Status channel in Grow()

grow/cli/main.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import "math/rand"
 import "os"
 import "time"
 
+import "github.com/firestuff/subcoding/asm"
 import "github.com/firestuff/subcoding/grow"
 
 func main() {
@@ -28,8 +29,31 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	_, err = def.Grow()
+	statusChan := make(chan grow.Status)
+
+	go func() {
+		_, err = def.Grow(statusChan)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
+	}()
+
+	for {
+		status, ok := <-statusChan
+
+		if !ok {
+			break
+		}
+
+		if status.BestProgram == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		src, err := asm.Disassemble(status.BestProgram)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		log.Printf("New best score %d / %d (after %d attempts):\n%s", status.BestScore, status.TargetScore, status.Attempts, src)
+	}
 }

grow/grow.go

@@ -1,44 +1,47 @@
 package grow
 
-import "log"
-
-import "github.com/firestuff/subcoding/asm"
 import "github.com/firestuff/subcoding/gen"
 import "github.com/firestuff/subcoding/vm"
 
-func (def *Definition) Grow() (*vm.Program, error) {
+func (def *Definition) Grow(statusChan chan<- Status) (*vm.Program, error) {
-	high_score := 0
+	status := Status{
+		TargetScore: uint64(len(def.Samples)),
+	}
 
-	log.Print("Starting grow run...")
+	if statusChan != nil {
+		statusChan <- status
+	}
 
 	// TODO: Score should be number of output criteria, not number of Samples
-	for progs := 0; ; progs++ {
+	for {
+		status.Attempts++
+
 		prog := gen.RandProgram(def.GlobalMemorySize, def.FunctionMemorySize, def.InstructionLimit)
 
 		score, err := def.Score(prog)
 		if err != nil {
+			close(statusChan)
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		if score > high_score {
+		if score > status.BestScore {
-			high_score = score
+			status.BestScore = score
+			status.BestProgram = prog
 
-			src, err := asm.Disassemble(prog)
+			if statusChan != nil {
-			if err != nil {
+				statusChan <- status
-				return nil, err
 			}
 
-			log.Printf("New high score %d / %d (after %d attempts):\n%s", high_score, len(def.Samples), progs, src)
+			if status.BestScore == status.TargetScore {
-
+				close(statusChan)
-			if score == len(def.Samples) {
 				return prog, nil
 			}
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-func (def *Definition) Score(prog *vm.Program) (int, error) {
+func (def *Definition) Score(prog *vm.Program) (uint64, error) {
-	score := 0
+	score := uint64(0)
 
 	for _, sample := range def.Samples {
 		state, err := vm.NewState(prog)

grow/status.go

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package grow
+
+import "github.com/firestuff/subcoding/vm"
+
+type Status struct {
+	TargetScore uint64
+
+	Attempts uint64
+
+	BestScore   uint64
+	BestProgram *vm.Program
+}