> -- | this module contains the defs of common data types and type classes
> module Text.Regex.PDeriv.Common where

> import Data.Char (ord)
> import qualified Data.IntMap as IM
> import Data.List (nubBy)

> type Range  = (Int,Int)      -- ^ (sub)words represent by range
> type Letter = (Char,Int)     -- ^ a character and its index (position)

> class IsEmpty a where
>     isEmpty :: a -> Bool

> my_hash :: Int -> Char -> Int
> my_hash i x = (ord x) + 256 * i

the lookup function

> my_lookup :: Int -> Char -> IM.IntMap [Int] -> [Int]
> my_lookup i x dict = case IM.lookup (my_hash i x) dict of
>                      Just ys -> ys
>                      Nothing -> []



> -- | The greediness flag
> data GFlag = Greedy    -- ^ greedy
>            | NotGreedy -- ^ not greedy
>              deriving Eq

> instance Show GFlag where
>     show Greedy = ""
>     show NotGreedy = "?"

> class IsGreedy a where
>     isGreedy :: a -> Bool


> -- | remove duplications in a list of pairs whose, using the first components as key.
> nub2 :: [(Int,a)] -> [(Int,a)]
> nub2 [] = []
> nub2 [x] = [x]                                        -- optimization
> nub2 ls@[x,y] = nubBy (\ (x,_) (y,_) -> x == y) ls  -- optimization
> nub2 ls = nub2sub IM.empty ls
> nub2sub im [] = []
> nub2sub im (x@(k,_):xs) = 
>     case IM.lookup k im of
>     Just _  -> nub2sub im xs
>     Nothing -> let im' = IM.insert k () im 
>                in x:(nub2sub im' xs)


> nub3 :: [(Int,a,Int)] -> [(Int,a,Int)]
> nub3 [] = []
> nub3 [x] = [x]                                            -- optimization
> nub3 ls = 
>     let (_,ls') = nub3sub IM.empty ls
>     in ls'

> nub3sub im [] = (im,[])
> nub3sub im (x@(k,f,0):xs) = let (im',xs') = nub3sub im xs
>                             in (im',x:xs')
> nub3sub im (x@(k,f,1):xs) = let im' = IM.insert k () im
>                                 (im'', xs') = nub3sub im' xs
>                             in (im'', x:xs')
> nub3sub im (x@(k,f,n):xs) = case IM.lookup k im of 
>                               Just _ -> let (im', xs') = nub3sub im xs
>                                         in (im', xs')
>                               Nothing -> let (im', xs') = nub3sub im xs
>                                          in case IM.lookup k im' of 
>                                               Just _ -> (im', xs')
>                                               Nothing -> (im', x:xs')

> {-
> nub3sub im [] = ([],im)
> nub3sub im (x@(k,f,i):xs) = 
>     case IM.lookup k im of
>     Nothing -> let im' = IM.insert k (f,i) im  -- we have not seen this key before, insert it into the table
>                    (ks,im'') = nub3sub im' xs
>                in (k:ks, im'')
>     Just (g,j) | j <= i -> nub3sub im xs       -- we found a duplicate, let's compare the labels.
>                | otherwise -> 
>                    let im' = IM.update (\y -> Just (f,i)) k im
>                    in nub3sub im' xs
> -} 
> {-
> -- | remove duplications in a list of tripple, using the first components as key.
> -- nub3 = nubBy (\ (x,_,_) (y,_,_) -> x == y)
> nub3 :: [(Int,a,b)] -> [(Int,a,b)]
> nub3 [] = []
> nub3 [x] = [x]                                         -- optimization
> nub3 ls@[x,y] = nubBy (\ (x,_,_) (y,_,_) -> x == y) ls -- optimization
> nub3 ls       = nub3sub IM.empty ls
> nub3sub im [] = []
> nub3sub im (x@(k,_,_):xs) = 
>     case IM.lookup k im of
>     Just _  -> nub3sub im xs
>     Nothing -> let im' = IM.insert k () im 
>                in x:(nub3sub im' xs)
> -}