{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
{-
	Copyright (C) 2021 Dr. Alistair Ward

	This file is part of BishBosh.

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-}
{- |
 [@AUTHOR@]	Dr. Alistair Ward

 [@DESCRIPTION@]

	* Defines distinct types for various mass (uncountable) quantities.

	* These prevent accidental conflation between conceptually different quantities.
-}

module BishBosh.Type.Mass(
-- * Types
-- ** Type-synonyms
	CriterionWeight,
	CriterionValue,
	WeightedMean,
	RankValue,
	PieceSquareValue
) where

import qualified	Text.XML.HXT.Arrow.Pickle	as HXT

-- | The preferred type by which to weight criteria.
type CriterionWeight	=
#ifdef USE_NARROW_NUMBERS
	Float

instance HXT.XmlPickler Float where
	xpickle	= HXT.xpPrim
#else
	Double	-- N.B.: 'Rational' is a more accurate, but slower alternative.

instance HXT.XmlPickler Double where
	xpickle :: PU Double
xpickle	= PU Double
forall a. (Read a, Show a) => PU a
HXT.xpPrim
#endif

-- | The preferred type by which to value criteria.
type CriterionValue	= CriterionWeight

-- | The preferred type by which to represent fitness.
type WeightedMean	= CriterionValue

-- | The preferred type by which to represent the value of a /rank/.
type RankValue		= CriterionValue

{- |
	* The preferred type by which to represent a /piece-square/ value.

	* CAVEAT: performance of 'BishBosh.Evaluation.Fitness.interpolatePieceSquareValues' suffers from use of 'Rational'.
-}
type PieceSquareValue	= CriterionValue