Improved state structure

examples/hello_world.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,17 @@ pub fn main() {
 #[component]
 fn App(cx: &Arc<Context>) -> View {
     rsx! {
-        "Hello World"
+        Card { content: "Hello World".to_string() }
+    }
+    .view(&cx)
+}
+
+#[component]
+fn Card(cx: &Arc<Context>, content: String) -> View {
+    let bar = "-".repeat(content.len());
+
+    rsx! {
+        "{bar}\n{content}\n{bar}"
     }
     .view(&cx)
 }

macros/src/emit.rs

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fn emit_deps(deps: &[Dep]) -> TokenStream {
 
 /// Emits a Vec of dependencies as HookDependency trait objects
 fn emit_deps_vec(deps: &[Dep]) -> TokenStream {
-    let deps = deps.iter().map(|d| {
+    let deps = deps.iter().filter(|d| d.is_dep).map(|d| {
         let ident = &d.ident;
 
         quote! {
@@ -54,9 +54,12 @@ fn emit_deps_vec(deps: &[Dep]) -> TokenStream {
 /// Emits code for a single node within a scope
 fn emit_node_scope(node: &RsxNode) -> TokenStream {
     match node {
-        RsxNode::Text(_) => {
+        RsxNode::Text { deps, .. } => {
             let emit = emit_node(node);
+            let deps_emit = emit_deps(deps);
+
             quote! {
+                #deps_emit
                 r.static_scope(move |scope| {#emit});
             }
         }
@@ -129,11 +132,16 @@ fn emit_node_scope(node: &RsxNode) -> TokenStream {
 
 fn emit_node(node: &RsxNode) -> TokenStream {
     match node {
-        RsxNode::Text(text) => quote! {
-            scope.view(Arc::new(move |ctx| {
-                ctx.draw_text(Point { x: 0, y: 0 }, &format!(#text))
-            }));
-        },
+        RsxNode::Text { text, deps } => {
+            let deps_emit = emit_deps(deps);
+
+            quote! {
+                scope.view(Arc::new({
+                    #deps_emit
+                    move |ctx| ctx.draw_text(Point { x: 0, y: 0 }, &format!(#text))
+                }));
+            }
+        }
 
         RsxNode::Component {
             path,

macros/src/parse.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 //!
 //! Parses RSX syntax into an AST that can be emitted as Rust code.
 
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+
+use proc_macro2::Span;
 use syn::braced;
 use syn::parse::discouraged::Speculative;
 use syn::{
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ pub struct RsxProp {
 /// AST node representing different RSX constructs
 pub enum RsxNode {
     /// String literal: `"text"`
-    Text(LitStr),
+    Text { text: LitStr, deps: Vec<Dep> },
     /// Expression node: `{expr}`
     Expr(Expr),
     /// Component instantiation: `Component { prop: value, ... }`
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ pub enum RsxNode {
 pub struct Dep {
     pub ident: Ident,
     pub pat: Option<Pat>,
+    pub is_dep: bool,
 }
 
 fn parse_deps(input: ParseStream) -> Result<Vec<Dep>> {
@@ -84,7 +88,15 @@ fn parse_deps(input: ParseStream) -> Result<Vec<Dep>> {
     if input.peek(Token![%]) {
         input.parse::<Token![%]>()?;
         loop {
+            let is_ref = if input.peek(Token![ref]) {
+                input.parse::<Token![ref]>()?;
+                true
+            } else {
+                false
+            };
+
             let ident: Ident = input.parse()?;
+
             let pat = if input.peek(Token![as]) {
                 input.parse::<Token![as]>()?;
                 // Patterns in syn 2.0 are parsed via `Pat::parse_multi`
@@ -94,7 +106,11 @@ fn parse_deps(input: ParseStream) -> Result<Vec<Dep>> {
                 None
             };
 
-            deps.push(Dep { ident, pat });
+            deps.push(Dep {
+                ident,
+                pat,
+                is_dep: !is_ref,
+            });
 
             if !input.peek(Token![,]) {
                 break;
@@ -161,7 +177,22 @@ impl Parse for RsxNode {
 
         // "%$dep for $pat in $expr { $rsx }"
         if input.peek(LitStr) {
-            return Ok(RsxNode::Text(input.parse()?));
+            let text = input.parse()?;
+
+            let mut deps = deps;
+
+            deps.append(
+                &mut extract_vars_from_lit(&text)
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|ident| Dep {
+                        ident,
+                        pat: None,
+                        is_dep: false,
+                    })
+                    .collect(),
+            );
+
+            return Ok(RsxNode::Text { text, deps });
         }
 
         parse_component_invocation(input)
@@ -239,3 +270,37 @@ fn parse_children(input: ParseStream) -> Result<Vec<RsxNode>> {
     }
     Ok(nodes)
 }
+
+fn extract_vars_from_lit(lit: &LitStr) -> HashSet<Ident> {
+    let s = lit.value();
+    let mut vars = HashSet::new();
+
+    let mut chars = s.chars().peekable();
+    while let Some(c) = chars.next() {
+        if c == '{' {
+            // skip escaped {{
+            if chars.peek() == Some(&'{') {
+                chars.next();
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            let mut name = String::new();
+            while let Some(&ch) = chars.peek() {
+                chars.next();
+                if ch == '}' {
+                    break;
+                }
+                name.push(ch);
+            }
+
+            if !name.is_empty() {
+                vars.insert(Ident::new(
+                    &name.split_once(':').unwrap_or((&name, &name)).0,
+                    Span::call_site(),
+                ));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    vars
+}

src/component/context.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use crate::{
     component::EventHandler,
     engine::{Command, CommandExecutor},
     render::DrawContext,
-    state::{use_effect, HookDependency},
+    hooks::{use_effect, HookDependency},
     View,
 };
 

src/frontend.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::component::{context::Context, scope::Scope};
-use crate::{render::Point, state::HookDependency, View};
+use crate::{render::Point, hooks::HookDependency, View};
 
 /// Trait for converting values to RSX
 pub trait ToRsx {

src/hooks/effect.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+//! # Effect hooks module
+//!
+//! Provides React-like use_effect hooks for managing effects.
+//! This module includes use_effect and use_sync_effect.
+
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+use super::{state::State, HookDependency, HookEffect};
+use crate::component::context::Context;
+
+/// Executes a function when dependencies change
+///
+/// Similar to React's useEffect. The provided function is executed
+/// when any of the dependencies change.
+pub fn use_effect<F: FnMut() + Send + Sync + 'static>(f: F, dependencies: &[&dyn HookDependency]) {
+    let f = Arc::new(Mutex::new(f));
+    let hook = HookEffect(Arc::new(Mutex::new({
+        let f = f.clone();
+        move || {
+            let f = f.clone();
+            std::thread::spawn(move || (f.lock().unwrap())());
+        }
+    })));
+
+    for d in dependencies {
+        d.on_update(hook.clone());
+    }
+}
+
+/// Synchronizes state changes back to the context as events
+///
+/// Creates an effect that emits an event whenever the state changes.
+/// The encoder function converts state values to events.
+pub fn use_sync_effect<
+    T: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    Ev: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    E: Fn(&State<T>) -> Ev + Send + Sync + 'static,
+>(
+    cx: &Arc<Context>,
+    state: &State<T>,
+    encoder: E,
+    deps: &[&dyn HookDependency],
+) {
+    use_effect(
+        {
+            let state = state.clone();
+            let cx = cx.clone();
+            move || {
+                let ev = encoder(&state);
+                cx.emit_event(ev);
+            }
+        },
+        deps,
+    );
+}

src/hooks/mod.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+//! # State Management and Hooks Module
+//!
+//! Provides React-like hooks for managing component state and side effects.
+//! This module includes useState, useEffect, useMount, and state synchronization hooks.
+
+use std::{
+    fmt::{Debug, Formatter, Result as FmtResult},
+    sync::{Arc, Mutex},
+};
+
+mod effect;
+mod mount;
+mod state;
+pub use effect::*;
+pub use mount::*;
+pub use state::*;
+
+/// Effect callback that can be triggered by state changes
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct HookEffect(Arc<Mutex<dyn FnMut() + Send + Sync>>);
+
+/// Trait for values that can be tracked as dependencies in hooks
+pub trait HookDependency: Send + Sync {
+    /// Register an effect to be triggered on updates
+    fn on_update(&self, hook: HookEffect);
+}
+
+impl HookEffect {
+    /// Creates a new effect from a function
+    pub fn new<F: Fn() + Send + Sync + 'static>(f: F) -> Self {
+        Self(Arc::new(Mutex::new(f)))
+    }
+
+    /// Executes the effect function
+    pub fn call(&self) {
+        (self.0.lock().unwrap())()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Debug for HookEffect {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> FmtResult {
+        write!(f, "HookEffect")
+    }
+}

src/hooks/mount.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+//! # Mount hooks module
+//!
+//! Provides React-like Mount hooks for managing effects.
+//! This module includes Mount, use_mount and use_mount_manual.
+
+use std::{
+    fmt::Debug,
+    sync::{Arc, Mutex},
+};
+
+use super::{HookDependency, HookEffect};
+
+/// Mount lifecycle hook
+///
+/// Tracks whether a component has been mounted and executes
+/// any pending mount effects.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Mount(Arc<Mutex<bool>>, Arc<Mutex<Vec<HookEffect>>>);
+
+/// Creates a mount lifecycle hook
+///
+/// Returns a Mount that tracks component lifecycle and executes
+/// effects after mounting.
+pub fn use_mount() -> Mount {
+    Mount(Arc::new(Mutex::new(true)), Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new())))
+}
+
+/// Creates a manual mount lifecycle hook
+///
+/// Similar to use_mount but the component starts as unmounted.
+/// Must call .mount() to trigger mounted effects.
+pub fn use_mount_manual() -> Mount {
+    Mount(
+        Arc::new(Mutex::new(false)),
+        Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new())),
+    )
+}
+
+impl HookDependency for Mount {
+    fn on_update(&self, hook: HookEffect) {
+        if *self.0.lock().unwrap() {
+            hook.call();
+        } else {
+            self.1.lock().unwrap().push(hook);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Mount {
+    /// Mark the component as mounted and execute pending effects
+    pub fn mount(&self) {
+        *self.0.lock().unwrap() = true;
+        for hook_effect in self.1.lock().unwrap().iter() {
+            hook_effect.call();
+        }
+        self.1.lock().unwrap().clear();
+    }
+}

src/hooks/state.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-//! # State Management Module
+//! # State hooks module
 //!
-//! Provides React-like hooks for managing component state and side effects.
-//! This module includes useState, useEffect, useMount, and state synchronization hooks.
+//! Provides React-like use_state hooks for managing states.
+//! This module includes use_state and use_sync_state.
 
 use std::{
     any::Any,
@@ -10,12 +10,9 @@ use std::{
     sync::{Arc, Mutex, MutexGuard},
 };
 
+use super::{HookDependency, HookEffect};
 use crate::component::context::Context;
 
-/// Effect callback that can be triggered by state changes
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct HookEffect(Arc<Mutex<dyn FnMut() + Send + Sync>>);
-
 /// State holder for reactive values
 ///
 /// Similar to React's useState hook. Holds a value and tracks dependents
@@ -38,23 +35,6 @@ pub struct Inner<'a, T> {
     updated: bool,
 }
 
-/// Mount lifecycle hook
-///
-/// Tracks whether a component has been mounted and executes
-/// any pending mount effects.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct Mount(Arc<Mutex<bool>>, Arc<Mutex<Vec<HookEffect>>>);
-
-/// Creates a new state value
-///
-/// Returns a State that can be read and written from multiple threads.
-pub fn use_state<T>(v: T) -> State<T> {
-    State {
-        value: Arc::new(Mutex::new(v)),
-        dependents: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new())),
-    }
-}
-
 impl<T: Clone> State<T> {
     /// Gets a cloned copy of the state value
     ///
@@ -106,24 +86,6 @@ impl<T: Display> Display for State<T> {
     }
 }
 
-impl Debug for HookEffect {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> FmtResult {
-        write!(f, "HookEffect")
-    }
-}
-
-impl HookEffect {
-    /// Creates a new effect from a function
-    pub fn new<F: Fn() + Send + Sync + 'static>(f: F) -> Self {
-        Self(Arc::new(Mutex::new(f)))
-    }
-
-    /// Executes the effect function
-    pub fn call(&self) {
-        (self.0.lock().unwrap())()
-    }
-}
-
 /// Inner implements Deref for read access and DerefMut for write access
 /// On drop after mutation, automatically triggers dependent effects
 impl<T> Drop for Inner<'_, T> {
@@ -150,77 +112,12 @@ impl<T> DerefMut for Inner<'_, T> {
     }
 }
 
-/// Trait for values that can be tracked as dependencies in hooks
-pub trait HookDependency: Send + Sync {
-    /// Register an effect to be triggered on updates
-    fn on_update(&self, hook: HookEffect);
-}
-
 impl<T: Send + Sync> HookDependency for State<T> {
     fn on_update(&self, hook: HookEffect) {
         self.dependents.lock().unwrap().push(hook);
     }
 }
 
-impl HookDependency for Mount {
-    fn on_update(&self, hook: HookEffect) {
-        if *self.0.lock().unwrap() {
-            hook.call();
-        } else {
-            self.1.lock().unwrap().push(hook);
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Mount {
-    /// Mark the component as mounted and execute pending effects
-    pub fn mount(&self) {
-        *self.0.lock().unwrap() = true;
-        for hook_effect in self.1.lock().unwrap().iter() {
-            hook_effect.call();
-        }
-        self.1.lock().unwrap().clear();
-    }
-}
-
-/// Executes a function when dependencies change
-///
-/// Similar to React's useEffect. The provided function is executed
-/// when any of the dependencies change.
-pub fn use_effect<F: FnMut() + Send + Sync + 'static>(f: F, dependencies: &[&dyn HookDependency]) {
-    let f = Arc::new(Mutex::new(f));
-    let hook = HookEffect(Arc::new(Mutex::new({
-        let f = f.clone();
-        move || {
-            let f = f.clone();
-            std::thread::spawn(move || (f.lock().unwrap())());
-        }
-    })));
-
-    for d in dependencies {
-        d.on_update(hook.clone());
-    }
-}
-
-/// Creates a mount lifecycle hook
-///
-/// Returns a Mount that tracks component lifecycle and executes
-/// effects after mounting.
-pub fn use_mount() -> Mount {
-    Mount(Arc::new(Mutex::new(true)), Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new())))
-}
-
-/// Creates a manual mount lifecycle hook
-///
-/// Similar to use_mount but the component starts as unmounted.
-/// Must call .mount() to trigger mounted effects.
-pub fn use_mount_manual() -> Mount {
-    Mount(
-        Arc::new(Mutex::new(false)),
-        Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new())),
-    )
-}
-
 /// Synchronizes state with events from the context
 ///
 /// Creates state that is automatically updated when events are emitted
@@ -244,29 +141,12 @@ pub fn use_sync_state<
     state
 }
 
-/// Synchronizes state changes back to the context as events
+/// Creates a new state value
 ///
-/// Creates an effect that emits an event whenever the state changes.
-/// The encoder function converts state values to events.
-pub fn use_sync_effect<
-    T: Send + Sync + 'static,
-    Ev: Send + Sync + 'static,
-    E: Fn(&State<T>) -> Ev + Send + Sync + 'static,
->(
-    cx: &Arc<Context>,
-    state: &State<T>,
-    encoder: E,
-    deps: &[&dyn HookDependency],
-) {
-    use_effect(
-        {
-            let state = state.clone();
-            let cx = cx.clone();
-            move || {
-                let ev = encoder(&state);
-                cx.emit_event(ev);
-            }
-        },
-        deps,
-    );
+/// Returns a State that can be read and written from multiple threads.
+pub fn use_state<T>(v: T) -> State<T> {
+    State {
+        value: Arc::new(Mutex::new(v)),
+        dependents: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new())),
+    }
 }

src/lib.rs

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub mod component;
 pub mod engine;
 pub mod frontend;
 pub mod render;
-pub mod state;
+pub mod hooks;
 
 pub mod prelude {
     //! Prelude module - Re-exports commonly used items for convenience
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub mod prelude {
     pub use crate::engine::*;
     pub use crate::frontend::*;
     pub use crate::render::*;
-    pub use crate::state::*;
+    pub use crate::hooks::*;
     pub use crate::{sleep, Error, Result, View, ViewWrapper};
     pub use crossterm;
     pub use osui_macros::{component, rsx};