[inspect] Add diff mode

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 - [#348](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/orchard/pull/348): Inspector: display length of inspected strings.
 - [#348](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/orchard/pull/348): Inspector: display class flags.
 - [#349](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/orchard/pull/349): Inspector: add ability to sort maps by key.
+- [#350](https://github.com/clojure-emacs/orchard/pull/350): Inspector: add diff mode and `orchard.inspect/diff`.
 
 ## 0.35.0 (2025-05-28)
 

src/orchard/inspect.clj

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
    [orchard.print :as print])
   (:import
    (java.lang.reflect Constructor Field Method Modifier)
-   (java.util Arrays List Map)))
+   (java.util Arrays List Map)
+   (orchard.print Diff DiffColl)))
 
 ;;
 ;; Navigating Inspector State
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
    :display-analytics-hint nil
    :analytics-size-cutoff  100000
    :sort-maps false
+   :only-diff false
    :pretty-print false})
 
 (defn- reset-render-state [inspector]
@@ -1038,6 +1040,27 @@
         (unindent)
         (unindent))))
 
+(defmethod inspect DiffColl [{:keys [only-diff] :as inspector} ^DiffColl obj]
+  (let [val (cond-> (.coll obj)
+              only-diff print/diff-coll-hide-equal-items)]
+    (-> inspector
+        (render-class-name val)
+        (render-counted-length val)
+        (render-section-header "Diff contents")
+        (indent)
+        (render-value-maybe-expand val)
+        (unindent))))
+
+(defmethod inspect Diff [inspector ^Diff obj]
+  (let [d1 (.d1 obj), d2 (.d2 obj)]
+    (-> inspector
+        (render-class-name obj)
+        (render-section-header "Diff")
+        (indent)
+        (render-labeled-value " Left" d1)
+        (render-labeled-value "Right" d2)
+        (unindent))))
+
 (defn ns-refers-by-ns [^clojure.lang.Namespace ns]
   (group-by (fn [^clojure.lang.Var v] (.ns v))
             (map val (ns-refers ns))))
@@ -1086,15 +1109,21 @@
           (unindent))
       inspector)))
 
-(defn render-view-mode [{:keys [value view-mode pretty-print] :as inspector}]
+(defn render-view-mode [{:keys [value view-mode pretty-print sort-maps only-diff] :as inspector}]
   (if (some? value)
     (let [supported (filter #(view-mode-supported? inspector %) view-mode-order)
           add-circle #(if %2 (str "●" %1) %1)
+          diff? (print/diff-result? value)
           view-mode-str (str (->> supported
                                   (map #(add-circle (name %) (= % view-mode)))
                                   (str/join " "))
-                             " " (add-circle "pretty" pretty-print))]
-      (-> (render-section-header inspector "View mode (press 'v' to cycle, 'P' to pretty-print)")
+                             " " (add-circle "pretty" pretty-print)
+                             " " (add-circle "sort-maps" sort-maps)
+                             (when diff?
+                               (str " " (add-circle "only-diff" only-diff))))
+          caption (format "View mode (press 'v' to cycle, 'P' to pretty-print, 'S' to sort maps%s)"
+                          (if diff? ", 'D' to show only diffs" ""))]
+      (-> (render-section-header inspector caption)
           (indent)
           (render-indent view-mode-str)
           (unindent)))
@@ -1104,10 +1133,12 @@
   (seq (persistent! rendered)))
 
 (defn inspect-render
-  ([{:keys [max-atom-length max-value-length max-coll-size max-nested-depth value pretty-print]
+  ([{:keys [max-atom-length max-value-length max-coll-size max-nested-depth value
+            pretty-print only-diff]
      :as inspector}]
    (binding [print/*max-atom-length*  max-atom-length
              print/*max-total-length* max-value-length
+             print/*coll-show-only-diff* (boolean only-diff)
              *print-length*           max-coll-size
              *print-level*            (cond-> max-nested-depth
                                         ;; In pretty mode a higher *print-level*
@@ -1141,12 +1172,25 @@
          (assoc :view-mode (first (supported-view-modes inspector)))
          inspect-render))))
 
-(defn ^:deprecated clear
-  "If necessary, use `(start inspector nil) instead.`"
-  [inspector]
-  (start inspector nil))
-
-(defn ^:deprecated fresh
-  "If necessary, use `(start nil)` instead."
-  []
-  (start nil))
+(defn diff
+  "Perform a recursive diff on two values and return a structure suitable to be
+  viewed with the inspector."
+  [d1 d2]
+  (cond (= d1 d2) d1
+        (not= (class d1) (class d2)) (print/->Diff d1 d2)
+
+        (and (sequential? d1) (sequential? d2))
+        (let [n (max (count d1) (count d2))]
+          (->> (mapv #(diff (nth d1 % print/nothing) (nth d2 % print/nothing))
+                     (range n))
+               print/->DiffColl))
+
+        (and (map? d1) (map? d2))
+        (print/->DiffColl
+         (->> (concat (keys d1) (keys d2))
+              distinct
+              (mapv (fn [k]
+                      [k (diff (get d1 k print/nothing) (get d2 k print/nothing))]))
+              (into {})))
+
+        :else (print/->Diff d1 d2)))

src/orchard/pp.clj

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
   (:require [clojure.string :as str]
             [orchard.print :as print])
   (:import (mx.cider.orchard TruncatingStringWriter
-                             TruncatingStringWriter$TotalLimitExceeded)))
+                             TruncatingStringWriter$TotalLimitExceeded)
+           (orchard.print DiffColl)))
 
 (defn ^:private strip-ns
   "Given a (presumably qualified) ident, return an unqualified version
@@ -317,10 +318,18 @@
       (do
         (write writer reader-macro)
         (-pprint (second this) writer
-                 (update opts :indentation
-                         (fn [indentation] (str indentation " "))))))
+                 (update opts :indentation str " "))))
     (-pprint-coll this writer opts)))
 
+(defn ^:private -pprint-diff-coll
+  [^DiffColl this writer opts]
+  (if (meets-print-level? (:level opts))
+    (write writer "#")
+    (let [coll (cond-> (.coll this)
+                 print/*coll-show-only-diff* print/diff-coll-hide-equal-items)]
+      (write writer "#≠")
+      (-pprint coll writer (update opts :indentation str "  ")))))
+
 (extend-protocol PrettyPrintable
   nil
   (-pprint [_ writer _]
@@ -350,6 +359,10 @@
   (-pprint [this writer opts]
     (-pprint-coll (or (seq this) ()) writer opts))
 
+  DiffColl
+  (-pprint [this writer opts]
+    (-pprint-diff-coll this writer opts))
+
   Object
   (-pprint [this writer opts]
     (if (array? this)

src/orchard/print.clj

@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
   "Maximum total size of the resulting string."
   Integer/MAX_VALUE)
 
+(def ^:dynamic *coll-show-only-diff*
+  "When displaying collection diffs, whether to hide matching values."
+  false)
+
 (defn- print-coll-item
   "Print an item in the context of a collection. When printing a map, don't print
   `[]` characters around map entries."
@@ -218,6 +222,41 @@
     (print (str first-frame) w))
   (.write w "]"))
 
+;;;; Diffing support. Used for orchard.inspect/diff.
+
+(deftype Diff [d1 d2])
+(deftype DiffColl [coll]) ;; For collections that contain diff elements.
+(deftype Nothing []) ;; To represent absent value.
+(def nothing (->Nothing))
+
+(defn diff-result?
+  "Return true if the object represents a diff result."
+  [x]
+  (or (instance? Diff x) (instance? DiffColl x)))
+
+(defn diff-coll-hide-equal-items [coll]
+  (cond (map? coll) (into {} (filter (fn [[_ v]] (diff-result? v))
+                                     coll))
+        (sequential? coll) (mapv #(if (diff-result? %) % nothing)
+                                 coll)
+        :else coll))
+
+(defmethod print DiffColl [^DiffColl x, ^Writer w]
+  (let [coll (cond-> (.coll x)
+               *coll-show-only-diff* diff-coll-hide-equal-items)]
+    (.write w "#≠")
+    (print coll w)))
+
+(defmethod print Diff [^Diff x, ^Writer w]
+  (let [d1 (.d1 x), d2 (.d2 x)]
+    (.write w "#±[")
+    (print d1 w)
+    (.write w " ~~ ")
+    (print d2 w)
+    (.write w "]")))
+
+(defmethod print Nothing [_ _])
+
 (defmethod print :default [^Object x, ^Writer w]
   (print-method x w))