frontend.CompileConfig) *builder {
	b := builder{
		mtBooleans:       make(map[expr.Term]struct{}),
		mMulInstructions: make(map[uint64]int, config.Capacity/2),
		mAddInstructions: make(map[uint64]int, config.Capacity/2),
		config:           config,
		Store:            kvstore.New(),
		bufL:             make(expr.LinearExpression, 20),
	}
	// init hint buffer.
	_ = b.hintBuffer(256)

	curve := utils.FieldToCurve(field)

	switch curve {
	case ecc.BLS12_377:
		b.cs = bls12377r1cs.NewSparseR1CS(config.Capacity)
	case ecc.BLS12_381:
		b.cs = bls12381r1cs.NewSparseR1CS(config.Capacity)
	case ecc.BN254:
		b.cs = bn254r1cs.NewSparseR1CS(config.Capacity)
	case ecc.BW6_761:
		b.cs = bw6761r1cs.NewSparseR1CS(config.Capacity)
	case ecc.BW6_633:
		b.cs = bw6633r1cs.NewSparseR1CS(config.Capacity)
	case ecc.BLS24_315:
		b.cs = bls24315r1cs.NewSparseR1CS(config.Capacity)
	case ecc.BLS24_317:
		b.cs = bls24317r1cs.NewSparseR1CS(config.Capacity)
	default:
		if field.Cmp(tinyfield.Modulus()) == 0 {
			b.cs = tinyfieldr1cs.NewSparseR1CS(config.Capacity)
			break
		}
		panic("not implemented")
	}

	b.tOne = b.cs.One()
	b.tMinusOne = b.cs.FromInterface(-1)

	b.genericGate = b.cs.AddBlueprint(&constraint.BlueprintGenericSparseR1C{})
	b.mulGate = b.cs.AddBlueprint(&constraint.BlueprintSparseR1CMul{})
	b.addGate = b.cs.AddBlueprint(&constraint.BlueprintSparseR1CAdd{})
	b.boolGate = b.cs.AddBlueprint(&constraint.BlueprintSparseR1CBool{})

	return &b
}

func (builder *builder) Field() *big.Int {
	return builder.cs.Field()
}

func (builder *builder) FieldBitLen() int {
	return builder.cs.FieldBitLen()
}

// TODO @gbotrel doing a 2-step refactoring for now, frontend only. need to update constraint/SparseR1C.
// qL⋅xa + qR⋅xb + qO⋅xc + qM⋅(xaxb) + qC == 0
type sparseR1C struct {
	xa, xb, xc         int                // wires
	qL, qR, qO, qM, qC constraint.Element // coefficients
	commitment         constraint.CommitmentConstraint
}

// a * b == c
func (builder *builder) addMulGate(a, b, c expr.Term) {
	qM := builder.cs.Mul(a.Coeff, b.Coeff)
	QM := builder.cs.AddCoeff(qM)

	builder.cs.AddSparseR1C(constraint.SparseR1C{
		XA: uint32(a.VID),
		XB: uint32(b.VID),
		XC: uint32(c.VID),
		QM: QM,
		QO: constraint.CoeffIdMinusOne,
	}, builder.mulGate)
}

// a + b + k == c
func (builder *builder) addAddGate(a, b expr.Term, xc uint32, k constraint.Element) {
	qL := builder.cs.AddCoeff(a.Coeff)
	qR := builder.cs.AddCoeff(b.Coeff)
	qC := builder.cs.AddCoeff(k)

	builder.cs.AddSparseR1C(constraint.SparseR1C{
		XA: uint32(a.VID),
		XB: uint32(b.VID),
		XC: xc,
		QL: qL,
		QR: qR,
		QC: qC,
		QO: constraint.CoeffIdMinusOne,
	}, builder.addGate)
}

func (builder *builder) addBoolGate(c sparseR1C, debugInfo ...constraint.DebugInfo) {
	QL := builder.cs.AddCoeff(c.qL)
	QM := builder.cs.AddCoeff(c.qM)

	cID := builder.cs.AddSparseR1C(constraint.SparseR1C{
		XA: uint32(c.xa),
		QL: QL,
		QM: QM},
		builder.boolGate)
	if debug.Debug && len(debugInfo) == 1 {
		builder.cs.AttachDebugInfo(debugInfo[0], []int{cID})
	}
}

// addPlonkConstraint adds a sparseR1C to the underlying constraint system
func (builder *builder) addPlonkConstraint(c sparseR1C, debugInfo ...constraint.DebugInfo) {
	if !c.qM.IsZero() && (c.xa == 0 || c.xb == 0) {
		// TODO this is internal but not easy to detect; if qM is set, but one or both of xa / xb is not,
		// since wireID == 0 is a valid wire, it may trigger unexpected behavior.
		log := logger.Logger()
		log.Warn().Msg("adding a plonk constraint with qM set but xa or xb == 0 (wire 0)")
	}
	QL := builder.cs.AddCoeff(c.qL)
	QR := builder.cs.AddCoeff(c.qR)
	QO := builder.cs.AddCoeff(c.qO)
	QM := builder.cs.AddCoeff(c.qM)
	QC := builder.cs.AddCoeff(c.qC)

	cID := builder.cs.AddSparseR1C(constraint.SparseR1C{
		XA: uint32(c.xa),
		XB: uint32(c.xb),
		XC: uint32(c.xc),
		QL: QL,
		QR: QR,
		QO: QO,
		QM: QM,
		QC: QC, Commitment: c.commitment}, builder.genericGate)
	if debug.Debug && len(debugInfo) == 1 {
		builder.cs.AttachDebugInfo(debugInfo[0], []int{cID})
	}
}

// newInternalVariable creates a new wire, appends it on the list of wires of the circuit, sets
// the wire's id to the number of wires, and returns it
func (builder *builder) newInternalVariable() expr.Term {
	idx := builder.cs.AddInternalVariable()
	return expr.NewTerm(idx, builder.tOne)
}

// PublicVariable creates a new Public Variable
func (builder *builder) PublicVariable(f schema.LeafInfo) frontend.Variable {
	idx := builder.cs.AddPublicVariable(f.FullName())
	return expr.NewTerm(idx, builder.tOne)
}

// SecretVariable creates a new Secret Variable
func (builder *builder) SecretVariable(f schema.LeafInfo) frontend.Variable {
	idx := builder.cs.AddSecretVariable(f.FullName())
	return expr.NewTerm(idx, builder.tOne)
}

// reduces redundancy in linear expression
// It factorizes Variable that appears multiple times with != coeff Ids
// To ensure the determinism in the compile process, Variables are stored as public∥secret∥internal∥unset
// for each visibility, the Variables are sorted from lowest ID to highest ID
func (builder *builder) reduce(l expr.LinearExpression) expr.LinearExpression {

	// ensure our linear expression is sorted, by visibility and by Variable ID
	sort.Sort(l)

	for i := 1; i < len(l); i++ {
		if l[i-1].VID == l[i].VID {
			// we have redundancy
			l[i-1].Coeff = builder.cs.Add(l[i-1].Coeff, l[i].Coeff)
			l = append(l[:i], l[i+1:]...)
			i--
		}
	}
	return l
}

// IsBoolean returns true if given variable was marked as boolean in the compiler (see MarkBoolean)
// Use with care; variable may not have been **constrained** to be boolean
// This returns true if the v is a constant and v == 0 || v == 1.
func (builder *builder) IsBoolean(v frontend.Variable) bool {
	if b, ok := builder.constantValue(v); ok {
		return (b.IsZero() || builder.cs.IsOne(b))
	}
	_, ok := builder.mtBooleans[v.(expr.Term)]
	return ok
}

// MarkBoolean sets (but do not constraint!) v to be boolean
// This is useful in scenarios where a variable is known to be boolean through a constraint
// that is not api.AssertIsBoolean. If v is a constant, this is a no-op.
func (builder *builder) MarkBoolean(v frontend.Variable) {
	if _, ok := builder.constantValue(v); ok {
		if !builder.IsBoolean(v) {
			panic("MarkBoolean called a non-boolean constant")
		}
		return
	}
	builder.mtBooleans[v.(expr.Term)] = struct{}{}
}

var tVariable reflect.Type

func init() {
	tVariable = reflect.ValueOf(struct{ A frontend.Variable }{}).FieldByName("A").Type()
}

func (builder *builder) Compile() (constraint.ConstraintSystem, error) {
	log := logger.Logger()
	log.Info().
		Int("nbConstraints", builder.cs.GetNbConstraints()).
		Msg("building constraint builder")

	// ensure all inputs and hints are constrained
	err := builder.cs.CheckUnconstrainedWires()
	if err != nil {
		log.Warn().Msg("circuit has unconstrained inputs")
		if !builder.config.IgnoreUnconstrainedInputs {
			return nil, err
		}
	}

	return builder.cs, nil
}

// ConstantValue returns the big.Int value of v.
// Will panic if v.IsConstant() == false
func (builder *builder) ConstantValue(v frontend.Variable) (*big.Int, bool) {
	coeff, ok := builder.constantValue(v)
	if !ok {
		return nil, false
	}
	return builder.cs.ToBigInt(coeff), true
}

func (builder *builder) constantValue(v frontend.Variable) (constraint.Element, bool) {
	if _, ok := v.(expr.Term); ok {
		return constraint.Element{}, false
	}
	return builder.cs.FromInterface(v), true
}

func (builder *builder) hintBuffer(size int) []constraint.LinearExpression {
	if cap(builder.bufH) < size {
		builder.bufH = make([]constraint.LinearExpression, 2*size)
		for i := 0; i < len(builder.bufH); i++ {
			builder.bufH[i] = make(constraint.LinearExpression, 1)
		}
	}

	return builder.bufH[:size]
}

// NewHint initializes internal variables whose value will be evaluated using
// the provided hint function at run time from the inputs. Inputs must be either
// variables or convertible to *big.Int. The function returns an error if the
// number of inputs is not compatible with f.
//
// The hint function is provided at the proof creation time and is not embedded
// into the circuit. From the backend point of view, the variable returned by
// the hint function is equivalent to the user-supplied witness, but its actual
// value is assigned by the solver, not the caller.
//
// No new constraints are added to the newly created wire and must be added
// manually in the circuit. Failing to do so leads to solver failure.
func (builder *builder) NewHint(f solver.Hint, nbOutputs int, inputs ...frontend.Variable) ([]frontend.Variable, error) {
	return builder.newHint(f, solver.GetHintID(f), nbOutputs, inputs...)
}

func (builder *builder) NewHintForId(id solver.HintID, nbOutputs int, inputs ...frontend.Variable) ([]frontend.Variable, error) {
	return builder.newHint(nil, id, nbOutputs, inputs...)
}

func (builder *builder) newHint(f solver.Hint, id solver.HintID, nbOutputs int, inputs ...frontend.Variable) ([]frontend.Variable, error) {
	hintInputs := builder.hintBuffer(len(inputs))

	// ensure inputs are set and pack them in a []uint64
	for i, in := range inputs {
		switch t := in.(type) {
		case expr.Term:
			hintInputs[i][0] = builder.cs.MakeTerm(t.Coeff, t.VID)
		default:
			c := builder.cs.FromInterface(in)
			term := builder.cs.MakeTerm(c, 0)
			term.MarkConstant()
			hintInputs[i][0] = term
		}
	}

	internalVariables, err := builder.cs.AddSolverHint(f, id, hintInputs, nbOutputs)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// make the variables
	res := make([]frontend.Variable, len(internalVariables))
	for i, idx := range internalVariables {
		res[i] = expr.NewTerm(idx, builder.tOne)
	}
	return res, nil

}

// returns in split into a slice of compiledTerm and the sum of all constants in in as a bigInt
func (builder *builder) filterConstantSum(in []frontend.Variable) (expr.LinearExpression, constraint.Element) {
	var res expr.LinearExpression
	if len(in) <= cap(builder.bufL) {
		// we can use the temp buffer
		res = builder.bufL[:0]
	} else {
		res = make(expr.LinearExpression, 0, len(in))
	}

	b := constraint.Element{}
	for i := 0; i < len(in); i++ {
		if c, ok := builder.constantValue(in[i]); ok {
			b = builder.cs.Add(b, c)
		} else {
			if inTerm := in[i].(expr.Term); !inTerm.Coeff.IsZero() {
				// add only term if coefficient is not zero.
				res = append(res, in[i].(expr.Term))
			}
		}
	}
	return res, b
}

// returns in split into a slice of compiledTerm and the product of all constants in in as a coeff
func (builder *builder) filterConstantProd(in []frontend.Variable) (expr.LinearExpression, constraint.Element) {
	var res expr.LinearExpression
	if len(in) <= cap(builder.bufL) {
		// we can use the temp buffer
		res = builder.bufL[:0]
	} else {
		res = make(expr.LinearExpression, 0, len(in))
	}

	b := builder.tOne
	for i := 0; i < len(in); i++ {
		if c, ok := builder.constantValue(in[i]); ok {
			b = builder.cs.Mul(b, c)
		} else {
			res = append(res, in[i].(expr.Term))
		}
	}
	return res, b
}

func (builder *builder) splitSum(acc expr.Term, r expr.LinearExpression, k *constraint.Element) expr.Term {
	// floor case
	if len(r) == 0 {
		if k != nil {
			// we need to return acc + k
			o, found := builder.addConstraintExist(acc, expr.Term{}, *k)
			if !found {
				o = builder.newInternalVariable()
				builder.addAddGate(acc, expr.Term{}, uint32(o.VID), *k)
			}

			return o
		}
		return acc
	}

	// constraint to add: acc + r[0] (+ k) == o
	qC := constraint.Element{}
	if k != nil {
		qC = *k
	}
	o, found := builder.addConstraintExist(acc, r[0], qC)
	if !found {
		o = builder.newInternalVariable()
		builder.addAddGate(acc, r[0], uint32(o.VID), qC)
	}

	return builder.splitSum(o, r[1:], nil)
}

// addConstraintExist check if we recorded a constraint in the form
// q1*xa + q2*xb + qC - xc == 0
//
// if we find one, this function returns the xc wire with the correct coefficients.
// if we don't, and no previous addition was recorded with xa and xb, add an entry in the map
// (this assumes that the caller will add a constraint just after this call if it's not found!)
//
// idea:
// 1. take (xa | (xb << 32)) as a identifier of an addition that used wires xa and xb.
// 2. look for an entry in builder.mAddConstraints for a previously added constraint that matches.
// 3. if so, check that the coefficients matches and we can re-use xc wire.
//
// limitations:
// 1. for efficiency, we just store the first addition that occurred with with xa and xb;
// so if we do 2*xa + 3*xb == c, then want to compute xa + xb == d multiple times, the compiler is
// not going to catch these duplicates.
// 2. this piece of code assumes some behavior from constraint/ package (like coeffIDs, or append-style
// constraint management)
func (builder *builder) addConstraintExist(a, b expr.Term, k constraint.Element) (expr.Term, bool) {
	// ensure deterministic combined identifier;
	if a.VID < b.VID {
		a, b = b, a
	}
	h := uint64(a.WireID()) | uint64(b.WireID()<<32)

	if iID, ok := builder.mAddInstructions[h]; ok {
		// if we do custom gates with slices in the constraint
		// should use a shared object here to avoid allocs.
		var c constraint.SparseR1C

		// seems likely we have a fit, let's double check
		inst := builder.cs.GetInstruction(iID)
		// we know the blueprint we added it.
		blueprint := constraint.BlueprintSparseR1CAdd{}
		blueprint.DecompressSparseR1C(&c, inst)

		// qO == -1
		if a.WireID() == int(c.XB) {
			a, b = b, a // ensure a is in qL
		}

		tk := builder.cs.MakeTerm(k, 0)
		if tk.CoeffID() != int(c.QC) {
			// the constant part of the addition differs, no point going forward
			// since we will need to add a new constraint anyway.
			return expr.Term{}, false
		}

		// check that the coeff matches
		qL := a.Coeff
		qR := b.Coeff
		ta := builder.cs.MakeTerm(qL, 0)
		tb := builder.cs.MakeTerm(qR, 0)
		if int(c.QL) != ta.CoeffID() || int(c.QR) != tb.CoeffID() {
			if !k.IsZero() {
				// may be for some edge cases we could avoid adding a constraint here.
				return expr.Term{}, false
			}
			// we recorded an addition in the form q1*a + q2*b == c
			// we want to record a new one in the form q3*a + q4*b == n*c
			// question is; can we re-use c to avoid introducing a new wire & new constraint
			// this is possible only if n == q3/q1 == q4/q2, that is, q3q2 == q1q4
			q1 := builder.cs.GetCoefficient(int(c.QL))
			q2 := builder.cs.GetCoefficient(int(c.QR))
			q3 := qL
			q4 := qR
			q3 = builder.cs.Mul(q3, q2)
			q1 = builder.cs.Mul(q1, q4)
			if q1 == q3 {
				// no need to introduce a new constraint;
				// compute n, the coefficient for the output wire
				q2, ok = builder.cs.Inverse(q2)
				if !ok {
					panic("div by 0") // shouldn't happen
				}
				q2 = builder.cs.Mul(q2, q4)
				return expr.NewTerm(int(c.XC), q2), true
			}
			// we will need an additional constraint
			return expr.Term{}, false
		}

		// we found the same constraint!
		return expr.NewTerm(int(c.XC), builder.tOne), true
	}
	// we are going to add this constraint, so we mark it.
	// ! assumes the caller add an instruction immediately  after the call to this function
	builder.mAddInstructions[h] = builder.cs.GetNbInstructions()
	return expr.Term{}, false
}

// mulConstraintExist check if we recorded a constraint in the form
// qM*xa*xb - xc == 0
//
// if we find one, this function returns the xc wire with the correct coefficients.
// if we don't, and no previous multiplication was recorded with xa and xb, add an entry in the map
// (this assumes that the caller will add a constraint just after this call if it's not found!)
//
// idea:
// 1. take (xa | (xb << 32)) as a identifier of a multiplication that used wires xa and xb.
// 2. look for an entry in builder.mMulConstraints for a previously added constraint that matches.
// 3. if so, compute correct coefficient N for xc wire that matches qM'*xa*xb - N*xc == 0
//
// limitations:
// 1. this piece of code assumes some behavior from constraint/ package (like coeffIDs, or append-style
// constraint management)
func (builder *builder) mulConstraintExist(a, b expr.Term) (expr.Term, bool) {
	// ensure deterministic combined identifier;
	if a.VID < b.VID {
		a, b = b, a
	}
	h := uint64(a.WireID()) | uint64(b.WireID()<<32)

	if iID, ok := builder.mMulInstructions[h]; ok {
		// if we do custom gates with slices in the constraint
		// should use a shared object here to avoid allocs.
		var c constraint.SparseR1C

		// seems likely we have a fit, let's double check
		inst := builder.cs.GetInstruction(iID)
		// we know the blueprint we added it.
		blueprint := constraint.BlueprintSparseR1CMul{}
		blueprint.DecompressSparseR1C(&c, inst)

		// qO == -1

		if a.WireID() == int(c.XB) {
			a, b = b, a // ensure a is in qL
		}

		// recompute the qM coeff and check that it matches;
		qM := builder.cs.Mul(a.Coeff, b.Coeff)
		tm := builder.cs.MakeTerm(qM, 0)
		if int(c.QM) != tm.CoeffID() {
			// so we wanted to compute
			// N * xC == qM*xA*xB
			// but found a constraint
			// xC == qM'*xA*xB
			// the coefficient for our resulting wire is different;
			// N = qM / qM'
			N := builder.cs.GetCoefficient(int(c.QM))
			N, ok := builder.cs.Inverse(N)
			if !ok {
				panic("div by 0") // sanity check.
			}
			N = builder.cs.Mul(N, qM)

			return expr.NewTerm(int(c.XC), N), true
		}

		// we found the exact same constraint
		return expr.NewTerm(int(c.XC), builder.tOne), true
	}

	// we are going to add this constraint, so we mark it.
	// ! assumes the caller add an instruction immediately  after the call to this function
	builder.mMulInstructions[h] = builder.cs.GetNbInstructions()
	return expr.Term{}, false
}

func (builder *builder) splitProd(acc expr.Term, r expr.LinearExpression) expr.Term {
	// floor case
	if len(r) == 0 {
		return acc
	}
	// we want to add a constraint such that acc * r[0] == o
	// let's check if we didn't already constrain a similar product
	o, found := builder.mulConstraintExist(acc, r[0])

	if !found {
		// constraint to add: acc * r[0] == o
		o = builder.newInternalVariable()
		builder.addMulGate(acc, r[0], o)
	}

	return builder.splitProd(o, r[1:])
}

// newDebugInfo this is temporary to restore debug logs
// something more like builder.sprintf("my message %le %lv", l0, l1)
// to build logs for both debug and println
// and append some program location.. (see other todo in debug_info.go)
func (builder *builder) newDebugInfo(errName string, in ...interface{}) constraint.DebugInfo {
	for i := 0; i < len(in); i++ {
		// for inputs that are LinearExpressions or Term, we need to "Make" them in the backend.
		// TODO @gbotrel this is a duplicate effort with adding a constraint and should be taken care off

		switch t := in[i].(type) {
		case *expr.LinearExpression, expr.LinearExpression:
			// shouldn't happen
		case expr.Term:
			in[i] = builder.cs.MakeTerm(t.Coeff, t.VID)
		case *expr.Term:
			in[i] = builder.cs.MakeTerm(t.Coeff, t.VID)
		case constraint.Element:
			in[i] = builder.cs.String(t)
		case *constraint.Element:
			in[i] = builder.cs.String(*t)
		}
	}

	return builder.cs.NewDebugInfo(errName, in...)

}

func (builder *builder) Defer(cb func(frontend.API) error) {
	circuitdefer.Put(builder, cb)
}

// AddInstruction is used to add custom instructions to the constraint system.
func (builder *builder) AddInstruction(bID constraint.BlueprintID, calldata []uint32) []uint32 {
	return builder.cs.AddInstruction(bID, calldata)
}

// AddBlueprint adds a custom blueprint to the constraint system.
func (builder *builder) AddBlueprint(b constraint.Blueprint) constraint.BlueprintID {
	return builder.cs.AddBlueprint(b)
}

func (builder *builder) InternalVariable(wireID uint32) frontend.Variable {
	return expr.NewTerm(int(wireID), builder.tOne)
}

// ToCanonicalVariable converts a frontend.Variable to a constraint system specific Variable
// ! Experimental: use in conjunction with constraint.CustomizableSystem
func (builder *builder) ToCanonicalVariable(v frontend.Variable) frontend.CanonicalVariable {
	switch t := v.(type) {
	case expr.Term:
		return builder.cs.MakeTerm(t.Coeff, t.VID)
	default:
		c := builder.cs.FromInterface(v)
		term := builder.cs.MakeTerm(c, 0)
		term.MarkConstant()
		return term
	}
}