day7: clean up a bit and add comments

Signed-off-by: Amneesh Singh <natto@weirdnatto.in>

day7'.hs

@@ -22,32 +22,34 @@ main = do
       )
       tree
 
+type Filesystem = Tree (String, Int)
+
 tail' :: [a] -> [a]
 tail' = drop 1
 
-emptyFs :: String -> Tree (String, Int)
+emptyFs :: String -> Filesystem
 emptyFs n = Node (n, 0) []
 
-insertFs :: Tree (String, Int) -> String -> Tree (String, Int) -> Tree (String, Int)
+insertFs :: Filesystem -> String -> Filesystem -> Filesystem
 insertFs (Node n xs) name dir = Node (fst n, snd n + snd (rootLabel dir)) (dir : xs)
 
-totalSize :: [Tree (String, Int)] -> Int
+totalSize :: [Filesystem] -> Int
 totalSize = sum . map (snd . rootLabel)
 
-ls :: [[String]] -> [Tree (String, Int)]
+ls :: [[String]] -> [Filesystem]
 ls = map (\[a, b] -> Node (b, read a) []) . filter ((/= "dir") . head)
 
-parse :: [[String]] -> Tree (String, Int) -> Tree (String, Int)
+parse :: [[String]] -> Filesystem -> Filesystem
 parse input fs = snd $ parse' input fs
 
-parse' :: [[String]] -> Tree (String, Int) -> ([[String]], Tree (String, Int))
+parse' :: [[String]] -> Filesystem -> ([[String]], Filesystem)
 parse' input fs
-  | null input || cur !! 1 == "cd" && cur !! 2 == ".." = (tail' input, fs)
+  | null input || cur == ["$", "cd", ".."] = (tail' input, fs)
-  | cur !! 1 == "ls" =
+  | cur == ["$", "ls"] =
     let (children, rest) = span ((/= "$") . head) (tail' input)
-        childFs = ls children
+        leaves = ls children
         name = fst $ rootLabel fs
-     in parse' rest (Node (name, totalSize childFs) childFs)
+     in parse' rest (Node (name, totalSize leaves) leaves)
   | otherwise =
     let name = cur !! 2
         (nextInput, newFs) = parse' (tail' input) (emptyFs name)

day7.hs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import Data.Tree
 
 -- this solution assumes that empty directories can exist,
--- if you want to ignore that, there is a slightly more compact code as day7'.hs
+-- if you want to ignore that, there is a slightly different code in day7'.hs
 -- needs cleaning and improvement
 
 main :: IO ()
@@ -26,36 +26,46 @@ main = do
       )
       tree
 
+type Filesystem = Tree (String, Int)
+
 tail' :: [a] -> [a]
 tail' = drop 1
 
-emptyFs :: String -> Tree (String, Int)
+-- wrapper to create an empty tree
+emptyFs :: String -> Filesystem
 emptyFs n = Node (n, 0) []
 
-replaceFs :: Tree (String, Int) -> String -> Tree (String, Int) -> Tree (String, Int)
+-- This function is to replace a filesystem by name
+-- Used to replace empty directories with parsed directories in code
+replaceFs :: Filesystem -> String -> Filesystem -> Filesystem
 replaceFs (Node n xs) name fs =
   let (h, t) = span ((/= name) . fst . rootLabel) xs
    in Node
         (fst n, snd n + snd (rootLabel fs))
         (h ++ [fs] ++ tail' t)
 
-totalSize :: [Tree (String, Int)] -> Int
+-- Sum of all filesystems in the list
+-- Used to calculate sum of leaves in code
+totalSize :: [Filesystem] -> Int
 totalSize = sum . map (snd . rootLabel)
 
-ls :: [[String]] -> [Tree (String, Int)]
+-- All directories/files are parsed here into leaves
+ls :: [[String]] -> [Filesystem]
 ls = map (\[a, b] -> if a == "dir" then Node (b, 0) [] else Node (b, read a) [])
 
-parse :: [[String]] -> Tree (String, Int) -> Tree (String, Int)
+-- just a wrapper to apply snd
+parse :: [[String]] -> Filesystem -> Filesystem
 parse input fs = snd $ parse' input fs
 
-parse' :: [[String]] -> Tree (String, Int) -> ([[String]], Tree (String, Int))
+-- main function where stuff happens
+parse' :: [[String]] -> Filesystem -> ([[String]], Filesystem)
 parse' input fs
-  | null input || cur !! 1 == "cd" && cur !! 2 == ".." = (tail' input, fs)
+  | null input || cur == ["$", "cd", ".."] = (tail' input, fs)
-  | cur !! 1 == "ls" =
+  | cur == ["$", "ls"] =
     let (children, rest) = span ((/= "$") . head) (tail' input)
-        childFs = ls children
+        leaves = ls children
         name = fst $ rootLabel fs
-     in parse' rest (Node (name, totalSize childFs) childFs)
+     in parse' rest (Node (name, totalSize leaves) leaves)
   | otherwise =
     let name = cur !! 2
         (nextInput, newFs) = parse' (tail' input) (emptyFs name)