fix: implement simple cache for pure functions

Signed-off-by: Dr. Carsten Leue <carsten.leue@de.ibm.com>

function/generic/cache.go

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+// Copyright (c) 2023 IBM Corp.
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package generic
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+
+	L "github.com/IBM/fp-go/internal/lazy"
+)
+
+// Cache converts a unary function into a unary function that caches the value depending on the parameter
+func Cache[F ~func(K) T, K comparable, T any](f F) F {
+	return ContramapCache[F](func(k K) K { return k })(f)
+}
+
+// ContramapCache converts a unary function into a unary function that caches the value depending on the parameter
+func ContramapCache[F ~func(A) T, KF func(A) K, A any, K comparable, T any](kf KF) func(F) F {
+	return CacheCallback[F](kf, getOrCreate[K, T]())
+}
+
+// getOrCreate is a naive implementation of a cache, without bounds
+func getOrCreate[K comparable, T any]() func(K, func() func() T) func() T {
+	cache := make(map[K]func() T)
+	var l sync.Mutex
+
+	return func(k K, cb func() func() T) func() T {
+		// only lock to access a lazy accessor to the value
+		l.Lock()
+		existing, ok := cache[k]
+		if !ok {
+			existing = cb()
+			cache[k] = existing
+		}
+		l.Unlock()
+		// compute the value outside of the lock
+		return existing
+	}
+}
+
+// CacheCallback converts a unary function into a unary function that caches the value depending on the parameter
+func CacheCallback[F ~func(A) T, KF func(A) K, C ~func(K, func() func() T) func() T, A any, K comparable, T any](kf KF, getOrCreate C) func(F) F {
+	return func(f F) F {
+		return func(a A) T {
+			// cache entry
+			return getOrCreate(kf(a), func() func() T {
+				return L.Memoize[func() T](func() T {
+					return f(a)
+				})
+			})()
+		}
+	}
+}