ddo-txpath.ss
; Module header is generated automatically
#cs(module ddo-txpath mzscheme
(require (lib "string.ss" "srfi/13"))
(require (planet "ssax.ss" ("lizorkin" "ssax.plt" 2 0)))
(require "sxml-tools.ss")
(require "sxpath-ext.ss")
(require "xpath-parser.ss")
(require "txpath.ss")
(require "xpath-ast.ss")
(require "xpath-context_xlink.ss")
(require "ddo-axes.ss")

;; XPath implementation with distinct document order support
;
; This software is in Public Domain.
; IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
;
; Please send bug reports and comments to:
;   lizorkin@hotbox.ru    Dmitry Lizorkin

;=========================================================================
; Miscellaneous

; Implement 'or' as a function, so that we could 'apply' it
(define (ddo:or . args)
  (if (null? args) #f (or (car args) (apply ddo:or (cdr args)))))

;(define (ddo:foldl op init lst)
;  (if (null? lst)
;      init
;      (ddo:foldl op (op (car lst) init) (cdr lst))))

(define (ddo:foldr op init lst)
  (if (null? lst)
      init
      (op (car lst)
          (ddo:foldr op init (cdr lst)))))

; Definition of types
(define ddo:type-nodeset 'ddo:type-nodeset)
(define ddo:type-number 'ddo:type-number)
(define ddo:type-string 'ddo:type-string)
(define ddo:type-boolean 'ddo:type-boolean)
(define ddo:type-any 'ddo:type-any)

;------------------------------------------------
; Comparison for nodesets
; In order to compare nodesets produced by conventional SXPath and SXPath with
; distinct document order support, we must take into account that members in
; each of the nodesets being compared can be ordered differently.

; Whether all members from the first nodeset are contained in the second
; nodeset
(define (ddo:nset-contained? nodeset1 nodeset2)
  (cond
    ((null? nodeset1) #t)
    ((memq (car nodeset1) nodeset2)
     (ddo:nset-contained? (cdr nodeset1) nodeset2))
    (else #f)))

(define (ddo:nset-equal? nodeset1 nodeset2)
  (and (ddo:nset-contained? nodeset1 nodeset2)
       (ddo:nset-contained? nodeset2 nodeset1)))


;=========================================================================
; Different cases of nodeset filtering

;------------------------------------------------
; Filtering pos-result with (position-based) predicates and combining
; a filtered pos-result into a distinct document order nodeset
;  pos-result ::= (listof pos-nodeset)
;  pos-nodeset ::= (listof (cons node order-num))
; Each pos-nodeset is a result of applying the axis to a single node in the
; input nodeset. Pos-result can be informally considered as
;  (map axis-pos input-nodeset)
; Each node in the pos-nodeset comes with its order number. An order-num is
; an integer, possibly a negative one. A node precedes another node in
; document order if the order-num of the former node is less than the order-num
; of the latter node. Equal order-nums (in different pos-nodesets) correspond
; to equal nodes.
; Each pos-nodeset is sorted in accordance with the position() of each of its
; members. Consequently, order-nums increase within pos-nodeset for forward
; XPath axes and decrease for reverse XPath axes.

; Whether pos-result in a forward order
; Return #t if in document order, #f if in reverse document order
(define (ddo:pos-result-forward? pos-result)
  (let loop ((pos-res pos-result))
    (cond
      ((null? pos-res)  ; every pos-nodeset has the length of <2
       #t)
      ((or (null? (car pos-res)) (null? (cdar pos-res)))
       ; this pos-nodeset has the length of less or equal to 1
       (loop (cdr pos-res)))
      (else
       (< (cdaar pos-res) (cdadar pos-res))))))

; Unites pos-result into a nodeset in distinct document order
(define (ddo:pos-result->nodeset pos-result)
  (letrec (; Combines 2 pos-nodesets into a single one
           (combine-2-pos-nodesets
            (lambda (chain1 chain2)
              (cond
                ((null? chain1) chain2)                
                ((null? chain2) chain1)
                ; None of the chains are null
                ((eq? (caar chain1) (caar chain2))  ; equal nodes
                 ; the same with (= (cdar chain1) (cdar chain2))
                 (cons (car chain1)
                       (combine-2-pos-nodesets (cdr chain1) (cdr chain2))))
                ((< (cdar chain1) (cdar chain2))
                 (cons (car chain1)
                       (combine-2-pos-nodesets (cdr chain1) chain2)))
                (else
                 (cons (car chain2)
                       (combine-2-pos-nodesets chain1 (cdr chain2))))))))
    (if
     (null? pos-result)  ; nothing to do
     pos-result
     (let ((pos-result (if (ddo:pos-result-forward? pos-result)
                           pos-result
                           (map reverse pos-result))))
      (let loop ((res (car pos-result))
                 (to-scan (cdr pos-result)))
        (if (null? to-scan)
            res
            (loop (combine-2-pos-nodesets res (car to-scan))
                  (cdr to-scan))))))))

;  pos-axis-impl ::= lambda
;  pred-impl-lst ::= (listof lambda)
; Every predicate is called with respect to each node
; Returns:  lambda
;  lambda ::= (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding) ...)
(define (ddo:location-step-pos pos-axis-impl pred-impl-lst) 
  (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
    (map
     car
     (ddo:pos-result->nodeset
      (map
       (lambda (pos-nodeset)
         (let iter-preds ((nset pos-nodeset)
                          (preds pred-impl-lst))
           (if
            (null? preds)
            nset
            (let ((size (length nset)))  ; context size
              (let iter-pairs ((nset nset)
                               (res '())
                               (pos 1))                          
                (if
                 (null? nset)  ; continue with the next predicate
                 (iter-preds (reverse res) (cdr preds))
                 (let ((val ((car preds)  ; predicate value
                             (list (caar nset)) (cons pos size) var-binding)))
                   (iter-pairs (cdr nset)
                               (if (if (number? val)
                                       (= val pos)
                                       (sxml:boolean val))
                                   (cons (car nset) res)
                                   res)
                               (+ pos 1)))))))))
       (pos-axis-impl nodeset))))))

;------------------------------------------------
; Implementation for location step for the other cases

; A location step for the axis which doesn't return a result in the form of
; a pos-nodeset, but instead resulting nodesets for each input node are in
; document order
;  pos-axis-impl ::= lambda
;  pred-impl-lst ::= (listof lambda)
; Every predicate is called with respect to each node
; Returns:  lambda
;  lambda ::= (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding) ...)
; This function is somewhat similar to 'sxml:xpath-nodeset-filter' from
; "txpath.scm"
(define (ddo:location-step-non-intersect axis-impl pred-impl-lst)
  (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
    (map-union
     (lambda (node)
       (let iter-preds ((nset (axis-impl node))
                        (preds pred-impl-lst))
         (if
          (null? preds)
          nset
          (let ((size (length nset)))  ; context size
            (let iter-nodes ((nset nset)
                             (res '())
                             (pos 1))                        
              (if
               (null? nset)  ; continue with the next predicate
               (iter-preds (reverse res) (cdr preds))
               (let ((val ((car preds)  ; predicate value
                           (list (car nset)) (cons pos size) var-binding)))
                 (iter-nodes (cdr nset)
                             (if (if (number? val)
                                     (= val pos)
                                     (sxml:boolean val))
                                 (cons (car nset) res)
                                 res)
                             (+ pos 1)))))))))
     nodeset)))

; A location step doesn't contain position-based predicates
(define (ddo:location-step-non-pos axis-impl pred-impl-lst)
  (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
    (let iter-preds ((nset (axis-impl nodeset))
                     (preds pred-impl-lst))
      (if
       (null? preds)
       nset
       (let ((curr-pred (car preds)))
         (iter-preds
          (filter
           (lambda (node)
             (sxml:boolean
              (curr-pred (list node)
                         (cons 1 1)  ; dummy
                         var-binding)))
           nset)
          (cdr preds)))))))

;------------------------------------------------
; Implementations for FilterExpr

; Implementing FilterExpr in the general case, for position-based predicates
(define (ddo:filter-expr-general expr-impl pred-impl-lst)
  (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
    (let ((prim-res (expr-impl nodeset position+size var-binding)))
      (cond
        ((not (nodeset? prim-res))
         (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error 
          "expected - nodeset instead of " prim-res)
         '())
        (else
         (let iter-preds ((nset prim-res)
                          (preds pred-impl-lst))
           (if
            (null? preds)
            nset
            (let ((size (length nset)))  ; context size
              (let iter-nodes ((nset nset)
                               (res '())
                               (pos 1))
                (if
                 (null? nset)  ; continue with the next predicate
                 (iter-preds (reverse res) (cdr preds))
                 (let ((val ((car preds)  ; predicate value
                             (list (car nset)) (cons pos size) var-binding)))
                   (iter-nodes (cdr nset)
                               (if (if (number? val)
                                       (= val pos)
                                       (sxml:boolean val))
                                   (cons (car nset) res)
                                   res)
                               (+ pos 1)))))))))))))

; A FilterExpr doesn't contain position-based predicates
; NOTE: This function is very similar to 'ddo:location-step-non-pos'
;  Should think of combining them.
(define (ddo:filter-expr-non-pos expr-impl pred-impl-lst)
  (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
    (let ((prim-res (expr-impl nodeset position+size var-binding)))
      (cond
        ((not (nodeset? prim-res))
         (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error 
          "expected - nodeset instead of " prim-res)
         '())
        (else
         (let iter-preds ((nset prim-res)
                          (preds pred-impl-lst))
           (if
            (null? preds)
            nset
            (let ((curr-pred (car preds)))
              (iter-preds
               (filter
                (lambda (node)
                  (sxml:boolean
                   (curr-pred (list node)
                              (cons 1 1)  ; dummy
                              var-binding)))
                nset)
               (cdr preds))))))))))

;  Filter expression, with a single predicate of the special structure, like
;  [position()=1]
; special-pred-impl ::= (lambda (nodeset) ...)  - filters the nodeset
(define (ddo:filter-expr-special-predicate expr-impl special-pred-impl)
  (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
    (let ((prim-res (expr-impl nodeset position+size var-binding)))
      (if
       (not (nodeset? prim-res))
       (begin
         (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error
          "expected - nodeset instead of " prim-res)
         '())
       (special-pred-impl prim-res)))))


;=========================================================================
; Uniting context-sets, preserving distinct document order
; Is required for XPath UnionExpr

; Returns all contexts of the document, including the ones for attribute nodes
; and for attribute value nodes. All contexts are returned in document order,
; attribute value nodes immediately follow attribute nodes
(define (ddo:all-contexts-in-doc doc)
  (let iter-nodes ((contents (map
                              (lambda (kid) (list kid doc))
                              ((sxml:child sxml:node?) doc)))
                   (res (list doc)))
    (cond
      ((null? contents)  ; every content processed
       (reverse res))
      ((not ((ntype?? '*) (caar contents)))  ; text node or PI or etc.
       (iter-nodes (cdr contents)
                   (cons
                    (draft:make-context (caar contents) (cdar contents))
                    res)))
      (else  ; element node
       (let iter-attrs ((attrs (sxml:attr-list (caar contents)))
                        (res (cons
                              (draft:make-context
                               (caar contents) (cdar contents))
                              res)))
         (cond
           ((null? attrs)  ; all attributes of a given element processed
            (iter-nodes
             (append (map
                      (lambda (kid) (cons kid (car contents)))
                      ((sxml:child sxml:node?) (caar contents)))
                     (cdr contents))
             res))
           ((not (sxml:node? (car attrs)))  ; aux node of SXML 3.0
            (iter-attrs (cdr attrs) res))
           ((null? (cdar attrs))  ; singular attribute
            (iter-attrs (cdr attrs)
                        (cons
                         (draft:make-context (car attrs) (car contents))
                         res)))
           (else  ; an attribute has a value
            (iter-attrs
             (cdr attrs)
             (cons  ; attribute value
              (draft:make-context (cadar attrs)
                                  (cons (car attrs) (car contents)))
              (cons
               (draft:make-context (car attrs) (car contents))
               res))))))))))

; Every context in both context-sets must contain all the ancestors of the
; context node (this corresponds to the num-ancestors=#f)
; All nodes must have one and the same root node (i.e. this function cannot
; correctly unite context-sets whose members belong to different documents)
; Returns the context-set that is a distinct-document-order union of the
; argument context-sets
(define (ddo:unite-2-contextsets cntset1 cntset2)
  (if
   (null? cntset1)  ; nothing to do
   cntset2
   (let loop ((order (ddo:all-contexts-in-doc
                      (draft:list-last
                       (sxml:context->content (car cntset1)))))
              (cntset1 cntset1)
              (cntset2 cntset2)
              (res '()))
     (cond
       ((null? cntset1)
        (append (reverse res) cntset2))
       ((null? cntset2)
        (append (reverse res) cntset1))
       ; order should never be null
       ((eq? (sxml:context->node (car order))
             (sxml:context->node (car cntset1)))
        (loop (cdr order)
              (cdr cntset1)
              (if (eq? (sxml:context->node (car cntset1))
                       (sxml:context->node (car cntset2)))
                  (cdr cntset2)
                  cntset2)
              (cons (car cntset1) res)))
       ((eq? (sxml:context->node (car order))
             (sxml:context->node (car cntset2)))
        (loop (cdr order)
              cntset1
              (cdr cntset2)              
              (cons (car cntset2) res)))
       (else
        (loop (cdr order) cntset1 cntset2 res))))))

; Based on the function for uniting 2 context-sets, unites multiple
; context-sets
(define (ddo:unite-multiple-context-sets . context-sets)
  (if (null? context-sets)  ; nothing to do
      '()
      (let loop ((res (car context-sets))
                 (more (cdr context-sets)))
        (if (null? more)
            res
            (loop (ddo:unite-2-contextsets res (car more))
                  (cdr more))))))


;=========================================================================
; Optimizing special predicates like [position()=1] and the like

; Similar to R5RS list-tail, but returns an empty list when k > (length lst)
(define (ddo:list-tail lst k)
  (if (or (null? lst) (<= k 0))
      lst
      (ddo:list-tail (cdr lst) (- k 1))))

; Takes the first k members of the list
; The whole list is taken when k > (length lst)
(define (ddo:list-head lst k)
  (if (or (null? lst) (<= k 0))
      '()
      (cons (car lst) (ddo:list-head (cdr lst) (- k 1)))))

; Similar to R5RS list-tail, but returns an empty list when
; (or (< k 0) (> k (length lst))
(define (ddo:list-ref lst k)
  (cond ((null? lst) lst)
        ((zero? k) (car lst))
        (else (ddo:list-ref (cdr lst) (- k 1)))))

;-------------------------------------------------
; Checks for a special structure of the predicate in its AST representation

; Checks whether the given op is the AST representation to a function call
; to position()
(define ddo:check-ast-position?
  (let ((ddo:ast-for-position-fun-call   ; evaluate just once
         (txp:expr->ast "position()")))
    (lambda (op)
      (equal? op ddo:ast-for-position-fun-call))))

; If the given op is the AST representation for a number and this number is
; exact, returns this number. Otherwise returns #f
(define (ddo:check4ast-number op)
  (if
   (eq? (car op) 'number)    
   (let ((number (cadr op)))
     (if (and (number? number) (exact? number))
         number #f))
   #f))

;  In case when the predicate has one of the following forms:
; SpecialPredicate ::= [ Number ]
;                      | [ position() CmpOp Number ]
;                      | [ Number CmpOp position() ]
; CmpOp ::= > | < | >= | <= | =
; Number - an integer
;  than returns (lambda (nodeset) ...), where the lambda performs the required
;  filtering as specified by the predicate.
;  For a different sort of a predicate, returns #f
;  The function doesn't signal of any semantic errors.
(define (ddo:check-special-predicate op)
  (if
   (not (eq? (car op) 'predicate))
   #f  ; an improper AST
   (let ((expr (cadr op)))
     (cond
       ((ddo:check4ast-number expr)
        => (lambda (num)
             (lambda (nodeset) (ddo:list-ref nodeset (- num 1)))))
       ((and (memq (car expr) '(= > < >= <=))
             (= (length expr) 3))
        (call-with-values
         (lambda ()
           (cond
             ((and (ddo:check-ast-position? (cadr expr))
                   (ddo:check4ast-number (caddr expr)))
              => (lambda (num) (values (car expr) num)))
             ((and (ddo:check-ast-position? (caddr expr))
                   (ddo:check4ast-number (cadr expr)))
              => (lambda (num)
                   (values
                    (cond   ; invert the cmp-op
                      ((assq (car expr)
                             '((< . >) (> . <) (>= . <=) (<= . >=)))
                       => cdr)
                      (else (car expr)))
                    num)))
             (else
              (values #f #f))))
         (lambda (cmp-op num)
           (if
            (not num)
            #f
            (case cmp-op
              ((=)
               (lambda (nodeset) (ddo:list-ref nodeset (- num 1))))
              ((>)
               (lambda (nodeset) (ddo:list-tail nodeset num)))
              ((>=)
               (lambda (nodeset) (ddo:list-tail nodeset (- num 1))))
              ((<)
               (lambda (nodeset) (ddo:list-head nodeset (- num 1))))
              ((<=)
               (lambda (nodeset) (ddo:list-head nodeset num)))
              (else   ; internal error
               #f))))))
       (else  ; not an equality or relational expr with 2 arguments
        #f)))))


;=========================================================================
; Some simple rewrites for XPath AST

; Whether a given AST node is the representation of the location step
; "descendant-or-self::node()", which is the full syntax for its abbreviated
; equivalent "//"
(define ddo:check-ast-desc-os?
  (let ((ddo:ast-for-desc-os   ; evaluate just once
         (cadr  ; selects the first location step
          (txp:xpath->ast "//dummy"))))
    (lambda (op)
      (equal? op ddo:ast-for-desc-os))))

; Rewrites the sequence of location steps, by combining the two consecutive
; steps "//para" into a single one "descendant::para"
; Returns the reconstructed list of steps
(define (ddo:rewrite-step* op-lst)
  (cond
    ((or (null? op-lst) (null? (cdr op-lst)))  ; nothing to rewrite
     op-lst)
    ; There are at least 2 steps in a sequence of steps
    ((and (ddo:check-ast-desc-os? (car op-lst))
          ; Next step uses a child axis specifier
          (equal? (txp:step-axis (cadr op-lst)) '(child))
          ; Next step doesn't use any predicates
          (null? (txp:step-preds (cadr op-lst))))
     (cons
      (txp:construct-step
       '(descendant)  ; rewrite into descendant axis
       (txp:step-node-test (cadr op-lst))  ; Node test of the next step
       )
      (ddo:rewrite-step* (cddr op-lst))))
    (else  ; Any other case
     (cons (car op-lst)
           (ddo:rewrite-step* (cdr op-lst))))))


;=========================================================================
; Optimization for deeply nested predicates
; For predicates whose level of nesting exceeds 3, these predicates are likely
; to be called for more than n^3 times, where n is the number of nodes in an
; SXML document being processed. For such predicates, it is desirable to
; evaluate them in advance, for every combination of context node, context
; position and context size (the latter two components are not even required
; if the predicate doesn't use position).
; Such an optimization allows achieving a polinomial-time complexity for any
; XPath expression

(define (ddo:generate-pred-id)
  (string->symbol
   (string-append "*predicate-" (symbol->string (gensym)) "*")))

;-------------------------------------------------
; Search for predicate values
; Predicate values are added to var-binding

; Predicate value for a predicate that doesn't require position
; Predicate values are stored in the form of
; pred-values ::= (listof  (cons  node  pred-value))
; NOTE: A node (and not a context) is used as a key in the alist
(define (ddo:get-pred-value pred-id)
  (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
    (cond
      ((not (and (nodeset? nodeset)
                 (null? (cdr nodeset))))
       (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error
        "internal DDO SXPath error - "
        "a predicate is supplied with a non-singleton nodeset: " pred-id)
       #f)
      ((or (null? var-binding)
           (not (eq? (caar var-binding) '*var-vector*)))
       (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error
        "internal DDO SXPath error - predicate value not found: " pred-id)
       #f)
      ; predicate value as expected
      ((assq (sxml:context->node (car nodeset))
             (vector-ref (cdar var-binding) pred-id))
       => (lambda (pair) (force (cdr pair)))
       ; => cdr   ; DL: was
       )
      (else  ; predicate value for the given node not found
       (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error
        "internal DDO SXPath error - no predicate value for node: "
        pred-id (sxml:context->node (car nodeset)))
       #f))))

; Predicate value for a predicate that requires position
; Predicate values are stored in the form of
; pred-values ::=
;        (listof
;         (cons node
;               (listof
;                (cons size
;                      (listof
;                       (cons position pred-value))))))
; NOTE: A node (and not a context) is used as a key in the alist
(define (ddo:get-pred-value-pos pred-id)
  (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
    (cond
      ((not (and (nodeset? nodeset)
                 (null? (cdr nodeset))))
       (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error
        "internal DDO SXPath error - "
        "a predicate is supplied with a non-singleton nodeset: " pred-id)
       #f)
      ((or (null? var-binding)
           (not (eq? (caar var-binding) '*var-vector*)))
       (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error
        "internal DDO SXPath error - predicate value not found: " pred-id)
       #f)
      ; predicate value as expected
      ((assq (sxml:context->node (car nodeset))
             (vector-ref (cdar var-binding) pred-id))
       => (lambda (size-pair)
            (if
             (> (cdr position+size)  ; context size
                (vector-length (cdr size-pair)))
             (begin
               (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error
                "internal DDO SXPath error - "
                "vector member for context size not found: " pred-id)
               #f)
             (let ((pos-vect (vector-ref (cdr size-pair)
                                         (- (cdr position+size) 1))))
               (if
                (> (car position+size)  ; context position
                   (vector-length pos-vect))
                (begin
                  (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error
                   "internal DDO SXPath error - "
                   "vector member for context position not found: "
                   pred-id)
                  #f)
                (force (vector-ref pos-vect
                                   (- (car position+size) 1))))))))
      (else  ; predicate value for the given node not found
       (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error
        "internal DDO SXPath error - no predicate value for node: "
        pred-id (sxml:context->node (car nodeset)))
       #f))))

; Value that results from evaluating the absolute location path
; The argument is named `pred-id' for the sake of mere unification with
; deep predicates
(define (ddo:get-abs-lpath-value pred-id)
  (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
    (if
     (or (null? var-binding)
         (not (eq? (caar var-binding) '*var-vector*)))
     (begin
       (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error
        "internal DDO SXPath error - "
        "value for absolute location path not found: " pred-id)
       '()  ; the value defaults to an empty nodeset
       )     
     (vector-ref (cdar var-binding) pred-id))))

;-------------------------------------------------
; Construct predicate values

; Construct alist of values for a predicate that doesn't require position
; pred-impl - lambda that implements the predicate
; context-set - set of contexts for all nodes in the source document
; var-bindings - include variables supplied by user and the ones formed by
;  deeper level predicates
(define (ddo:construct-pred-values pred-impl context-set var-binding)  
  (map
   (lambda (context)
     (cons (sxml:context->node context)
           (delay
             (sxml:boolean  ; since return type cannot be number
              (pred-impl (list context)
                         (cons 1 1)  ; dummy context position and size
                         var-binding)))))
   context-set))
         
; Construct alist of values for a predicate that requires position
;  pred-impl - lambda that implements the predicate
;  context-set - set of contexts for all nodes in the source document
;  var-bindings - include variables supplied by user and the ones formed by
; deeper level predicates
;  max-size - maximal context size possible in the document
(define (ddo:construct-pred-values-pos
         pred-impl context-set var-binding max-size)
  (map
   (lambda (context)      
     (cons
      (sxml:context->node context)
      (let ((context (list context)))
        (let iter-size ((size 1)
                        (size-lst '()))
          (if
           (> size max-size)  ; iteration is over
           (list->vector (reverse size-lst))
           (let iter-pos ((position 1)
                          (pos-lst '()))
             (if
              (> position size)  ; iteration is over              
              (iter-size
               (+ size 1)
               (cons (list->vector (reverse pos-lst))
                     size-lst))
              (iter-pos
               (+ position 1)
               (cons
                (delay
                  (let ((pred-value
                         (pred-impl
                          context (cons position size) var-binding)))
                    (if (number? pred-value)
                        (= pred-value position)
                        (sxml:boolean pred-value))))
                pos-lst)))))))))
   context-set))

; DL: obsolete
;; Evaluates all predicates specified in deep-predicates
;;  deep-predicates ::= (listof (list  pred-id  requires-position?  impl))
;; Returns var-bindings extended with predicate values evaluated
;; ATTENTION: in deep-predicates, each predicate must come after a predicate it
;; is dependent on.
;(define (ddo:evaluate-deep-predicates deep-predicates doc var-binding)
;  (let* ((context-set (ddo:all-contexts-in-doc doc))
;         (max-size (if
;                    ; position-required? for at least one deep predicate
;                    (not (null? (filter cadr deep-predicates)))
;                    (length context-set)
;                    1  ; dummy
;                    )))
;    (let iter-preds ((deep-predicates deep-predicates)
;                     (var-binding var-binding))
;      (if
;       (null? deep-predicates)  ; iteration is over
;       var-binding
;       (iter-preds
;        (cdr deep-predicates)
;        (cons
;         (if
;          (cadar deep-predicates)  ; requires-position?
;          (ddo:construct-pred-values-pos (caar deep-predicates)  ; pred-id
;                                         (caddar deep-predicates)  ; pred-impl
;                                         context-set
;                                         var-binding max-size)
;          (ddo:construct-pred-values (caar deep-predicates)  ; pred-id
;                                     (caddar deep-predicates)  ; pred-impl
;                                     context-set
;                                     var-binding))
;         var-binding))))))


;=========================================================================
; Optimization for achieving constant access time to XPath variables

; Allocates the new vector from `vect' with the exception of position `k' which
; is replaced with `obj'
(define (ddo:vector-copy-set vect k obj)
  (let loop ((src (vector->list vect))
             (pos 0)
             (res '()))
    (if
     (null? src)  ; iteration is over
     (list->vector (reverse res))
     (loop (cdr src)
           (+ pos 1)
           (cons
            (if (= pos k) obj (car src))
            res)))))

; Extends `var-binding' with a vector data structure for binding variable
; values and values for deep predicates.
; Returns extended var-binding, which is constructed as follows:
; (cons (cons '*var-vector* ,vector)
;       var-binding)
(define (ddo:add-vector-to-var-binding
         vars2offsets deep-predicates doc var-binding)
  (let ((cons-var-vector  ; cons var-vector to var-binding
         (lambda (var-vector var-binding)
           (cons (cons '*var-vector* var-vector)
                 var-binding))))
    (if
     (and (null? deep-predicates) (null? var-binding))
     var-binding  ; nothing to add
     (let* ((var-tree
             (if
              (< (length var-binding) 100)  ; not too many variables
              #f  ; do not need any tree
              (ddo:var-binding->tree var-binding)))
            (var-vector
             (let iter-offsets ((pos (- (car vars2offsets) 1))
                                (vars-alist (cdr vars2offsets))
                                (lst '()))
               (cond
                 ((< pos 0)  ; iteration is over
                  (list->vector lst))
                 ((or (null? vars-alist)  ; no more vars in the alist
                      (not (= pos (cdar vars-alist))))
                  (iter-offsets (- pos 1)
                                vars-alist
                                (cons #f lst)  ; cons a dummy value
                                ))
                 (else  ; this position is in the 1st member of vars-alist
                  (iter-offsets
                   (- pos 1)
                   (cdr vars-alist)
                   (cons
                    (cond  ; more sophisticated way of searching for value
                      (var-tree  ; access variables through var-tree
                       (ddo:get-var-value-from-tree  ; checks for declared var
                        (caar vars-alist) var-tree))
                      ((assq (caar vars-alist) var-binding)
                       => cdr)
                      (else
                       (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error "unbound variable - "
                                                    (cdar vars-alist))
                       '()))
                    lst)))))))
       (if
        (null? deep-predicates)
        (cons-var-vector var-vector var-binding)
        (let* ((context-set
                (if (null?  ; just absolute location paths
                     (filter
                      (lambda (triple)
                        (not (eq? (cadr triple) 'absolute-location-path)))
                      deep-predicates))
                    '()  ; dummy
                    (ddo:all-contexts-in-doc doc)))
               (max-size
                (if  ; position-required? for at least one deep predicate
                 (not (null? (filter cadr deep-predicates)))
                 (length context-set)
                 1  ; dummy
                 )))
          (let iter-preds ((deep-predicates deep-predicates)
                           (var-vector var-vector))
            (if
             (null? deep-predicates)  ; iteration is over
             (cons-var-vector var-vector var-binding)
             (iter-preds
              (cdr deep-predicates)
              (ddo:vector-copy-set
               var-vector
               (caar deep-predicates)  ; pred-id
               (cond
                 ((eq? (cadar deep-predicates) 'absolute-location-path)
                  ((caddar deep-predicates)  ; absolute lpath impl
                   (as-nodeset doc)
                   (cons 1 1)  ; dummy context position and size
                   (cons-var-vector var-vector var-binding)))
                 ((cadar deep-predicates)  ; requires-position?
                  (ddo:construct-pred-values-pos 
                   (caddar deep-predicates)  ; pred-impl
                   context-set
                   (cons-var-vector var-vector var-binding)
                   max-size))
                 (else
                  (ddo:construct-pred-values
                   (caddar deep-predicates)  ; pred-impl
                   context-set
                   (cons-var-vector var-vector var-binding))))))))))))))

;-------------------------------------------------
; Methods similar to radix sort for linear access time for all variables

; Represents a list of chars as a branch in the string-tree
; The list of chars must be non-empty
(define (ddo:charlst->branch lst value)
  (if (null? (cdr lst))  ; this is the last character in the lst
      (list (car lst) (cons 'value value))
      `(,(car lst) #f ,(ddo:charlst->branch (cdr lst) value))))

; Adds a new string to string-tree
(define (ddo:add-var-to-tree var-name var-value tree)
  (letrec
      ((add-lst-to-tree   ; adds the list of chars to tree
        (lambda (lst tree)
          (if
           (null? lst)  ; the lst is over
           (cons (car tree)
                 (cons (cons 'value var-value)  ; replace variable value
                       (cddr tree)))
           (let ((curr-char (car lst)))
             (let iter-alist ((alist (cddr tree))
                              (res (list (cadr tree) (car tree))))
               (cond
                 ((null? alist)  ; branch not in a tree
                  (reverse
                   (cons
                    (ddo:charlst->branch lst var-value)
                    res)))
                 ((char=? (caar alist) curr-char)  ; entry found
                  (if
                   (null? (cdr alist))  ; nothing more in the alist
                   (reverse
                    (cons
                     (add-lst-to-tree (cdr lst) (car alist))
                     res))
                   (append
                    (reverse
                     (cons
                      (add-lst-to-tree (cdr lst) (car alist))
                      res))
                    (cdr alist))))
                 ((char>? (caar alist) curr-char)
                  (if
                   (null? (cdr alist))  ; nothing more in the alist
                   (reverse
                    (cons
                     (car alist)
                     (cons (ddo:charlst->branch lst var-value)
                           res)))
                   (append
                    (reverse
                     (cons
                      (ddo:charlst->branch lst var-value)
                      res))
                    alist)))
                 (else
                  (iter-alist (cdr alist)
                              (cons (car alist) res))))))))))
    (add-lst-to-tree (string->list (symbol->string var-name))
                     tree)))

; Convert var-binding to their tree representation
; var-binding is supposed to be non-null
(define (ddo:var-binding->tree var-binding)
  (let loop ((var-binding (cdr var-binding))
             (tree
              (list '*top*
                    #f
                    (ddo:charlst->branch
                     (string->list
                      (symbol->string (caar var-binding)))  ; var name
                     (cdar var-binding)))))
    (if (null? var-binding)
        tree
        (loop (cdr var-binding)
              (ddo:add-var-to-tree
               (caar var-binding) (cdar var-binding) tree)))))

; Obtain variable value from the tree
(define (ddo:get-var-value-from-tree var-name tree)
  (let loop ((lst (string->list (symbol->string var-name)))
             (tree tree))
    (cond
      ((and (not (null? lst))
            (assv (car lst) (cddr tree)))
       => (lambda (new-tree)
            (loop (cdr lst) new-tree)))
      ((and (null? lst)  ; lst is over
            (cadr tree)  ; value for variable in the tree supplied
            )
       (cdadr tree))
      (else
       (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error "unbound variable - " var-name)
       '()  ; dummy value
       ))))


;=========================================================================
; XPath AST processing
; AST is considered to be properly formed
; In the signature of functions below, the following terms are taken:
;  op - S-expression which represents the operation
;  num-anc - how many ancestors are required in the context after that
;   operation

; {5} <AxisSpecifier> ::= (axis-specifier  <AxisName> )
; {6} <AxisName> ::= (ancestor)
;                    | (ancestor-or-self)
;                    | (attribute)
;                    | (child)
;                    | (descendant)
;                    | (descendant-or-self)
;                    | (following)
;                    | (following-sibling)
;                    | (namespace)
;                    | (parent)
;                    | (preceding)
;                    | (preceding-sibling)
;                    | (self)
;
; single-level? - whether all nodes in the input nodeset are located on the
;  same level of tree hierarchy
; requires-position? - whether context position or context size are required to
;  filter the result produced by the axis
;
; For requires-position?=#f, the function returns
;  (list  axis-lambda
;         num-anc-it-requires
;         single-level?)
; For requires-position?=#t, the function returns
;  (list  axis-lambda
;         num-anc-it-requires
;         single-level?
;         pos-result?)
;  single-level? - whether nodes are in the single level after the axis
;  pos-result? - whether the result of the axis has the form of pos-result.
;   If #f, the axis returns its result in the form of the common nodeset
(define (ddo:ast-axis-specifier op num-anc single-level? requires-position?)
  (cond
    ((not (eq? (car op) 'axis-specifier))  ; AST error
     (draft:signal-semantic-error "not an AxisSpecifier - " op))
    (requires-position?
     (case (caadr op)  ; AxisName
       ((ancestor)
        (list ddo:ancestor-pos
              #f #f #t))
       ((ancestor-or-self)
        (list ddo:ancestor-or-self-pos
              #f #f #t))
       ((attribute)
        (list draft:attribute
              (draft:na-minus-nneg num-anc 1) single-level? #f))
       ((child)
        (if single-level?
            (list draft:child
                  (draft:na-minus-nneg num-anc 1) #t #f)
            (list ddo:child-pos
                  (draft:na-minus-nneg num-anc 1) #f #t)))
       ((descendant)
        (if single-level?
            (list draft:descendant
                  (draft:na-minus-nneg num-anc 1) #f #f)
            (list ddo:descendant-pos
                  (draft:na-minus-nneg num-anc 1) #f #t)))
       ((descendant-or-self)
        (if single-level?
            (list draft:descendant-or-self
                  num-anc #f #f)
            (list ddo:descendant-or-self-pos
                  num-anc #f #t)))
       ((following)
        ; DL: this is incorrect for single-level?=#f
        (list ddo:following-single-level-pos
              #f #f #t))
       ((following-sibling)
        (list (if single-level?
                  ddo:following-sibling-single-level-pos
                  ddo:following-sibling-pos)
              (draft:na-max num-anc 1) single-level? #t))
       ((namespace)
        (list draft:namespace
              (draft:na-minus-nneg num-anc 1) single-level? #f))
       ((parent)
        (list (if single-level? ddo:parent-single-level-pos ddo:parent-pos)
              (draft:na+ num-anc 1) single-level? #t))
       ((preceding)
        ; DL: this is incorrect for single-level?=#f
        (list ddo:preceding-single-level-pos
              #f #f #t))
       ((preceding-sibling)
        (list (if single-level?
                  ddo:preceding-sibling-single-level-pos
                  ddo:preceding-sibling-pos)
              (draft:na-max num-anc 1) single-level? #t))
       ((self)
        (list draft:self num-anc single-level? #f))
       (else
        (draft:signal-semantic-error "unknown AxisName - " op))))
    (else  ; doesn't require to keep position
     (case (caadr op)  ; AxisName
       ((ancestor)
        (list ddo:ancestor #f #f))
       ((ancestor-or-self)
        (list ddo:ancestor-or-self #f #f))
       ((attribute)
        (list draft:attribute
              (draft:na-minus-nneg num-anc 1) single-level?))
       ((child)
        (list (if single-level? draft:child ddo:child)
              (draft:na-minus-nneg num-anc 1) single-level?))
       ((descendant)
        (list (if single-level? draft:descendant ddo:descendant)
              (draft:na-minus-nneg num-anc 1) #f))
       ((descendant-or-self)
        (list (if single-level?
                  draft:descendant-or-self ddo:descendant-or-self)
              num-anc #f))
       ((following)
        (list (if single-level? ddo:following-single-level ddo:following)
              #f #f))
       ((following-sibling)
        (list (if single-level?
                  ddo:following-sibling-single-level ddo:following-sibling)
              (draft:na-max num-anc 1) single-level?))
       ((namespace)
        (list draft:namespace
              (draft:na-minus-nneg num-anc 1) single-level?))
       ((parent)
        (list (if single-level? ddo:parent-single-level ddo:parent)
              (draft:na+ num-anc 1) single-level?))
       ((preceding)
        (list (if single-level? ddo:preceding-single-level ddo:preceding)
              #f #f))
       ((preceding-sibling)
        (list (if single-level?
                  ddo:preceding-sibling-single-level ddo:preceding-sibling)
              (draft:na-max num-anc 1) single-level?))
       ((self)
        (list draft:self num-anc single-level?))
       (else
        (draft:signal-semantic-error "unknown AxisName - " op))))))

; {7} <NodeTest> ::= (node-test (*))
;                    | (node-test (namespace-uri  <String> ))
;                    | (node-test (namespace-uri  <String> )?
;                                 (local-name  <String> ))
;                    | (node-test (comment))
;                    | (node-test (text))
;                    | (node-test (pi <String>? ))
;                    | (node-test (point))
;                    | (node-test (range))
; For processing a node test, 'draft:ast-node-test' from "xpath-context.scm"
; can be used

;-------------------------------------------------
; In this section, each function accepts 5 arguments
;  op - S-expression which represents the operation
;  num-anc - how many ancestors are required in the context after that
;   operation
;  single-level? - for grammar rules that consume the nodeset type as input:
;   whether all nodes in the nodeset are located on the single level of the
;   tree hierarchy. If this is the case, most axes can be evaluated ealier than
;   in the general case.
;  pred-nesting - nesting of the expression being processed within predicates.
;   In particular, pred-nesting=0 denotes the outer expression, pred-nesting=1
;   denotes the expression enclosed into a predicate, pred-nesting=2 for an
;   expression that is enclosed into 2 predicates, etc
;  vars2offsets - mapping from variable names to their offsets in a var-vector
;  vars2offsets ::= (cons vacant-offset
;                         (listof (cons var-name var-offset))
;  vacant-offset - a number, initially starts from 0
;  var-offset - offset for a particular variable within a vector
;
; AST processing functions return either #f, which signals of a
; semantic error, or
;  (list (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding) ...)
;        num-anc-it-requires
;        single-level?
;        requires-position?
;        expr-type
;        deep-predicates
;        vars2offsets )
;  position+size - the same to what was called 'context' in TXPath-1
;  requires-position? - whether position() or last() functions are encountered
;   in the internal expression
;  expr-type - the type returned by the expression being process. The type is
;   determined by symbols. Possible types: number, string, boolean, nodeset and
;   any
;  deep-predicates - an associative list that contains deeply nested predicates,
;   whose pred-nesting>3:
;  deep-predicates ::= (listof (list  pred-id  requires-position?  impl))
;  pred-id - a symbol that identifies the predicate among others
;  impl - the implementation for this predicate

; {1} <LocationPath> ::= <RelativeLocationPath>
;                        | <AbsoluteLocationPath>
(define (ddo:ast-location-path
         op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (case (car op)
    ((absolute-location-path)
     (ddo:ast-absolute-location-path
      op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((relative-location-path)
     (ddo:ast-relative-location-path
      op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    (else
     (draft:signal-semantic-error "improper LocationPath - " op))))

; {2} <AbsoluteLocationPath> ::= (absolute-location-path  <Step>* )
; NOTE: single-level? is dummy here, since AbsoluteLocationPath always
; starts from a single node - the root of the document
(define (ddo:ast-absolute-location-path
         op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (cond
    ((not (eq? (car op) 'absolute-location-path))
     (draft:signal-semantic-error "not an AbsoluteLocationPath - " op))
    ((null? (cdr op))  ; no Steps
     (list
      (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
        (draft:reach-root nodeset))
      #f  ; requires all ancestors
      #t  ; on single level
      #f  ; doesn't require position
      ddo:type-nodeset
      '()  ; no deep predicates
      vars2offsets
      ))
    (else
     (and-let*
      ((steps-res (ddo:ast-step-list
                   (cdr op) num-anc #t pred-nesting vars2offsets)))
      (let ((impl  ; implementation of the absolute location path
             (if
              (null? (cdar steps-res))  ; only a single step
              (let ((step-impl (caar steps-res)))
                (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
                  (step-impl
                   (draft:reach-root nodeset) position+size var-binding)))
              (let ((converters (car steps-res)))
                (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
                  (let rpt ((nset (draft:reach-root nodeset))
                            (fs converters))
                    (if (null? fs)
                        nset
                        (rpt ((car fs) nset position+size var-binding)
                             (cdr fs)))))))))
        (if
         (> pred-nesting 0)  ; absolute location path inside a predicate
         (let ((vars2offsets (list-ref steps-res 6)))
           (list
            (ddo:get-abs-lpath-value (car vars2offsets))
            #f  ; all ancestors required
            (caddr steps-res)  ; single-level
            #f  ; doesn't require position
            ddo:type-nodeset
            (cons
             (list (car vars2offsets)  ; identifier
                   'absolute-location-path  ; flag to denote absolute lpath
                   impl)
             (list-ref steps-res 5)  ; deep-predicates
             )
            (cons (+ (car vars2offsets) 1)
                  (cdr vars2offsets))))
         (cons impl
               (cons #f  ; all ancestors required
                     (cddr steps-res)   ; the remaining parameters
                     ))))))))

; {3} <RelativeLocationPath> ::= (relative-location-path  <Step>+ )
(define (ddo:ast-relative-location-path
         op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (if
   (not (eq? (car op) 'relative-location-path))
   (draft:signal-semantic-error "not a RelativeLocationPath - " op)
   (and-let*
    ((steps-res
      (ddo:ast-step-list
       (cdr op) num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)))
    (cons
     (if
      (null? (cdar steps-res))  ; only a single step
      (caar steps-res)
      (let ((converters (car steps-res)))
        (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
          (let rpt ((nset nodeset)
                    (fs converters))
            (if (null? fs)
                nset
                (rpt ((car fs) nset position+size var-binding)
                     (cdr fs)))))))
     (cdr steps-res)  ; the remaining parameters
     ))))

; {4} <Step> ::= (step  <AxisSpecifier> <NodeTest> <Predicate>* )
;                | (range-to  (expr <Expr>)  <Predicate>* )
(define (ddo:ast-step op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (cond
    ((eq? (car op) 'range-to)
     (draft:signal-semantic-error "range-to function not implemented"))
    ((eq? (car op) 'filter-expr)
     (ddo:ast-filter-expr op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((eq? (car op) 'lambda-step)  ; created by sxpath
     (let ((proc (cadr op)))
       (list
        (if
         (and num-anc (zero? num-anc))  ; no ancestors required
         (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
           (proc (draft:contextset->nodeset (as-nodeset nodeset))
                 (if (and (pair? var-binding)  ; non-null
                          (eq? (caar var-binding) '*var-vector*))
                     (cdr var-binding) var-binding)))
         (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
           (draft:find-proper-context
            (proc (draft:contextset->nodeset (as-nodeset nodeset))
                  (if (and (pair? var-binding)  ; non-null
                           (eq? (caar var-binding) '*var-vector*))
                      (cdr var-binding) var-binding))
            (map sxml:context->content   ; TODO: should add variables
                 (as-nodeset nodeset))
            num-anc)))
        num-anc  ; num-ancestors
        #f  ; single-level? after this step
        #f  ; position-required?
        ddo:type-any
        '()  ; no deep predicates
        vars2offsets
        )))
    ((eq? (car op) 'step)
     (if
      (null? (cdddr op))  ; no Predicates
      (and-let*
       ((axis-lst (ddo:ast-axis-specifier
                   (cadr op) num-anc single-level? #f))
        (ntest (draft:ast-node-test (caddr op))))
       (let ((axis ((car axis-lst) ntest num-anc)))
         (list
          (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
            (axis nodeset))
          (cadr axis-lst)
          (caddr axis-lst)
          #f
          ddo:type-nodeset
          '()  ; no deep predicates
          vars2offsets
          )))
      ; There are Predicates
      (and-let*
       ((preds-res (ddo:ast-predicate-list
                    (cdddr op) 0 #t (+ pred-nesting 1) vars2offsets))
        (preds-res
         (if (and (list-ref preds-res 3)  ; position required for the predicate
                  (< pred-nesting 3))  ; level of nesting matters
             (ddo:ast-predicate-list  ; the second pass
              (cdddr op) 0 #t
              (+ pred-nesting 2)  ; called for quadratic number of times
              vars2offsets
              )
             preds-res  ; do not need to change anything
             ))
        (axis-lst (ddo:ast-axis-specifier
                   (cadr op)
                   (draft:na-max num-anc (cadr preds-res))
                   single-level?
                   (list-ref preds-res 3)  ; whether position required
                   ))
        (ntest (draft:ast-node-test (caddr op))))
       (let ((axis ((car axis-lst)
                    ntest (draft:na-max num-anc (cadr preds-res))))
             (pred-impl-lst (car preds-res)))
         (list
          (cond
            ((not (list-ref preds-res 3))  ; whether position required
             (ddo:location-step-non-pos axis pred-impl-lst))
            ((list-ref axis-lst 3)  ; pos-result?
             (ddo:location-step-pos axis pred-impl-lst))
            (else  ; non-intersect
             (ddo:location-step-non-intersect axis pred-impl-lst)))
          (cadr axis-lst)  ; num-ancestors
          (caddr axis-lst)  ; single-level? after this step
          #f  ; position-required?
          ddo:type-nodeset
          (list-ref preds-res 5)  ; deep predicates
          (list-ref preds-res 6)  ; new var-binding
          )))))
    (else
     (draft:signal-semantic-error "not a Step - " op))))

; {4a} ( <Step>+ )
; Returns (list (listof step-impl)
;               num-anc single-level? requires-position? expr-type
;               deep-predicates vars2offsets)
; or #f
; TECHNICAL NOTE: To calculate 'single-level?', we need to process steps in
; straight orger. To calculate 'num-anc', we need to process steps in reverse
; order. This thus has to be implemented in 2 passes
(define (ddo:ast-step-list
         step-lst num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (let ((step-lst (ddo:rewrite-step* step-lst))
        ; Calculates single-level? for each step in the step-lst
        ; Returns: (listof single-level?)
        ; where each member of the REVERSED result list corresponds to the step
        ; in the corresponding position of a step-lst
        ; We can notice that when single-level?=#f for some step, it remains
        ; #f for all the subsequent steps
        (calculate-single-level
         (lambda (step-lst single-level?)
           (let iter-steps ((steps step-lst)
                            (sl? single-level?)
                            (res '()))
             (cond
               ((null? steps) res)
               ((or (memq (caar steps) '(range-to filter-expr lambda-step))
                    (not sl?))
                ; #f for the remaining steps
                (append (map
                         (lambda (step) #f)
                         steps)   ; DL: was: step-lst
                        res))
               (else  ; evaluate single-level? for the current step
                (and-let*
                 ((axis-lst (ddo:ast-axis-specifier
                             (cadar steps)  ; is to be axis specifier
                             0 sl? #f)))
                 (iter-steps (cdr steps)
                             (caddr axis-lst)  ; single-level for next step
                             (cons sl? res)))))))))
    (and-let*
     ((single-level-lst (calculate-single-level step-lst single-level?)))
     (let loop ((steps-to-view (reverse step-lst))
                (sl?-lst single-level-lst)
                (res-lst '())
                (num-anc num-anc)
                (deep-predicates '())
                (vars2offsets vars2offsets))
       (if
        (null? steps-to-view)  ; everyone processed
        (list res-lst
              num-anc (car single-level-lst) #f
              ddo:type-nodeset deep-predicates vars2offsets)
        (and-let*
         ((step-res
           (ddo:ast-step
            (car steps-to-view) num-anc (car sl?-lst)
            pred-nesting vars2offsets)))
         (loop
          (cdr steps-to-view)
          (cdr sl?-lst)
          (cons (car step-res) res-lst)
          (cadr step-res)
          (append (list-ref step-res 5) deep-predicates)
          (list-ref step-res 6)  ; new vars2offsets
          )))))))

; {8} <Predicate> ::= (predicate  <Expr> )
; NOTE: num-anc is dummy here, since it is always 0 for Predicates
; NOTE: single-level? is dummy here, since a Predicate is always called for
;  a single node to be filtered
; NOTE: Unlike 'draft:ast-predicate', we don't implement any filtering here,
;  because it depends on the particular axis in the step. Filtering is
;  performed on the higher level
(define (ddo:ast-predicate op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (if
   (not (eq? (car op) 'predicate))
   (draft:signal-semantic-error "not an Predicate - " op)
   (and-let*
    ((expr-res (ddo:ast-expr (cadr op) 0 #t pred-nesting vars2offsets)))
    (let ((requires-position?
           (or (cadddr expr-res)  ; predicate expression requires position
               (memq (list-ref expr-res 4)  ; involves position implicitly
                     '(ddo:type-number ddo:type-any))))
          (vars2offsets (list-ref expr-res 6)))
      (call-with-values
       (lambda ()
         (if
          (or    ; this is a deep predicate
           (> pred-nesting 3)
           ; DL: theoretically reasonable although impractical condition:
           ;(and (not requires-position?) (> pred-nesting 1))
          )
          (let ((pred-id (car vars2offsets)
                         ; was: (ddo:generate-pred-id)
                         ))
            (values
             ((if requires-position?
                  ddo:get-pred-value-pos ddo:get-pred-value)
              pred-id)
             (cons
              (list pred-id
                    requires-position?
                    (car expr-res)  ; implementation
                    )
              (list-ref expr-res 5)  ; deep-predicates
              )
             (cons (+ (car vars2offsets) 1)
                   (cdr vars2offsets))))
          (values (car expr-res)  ; implementation
                  (list-ref expr-res 5)
                  vars2offsets)))
       (lambda (pred-impl deep-predicates vars2offsets)
         (list pred-impl
               (cadr expr-res)  ; num-ancestors required
               (caddr expr-res)  ; single-level? - we don't care
               requires-position?
               (list-ref expr-res 4)  ; return type
               deep-predicates
               vars2offsets)))))))

; {8a} ( <Predicate>+ )
; Returns (list (listof pred-impl)
;               num-anc single-level? requires-position? expr-type
;               deep-predicates)
; or #f
; NOTE: num-anc is dummy here, since it is always 0 for Predicates
; NOTE: single-level? is dummy here, since a Predicate is always called for
;  a single node to be filtered
; NOTE: information about the type for each Predicate is lost
(define (ddo:ast-predicate-list
         op-lst num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (let ((pred-res-lst
         (ddo:foldr          
          (lambda (op init)
            (cons
             (ddo:ast-predicate
              op 0 #t pred-nesting
              (if (or (null? init)  ; called for the first time
                      (not (car init)))
                  vars2offsets
                  (list-ref (car init) 6)  ; vars2offsets from previous pred
                  ))
             init))
          '()
          op-lst)))
    (and
     (not (memv #f pred-res-lst))  ; error detected
     (list (map car pred-res-lst)
           (apply draft:na-max (map cadr pred-res-lst))
           #t
           (apply ddo:or (map cadddr pred-res-lst))
           ddo:type-any
           (apply append   ; deep-predicates
                  (map
                   (lambda (pred-res) (list-ref pred-res 5))
                   pred-res-lst))
           (list-ref (car pred-res-lst) 6)  ; vars2offsets
           ))))

; {9} <Expr> ::= <OrExpr>
;                | <AndExpr>
;                | <EqualityExpr>
;                | <RelationalExpr>
;                | <AdditiveExpr>
;                | <MultiplicativeExpr>
;                | <UnionExpr>
;                | <PathExpr>
;                | <FilterExpr>
;                | <VariableReference>
;                | <Literal>
;                | <Number>
;                | <FunctionCall>
;                | <LocationPath>
(define (ddo:ast-expr op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (case (car op)
    ((or)
     (ddo:ast-or-expr op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((and)
     (ddo:ast-and-expr op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((= !=)
     (ddo:ast-equality-expr op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((< > <= >=)
     (ddo:ast-relational-expr
      op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((+ -)
     (ddo:ast-additive-expr op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((* div mod)
     (ddo:ast-multiplicative-expr
      op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((union-expr)
     (ddo:ast-union-expr op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((path-expr)
     (ddo:ast-path-expr op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((filter-expr)
     (ddo:ast-filter-expr op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((variable-reference)
     (ddo:ast-variable-reference
      op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((literal)
     (ddo:ast-literal op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((number)
     (ddo:ast-number op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((function-call)
     (ddo:ast-function-call op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((absolute-location-path)
     (ddo:ast-absolute-location-path
      op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((relative-location-path)
     (ddo:ast-relative-location-path
      op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    (else
     (draft:signal-semantic-error "unknown Expr - " op))))

; Applies AST processing to a list of operations
(define (ddo:apply-ast-procedure
         ast-procedure op-lst num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (ddo:foldr
   (lambda (expr init)
     (cons
      (ast-procedure
       expr num-anc single-level? pred-nesting
       (if (or (null? init)  ; called for the first time
               (not (car init))  ; error during previously processed expr
               )
           vars2offsets
           (list-ref (car init) 6)  ; vars2offsets from previous expr
           ))
      init))
   '()
   op-lst))

; {10} <OrExpr> ::= (or <Expr> <Expr>+ )
; NOTE: num-anc is dummy here, since it is always 0 for OrExpr
(define (ddo:ast-or-expr op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (let ((expr-res-lst
         (ddo:apply-ast-procedure
          ddo:ast-expr
          (cdr op) 0 single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)))
    (and
     (not (memv #f expr-res-lst))  ; error detected
     (let ((expr-impls (map car expr-res-lst)))
     (list
      (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
        (let rpt ((fs expr-impls))
          (cond
            ((null? fs) #f)
            ((sxml:boolean ((car fs) nodeset position+size var-binding)) #t)
            (else (rpt (cdr fs))))))
      (apply draft:na-max (map cadr expr-res-lst))  ; num-ancestors
      #t     ; single-level? after this step
      (apply ddo:or (map cadddr expr-res-lst))  ; position-required?
      ddo:type-boolean
      (apply append   ; deep-predicates
             (map
              (lambda (expr-res) (list-ref expr-res 5))
              expr-res-lst))
      (list-ref (car expr-res-lst) 6)  ; vars2offsets
      )))))

; {11} <AndExpr> ::= (and <Expr> <Expr>+ )
; NOTE: num-anc is dummy here, since it is always 0 for AndExpr
(define (ddo:ast-and-expr op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (let ((expr-res-lst
         (ddo:apply-ast-procedure
          ddo:ast-expr
          (cdr op) 0 single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)))
    (and
     (not (memv #f expr-res-lst))  ; error detected
     (let ((expr-impls (map car expr-res-lst)))
     (list
      (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
        (let rpt ((fs expr-impls))
          (cond
            ((null? fs) #t)
            ((not
              (sxml:boolean ((car fs) nodeset position+size var-binding)))
             #f)
            (else (rpt (cdr fs))))))
      (apply draft:na-max (map cadr expr-res-lst))  ; num-ancestors
      #t     ; single-level? after this step
      (apply ddo:or (map cadddr expr-res-lst))  ; position-required?
      ddo:type-boolean
      (apply append   ; deep-predicates
             (map
              (lambda (expr-res) (list-ref expr-res 5))
              expr-res-lst))
      (list-ref (car expr-res-lst) 6)  ; vars2offsets
      )))))

; {12} <EqualityExpr> ::= (=  <Expr> <Expr> )
;                         | (!=  <Expr> <Expr> )
; NOTE: num-anc is dummy here, since it is always 0 for EqualityExpr
(define (ddo:ast-equality-expr
         op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (and-let*
   ((left-lst
     (ddo:ast-expr (cadr op) 0 single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    (right-lst
     (ddo:ast-expr (caddr op) 0 single-level? pred-nesting
                   (list-ref left-lst 6)  ; vars2offsets for left part
                   )))
   (let ((cmp-op (cadr (assq (car op) `((= ,sxml:equal?)
                                        (!= ,sxml:not-equal?)))))
         (left (car left-lst))
         (right (car right-lst)))
     (list
      (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
        (cmp-op
         (draft:contextset->nodeset
          (left nodeset position+size var-binding))
         (draft:contextset->nodeset
          (right nodeset position+size var-binding))))
      (draft:na-max (cadr left-lst) (cadr right-lst))   ; num-ancestors
      #t     ; single-level? after this step
      (or (cadddr left-lst) (cadddr right-lst))  ; position-required?
      ddo:type-boolean
      (append (list-ref left-lst 5)   ; deep-predicates
              (list-ref right-lst 5))
      (list-ref right-lst 6)  ; vars2offsets for right part
      ))))
      
; {13} <RelationalExpr> ::= (<  <Expr> <Expr> )
;                           | (>  <Expr> <Expr> )
;                           | (<=  <Expr> <Expr> )
;                           | (>=  <Expr> <Expr> )
; NOTE: num-anc is dummy here, since it is always 0 for RelationalExpr
(define (ddo:ast-relational-expr
         op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (and-let*
   ((left-lst
     (ddo:ast-expr (cadr op) 0 single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    (right-lst
     (ddo:ast-expr (caddr op) 0 single-level? pred-nesting
                   (list-ref left-lst 6)  ; vars2offsets for left part
                   )))
   (let ((cmp-op
          (sxml:relational-cmp
           (cadr (assq (car op) `((< ,<) (> ,>) (<= ,<=) (>= ,>=))))))
         (left (car left-lst))
         (right (car right-lst)))
     (list
      (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
        (cmp-op
         (draft:contextset->nodeset
          (left nodeset position+size var-binding))
         (draft:contextset->nodeset
          (right nodeset position+size var-binding))))
      (draft:na-max (cadr left-lst) (cadr right-lst))   ; num-ancestors
      #t     ; single-level? after this step
      (or (cadddr left-lst) (cadddr right-lst))  ; position-required?
      ddo:type-boolean
      (append (list-ref left-lst 5)   ; deep-predicates
              (list-ref right-lst 5))
      (list-ref right-lst 6)  ; vars2offsets for right part
      ))))

; {14} <AdditiveExpr> ::= (+  <Expr> <Expr> )
;                         | (-  <Expr> <Expr>? )
; NOTE: num-anc is dummy here, since it is always 0 for AdditiveExpr
(define (ddo:ast-additive-expr
         op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (let ((expr-res-lst
         (ddo:apply-ast-procedure
          ddo:ast-expr
          (cdr op) 0 single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)))
    (and
     (not (memv #f expr-res-lst))  ; error detected
     (let ((add-op (cadr (assq (car op) `((+ ,+) (- ,-)))))
           (expr-impls (map car expr-res-lst)))
     (list
      (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
        (apply
         add-op
         (map
          (lambda (expr)
            (sxml:number
             (draft:contextset->nodeset
              (expr nodeset position+size var-binding))))
          expr-impls)))
      (apply draft:na-max (map cadr expr-res-lst))  ; num-ancestors
      #t     ; single-level? after this step
      (apply ddo:or (map cadddr expr-res-lst))  ; position-required?
      ddo:type-number
      (apply append   ; deep-predicates
             (map
              (lambda (expr-res) (list-ref expr-res 5))
              expr-res-lst))
      (list-ref (car expr-res-lst) 6)  ; vars2offsets
      )))))

; {15} <MultiplicativeExpr> ::= (*  <Expr> <Expr> )
;                               | (div  <Expr> <Expr> )
;                               | (mod  <Expr> <Expr> )
; NOTE: num-anc is dummy here, since it is always 0 for MultiplicativeExpr
(define (ddo:ast-multiplicative-expr
         op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (and-let*
   ((left-lst
     (ddo:ast-expr (cadr op) 0 single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    (right-lst
     (ddo:ast-expr (caddr op) 0 single-level? pred-nesting
                   (list-ref left-lst 6)  ; vars2offsets for left part
                   )))
   (let ((mul-op
          (sxml:relational-cmp
           (cadr (assq (car op) `((* ,*) (div ,/) (mod ,remainder))))))
         (left (car left-lst))
         (right (car right-lst)))
     (list
      (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
        (mul-op
         (sxml:number
          (draft:contextset->nodeset
           (left nodeset position+size var-binding)))
         (sxml:number
          (draft:contextset->nodeset
           (right nodeset position+size var-binding)))))
      (draft:na-max (cadr left-lst) (cadr right-lst))   ; num-ancestors
      #t     ; single-level? after this step
      (or (cadddr left-lst) (cadddr right-lst))  ; position-required?
      ddo:type-number
      (append (list-ref left-lst 5)   ; deep-predicates
              (list-ref right-lst 5))
      (list-ref right-lst 6)  ; vars2offsets for right part
      ))))

; {16} <UnionExpr> ::= (union-expr  <Expr> <Expr>+ )
; TECHNICAL NOTE: For implementing the union while supporting distinct document
; order, we need num-ancestors=#f for the arguments of the union-expr. This
; operation is time-consuming and should be avoided
(define (ddo:ast-union-expr op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (let ((expr-res-lst
         (ddo:foldr
          (lambda (expr init)
            (let ((expr-res
                   (if 
                    (or (null? init)  ; called for the first time
                        (not (car init)))                   
                    (ddo:ast-expr
                     expr num-anc  ; not necessarily all ancestors
                     single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
                    (ddo:ast-expr
                     expr #f single-level? pred-nesting
                     (list-ref (car init) 6)  ; vars2offsets from previous expr
                     ))))
              (cons
               (if
                (not (or (eq? (list-ref expr-res 4) ddo:type-nodeset)
                         (eq? (list-ref expr-res 4) ddo:type-any)))               
                (draft:signal-semantic-error
                 "expression to be unioned evaluates to a non-nodeset - "
                 expr)
                expr-res)
               init)))
          '()
          (cdr op))))
    (and
     (not (memv #f expr-res-lst))  ; error detected
     (let ((expr-impls (map car expr-res-lst)))
       (list
        (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
          (let rpt ((res '())
                    (fs expr-impls))
            (if
             (null? fs)
             res
             (let ((nset ((car fs) nodeset position+size var-binding)))
               (rpt
                (ddo:unite-2-contextsets 
                 res
                 (cond
                   ((not (nodeset? nset))
                    (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error
                     "expected - nodeset instead of " nset)
                    '())
                   (else nset)))
                (cdr fs))))))
        #f  ; num-ancestors
        #f     ; single-level? after this step
        (apply ddo:or (map cadddr expr-res-lst))  ; position-required?
        ddo:type-nodeset
        (apply append   ; deep-predicates
               (map
                (lambda (expr-res) (list-ref expr-res 5))
                expr-res-lst))
        (list-ref (car expr-res-lst) 6)  ; vars2offsets
        )))))

; {17} <PathExpr> ::= (path-expr  <FilterExpr> <Step>+ )
; TECHNICAL NOTE: To calculate 'single-level?', we need to process components
; in straight orger. To calculate 'num-anc', we need to process steps in
; reverse order. It is too expensive to make the 2 passes, that's why we
; consider single-level?=#f for steps
(define (ddo:ast-path-expr op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (and-let*
    ((steps-res (ddo:ast-step-list
                 (cddr op) num-anc
                 #f  ; consider single-level?=#f after FilterExpr
                 pred-nesting
                 vars2offsets))
     (filter-lst (ddo:ast-filter-expr
                  (cadr op)
                  (cadr steps-res)  ; num-ancestors
                  single-level?
                  pred-nesting
                  (list-ref steps-res 6)  ; vars2offsets from steps-list
                  )))
    (if
     (not (or (eq? (list-ref filter-lst 4) ddo:type-nodeset)
              (eq? (list-ref filter-lst 4) ddo:type-any)))
     (draft:signal-semantic-error
      "location steps are applied to a non-nodeset result - " (cadr op))
     (let ((init-impl (car filter-lst))
           (converters (car steps-res)))
       (list
        (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
          (let ((nset
                 (init-impl nodeset position+size var-binding)))
            (let rpt ((nset
                       (cond
                         ((nodeset? nset) nset)
                         (else
                          (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error 
                           "expected - nodeset instead of " nset)
                          '())))
                      (fs converters))
              (if (null? fs)
                  nset
                  (rpt ((car fs) nset position+size var-binding)
                       (cdr fs))))))
        (cadr filter-lst)  ; num-ancestors
        (cadddr steps-res)     ; single-level?, =#f in our assumption
        (cadddr filter-lst)  ; position-required?
        ddo:type-nodeset
        (append (list-ref filter-lst 5)   ; deep-predicates
                (list-ref steps-res 5))
        (list-ref filter-lst 6)  ; vars2offsets from filter-lst
        )))))

; {18} <FilterExpr> ::= (filter-expr (primary-expr  <Expr> )
;                                    <Predicate>* )
(define (ddo:ast-filter-expr op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (cond
    ((not (eq? (car op) 'filter-expr))
     (draft:signal-semantic-error "not an FilterExpr - " op))
    ((not (eq? (caadr op) 'primary-expr))
     (draft:signal-semantic-error "not an PrimaryExpr - " (cadr op)))
    ((null? (cddr op))  ; no Predicates
     (ddo:ast-expr (cadadr op) num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets))
    ((and (null? (cdddr op))   ; a single predicate
          (ddo:check-special-predicate (caddr op)))
     => (lambda (special-pred-impl)          
          (and-let*
           ((expr-lst (ddo:ast-expr
                       (cadadr op)
                       num-anc   ; special predicate doesn't require ancestors
                       single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)))
           (list
            (ddo:filter-expr-special-predicate
             (car expr-lst) special-pred-impl)
            (cadr expr-lst)  ; num-ancestors
            (caddr expr-lst)  ; single-level? after this step
            (cadddr expr-lst)  ; position-required?
            ddo:type-nodeset
            (list-ref expr-lst 5)  ; deep-predicates
            (list-ref expr-lst 6)  ; vars2offsets
            ))))
    (else   ; the general case
     (and-let*
       ((preds-res (ddo:ast-predicate-list
                    (cddr op) 0 #t (+ pred-nesting 1) vars2offsets))
        (expr-lst (ddo:ast-expr
                   (cadadr op)
                   (draft:na-max num-anc (cadr preds-res))  ; num-anc
                   single-level? pred-nesting
                   (list-ref preds-res 6)  ; vars2offsets from predicates
                   )))
       (if
        (not (or (eq? (list-ref expr-lst 4) ddo:type-nodeset)
                 (eq? (list-ref expr-lst 4) ddo:type-any)))
        (draft:signal-semantic-error
         "expression to be filtered evaluates to a non-nodeset - " (cadr op)) 
        (let ((expr-impl (car expr-lst))
              (pred-impl-lst (car preds-res)))
          (list
           (if
            (list-ref preds-res 3)  ; position required
            (ddo:filter-expr-general expr-impl pred-impl-lst)
            (ddo:filter-expr-non-pos expr-impl pred-impl-lst))
           (cadr expr-lst)  ; num-ancestors
           (caddr expr-lst)  ; single-level? after this step
           (cadddr expr-lst)  ; position-required?
           ddo:type-nodeset
           (append (list-ref expr-lst 5)   ; deep-predicates
                   (list-ref preds-res 5))
           (list-ref expr-lst 6)  ; vars2offsets from expr-lst
           )))))))

; {19} <VariableReference> ::= (variable-reference  <String> )
(define (ddo:ast-variable-reference
         op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (let ((name (string->symbol (cadr op))))
    (call-with-values
     (lambda ()
       (cond
         ((assq name (cdr vars2offsets))  ; this variable already in alist
          => (lambda (pair)
               (values (cdr pair) vars2offsets)))
         (else  ; this is a new variable
          (values (car vars2offsets)
                  (cons
                   (+ (car vars2offsets) 1)
                   (cons (cons name (car vars2offsets))      
                         (cdr vars2offsets)))))))
     (lambda (var-offset new-vars2offsets)
       (list
        (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding)
          (cond
            ((and (not (null? var-binding))
                  (eq? (caar var-binding) '*var-vector*))
             (vector-ref (cdar var-binding) var-offset))
            ; For backward compatibility
            ((assq name var-binding)
             => cdr)
            (else
             (sxml:xpointer-runtime-error "unbound variable - " name)
             '())))
        0
        #t  ; ATTENTION: in is not generally on the single-level
        #f
        ddo:type-any  ; type cannot be statically determined
        '()  ; deep-predicates    
        new-vars2offsets)))))

; {20} <Literal> ::= (literal  <String> )
(define (ddo:ast-literal op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (let ((literal (cadr op)))
    (list
     (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding) literal)
     0 #t #f ddo:type-string '() vars2offsets)))

; {21} <Number> :: (number  <Number> )
(define (ddo:ast-number op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (let ((number (cadr op)))
    (list
     (lambda (nodeset position+size var-binding) number)
     0 #t #f ddo:type-number '() vars2offsets)))

; {22} <FunctionCall> ::= (function-call (function-name  <String> )
;                                        (argument  <Expr> )* )
(define (ddo:ast-function-call
         op num-anc single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (let ((core-alist
         ; (list fun-name min-num-args max-num-args na4res impl
         ;       single-level? requires-position? expr-type)        
         `((last 0 0 0 ,draft:core-last
                 #t #t ,ddo:type-number)
           (position 0 0 0 ,draft:core-position
                     #t #t ,ddo:type-number)
           (count 1 1 0 ,draft:core-count
                  #t #f ,ddo:type-number)
           (id 1 1 #f ,draft:core-id
               #f #f ,ddo:type-nodeset)
           (local-name 0 1 0 ,draft:core-local-name
                       #t #f ,ddo:type-string)
           (namespace-uri 0 1 0 ,draft:core-namespace-uri
                          #t #f ,ddo:type-string)
           (name 0 1 0 ,draft:core-name
                 #t #f ,ddo:type-string)
           (string 0 1 0 ,draft:core-string
                   #t #f ,ddo:type-string)
           (concat 2 -1 0 ,draft:core-concat
                   #t #f ,ddo:type-string)
           (starts-with 2 2 0 ,draft:core-starts-with
                        #t #f ,ddo:type-boolean)
           (contains 2 2 0 ,draft:core-contains
                     #t #f ,ddo:type-boolean)
           (substring-before 2 2 0 ,draft:core-substring-before
                             #t #f ,ddo:type-boolean)
           (substring-after 2 2 0 ,draft:core-substring-after
                            #t #f ,ddo:type-boolean)
           (substring 2 3 0 ,draft:core-substring
                      #t #f ,ddo:type-boolean)
           (string-length 0 1 0 ,draft:core-string-length
                          #t #f ,ddo:type-number)
           (normalize-space 0 1 0 ,draft:core-normalize-space
                            #t #f ,ddo:type-string)
           (translate 3 3 0 ,draft:core-translate
                      #t #f ,ddo:type-string)
           (boolean 1 1 0 ,draft:core-boolean
                    #t #f ,ddo:type-boolean)
           (not 1 1 0 ,draft:core-not
                #t #f ,ddo:type-boolean)
           (true 0 0 0 ,draft:core-true
                 #t #f ,ddo:type-boolean)
           (false 0 0 0 ,draft:core-false
                  #t #f ,ddo:type-boolean)
           (lang 1 1 #f ,draft:core-lang
                 #t #f ,ddo:type-boolean)
           (number 0 1 0 ,draft:core-number
                   #t #f ,ddo:type-number)
           (sum 1 1 0 ,draft:core-sum
                #t #f ,ddo:type-number)
           (floor 1 1 0 ,draft:core-floor
                  #t #f ,ddo:type-number)
           (ceiling 1 1 0 ,draft:core-ceiling
                    #t #f ,ddo:type-number)
           (round 1 1 0 ,draft:core-round
                  #t #f ,ddo:type-number))))
    (cond
      ((not (eq? (caadr op) 'function-name))
       (draft:signal-semantic-error "not an FunctionName - " (cadr op)))
      ((assq (string->symbol (cadadr op)) core-alist)       
       => (lambda (description)  ; Core function found
            (cond
              ((< (length (cddr op)) (cadr description))
               (draft:signal-semantic-error
                "too few arguments for the Core Function call - "
                (cadadr op)))
              ((and (>= (caddr description) 0)
                    (> (length (cddr op)) (caddr description)))
               (draft:signal-semantic-error
                "too many arguments for the Core Function call - "
                (cadadr op)))
              (else  ; correct number of arguments
               (and-let*
                ((args-impl-lst (ddo:ast-function-arguments
                                 (cddr op)  ; list of arguments
                                 single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)))
                (list
                 ; Producing a function implementation
                 (apply (list-ref description 4)
                        num-anc
                        (map car args-impl-lst))
                 (apply  ; num-ancestors required for function
                  draft:na-max
                  (cons
                   (list-ref description 3)  ; from function description
                   (map cadr args-impl-lst)  ; from arguments
                   ))                    
                 (list-ref description 5)  ; single-level?
                 (or (list-ref description 6)  ; position-required?
                     (not (null?
                           (filter cadddr args-impl-lst))))
                 (list-ref description 7)  ; return type
                 (apply append   ; deep-predicates
                        (map
                         (lambda (arg-res) (list-ref arg-res 5))
                         args-impl-lst))
                 (if (null? args-impl-lst)  ; no arguments
                     vars2offsets
                     (list-ref (car args-impl-lst) 6))
                 ))))))
           (else  ; function definition not found
            (draft:signal-semantic-error
             "function call to an unknown function - " (cadadr op))))))

; {22a} ( (argument  <Expr> )* )
; na-lst - number of ancestors required for each of the arguments
; Returns:  #f  or
;  (listof
;    (list expr-impl num-anc single-level? requires-position? expr-type
;          deep-predicates vars2offsets))
; NOTE: In XPath Core Function Library, none of the function arguments
; is required to save any ancestors in the context
(define (ddo:ast-function-arguments
         op-lst single-level? pred-nesting vars2offsets)
  (let ((arg-res-lst
         (ddo:foldr
          (lambda (op init)            
            (cons
             (if
              (not (eq? (car op) 'argument))
              (draft:signal-semantic-error "not an Argument - " op)
              (ddo:ast-expr
               (cadr op) 0 single-level? pred-nesting
               (if (or (null? init)  ; called for the first time
                       (not (car init)))
                   vars2offsets
                   (list-ref (car init) 6)  ; vars2offsets from previous pred
                   )))
             init))
          '()
          op-lst)))
    (and
     (not (memv #f arg-res-lst))  ; semantic error detected
     arg-res-lst)))


;=========================================================================
; Highest level API functions
;
; procedure ddo:sxpath :: query [ns-binding] [num-ancestors] ->
;                          -> node-or-nodeset [var-binding] -> nodeset
; procedure ddo:txpath :: location-path [ns-binding] [num-ancestors] ->
;                          -> node-or-nodeset [var-binding] -> nodeset
;
; Polynomial-time XPath implementation with distinct document order support.
;
; The API is identical to the API of a context-based SXPath (here we even use
; API helpers from "xpath-context.scm"). For convenience, below we repeat
; comments for the API (borrowed from "xpath-context.scm").
;
; query - a query in SXPath native syntax
; location-path - XPath location path represented as a string
; ns-binding - declared namespace prefixes (an optional argument)
;  ns-binding ::= (listof (prefix . uri))
;  prefix - a symbol
;  uri - a string
; num-ancestors - number of ancestors required for resulting nodeset. Can
;  generally be omitted and is than defaulted to 0, which denotes a
;  _conventional_  nodeset. If a negative number, this signals that all
;  ancestors should be remembered in the context.
;
; Returns: (lambda (node-or-nodeset . var-binding) ...)
; var-binding - XPath variable bindings (an optional argument)
;  var-binding = (listof (var-name . value))
;  var-name - (a symbol) a name of a variable
;  value - its value. The value can have the following type: boolean, number,
;  string, nodeset. NOTE: a node must be represented as a singleton nodeset.
;
; The result of applying the latter lambda to an SXML node or nodeset is the
; result of evaluating the query / location-path for that node / nodeset.

; Helper for constructing several highest-level API functions
; ns+na - can contain 'ns-binding' and/or 'num-ancestors' and/or none of them
(define (ddo:api-helper grammar-parser ast-parser)
  (lambda (xpath-string . ns+na)
    (call-with-values
     (lambda () (draft:arglist->ns+na ns+na))
     (lambda (ns-binding num-anc)
       (and-let*
        ((ast (grammar-parser xpath-string ns-binding))
         (impl-lst (ast-parser ast num-anc
                               #t  ; we suppose single-level?=#t for src
                               0  ; predicate nesting is zero
                               '(0)  ; initial vars2offsets
                               )))
        (let ((impl-lambda
               (if
                (and num-anc (zero? num-anc))
                (let ((impl-car (car impl-lst)))
                  (lambda (node position+size var-binding)
                    (draft:contextset->nodeset
                     (impl-car node position+size var-binding))))                
                (car impl-lst))))
          (lambda (node . var-binding)   ; common implementation
            (impl-lambda
             (as-nodeset node)
             (cons 1 1)
             (ddo:add-vector-to-var-binding
              (list-ref impl-lst 6)  ; vars2offsets
              (reverse  ; deep-predicates: need to reverse
               (list-ref impl-lst 5))
              node
              (if (null? var-binding) var-binding (car var-binding)))))))))))

(define ddo:txpath (ddo:api-helper txp:xpath->ast ddo:ast-location-path))
(define ddo:xpath-expr (ddo:api-helper txp:expr->ast ddo:ast-expr))
(define ddo:sxpath (ddo:api-helper txp:sxpath->ast ddo:ast-expr))

(provide (all-defined)))