7 ;;; (c) 2005 Mark Wooding
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29 (defpackage #:mdw.base
31 (:export #:unsigned-fixnum
34 #:stringify #:mappend #:listify #:fix-pair #:pairify #:parse-body
37 #:nlet #:while #:until #:case2 #:ecase2 #:setf-default
38 #:with-gensyms #:let*/gensyms #:with-places
39 #:locp #:locf #:ref #:with-locatives
40 #:update-place #:update-place-after
41 #:incf-after #:decf-after
43 #+cmu (:import-from #:extensions #:fixnump))
45 (in-package #:mdw.base)
47 ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
50 (deftype unsigned-fixnum ()
51 "Unsigned fixnums; useful as array indices and suchlike."
52 `(mod ,most-positive-fixnum))
54 ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
55 ;;; Some simple macros to get things going.
57 (defmacro compile-time-defun (name args &body body)
58 "Define a function which can be used by macros during the compilation
60 `(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
61 (defun ,name ,args ,@body)))
64 "Debugging tool: print the expression X and its values."
66 `(let ((,tmp (multiple-value-list ,x)))
68 (pprint-logical-block (*standard-output* nil :per-line-prefix ";; ")
70 "~S = ~@_~:I~:[#<no values>~;~:*~{~S~^ ~_~}~]"
76 (defun stringify (str)
77 "Return a string representation of STR. Strings are returned unchanged;
78 symbols are converted to their names (unqualified!). Other objects are
79 converted to their print representations."
82 (symbol (symbol-name str))
83 (t (with-output-to-string (s)
86 (defun mappend (function list &rest more-lists)
87 "Apply FUNCTION to corresponding elements of LIST and MORE-LISTS, yielding
88 a list. Return the concatenation of all the resulting lists. Like
89 mapcan, but nondestructive."
90 (apply #'append (apply #'mapcar function list more-lists)))
92 (compile-time-defun listify (x)
93 "If X is a (possibly empty) list, return X; otherwise return (list X)."
94 (if (listp x) x (list x)))
96 (compile-time-defun do-fix-pair (x y defaultp)
97 "Helper function for fix-pair and pairify."
98 (flet ((singleton (x) (values x (if defaultp y x))))
99 (cond ((atom x) (singleton x))
100 ((null (cdr x)) (singleton (car x)))
101 ((atom (cdr x)) (values (car x) (cdr x)))
102 ((cddr x) (error "Too many elements for a pair."))
103 (t (values (car x) (cadr x))))))
105 (compile-time-defun fix-pair (x &optional (y nil defaultp))
106 "Return two values extracted from X. It works as follows:
112 where Y defaults to A if not specified."
113 (do-fix-pair x y defaultp))
115 (compile-time-defun pairify (x &optional (y nil defaultp))
116 "As for fix-pair, but returns a list instead of two values."
117 (multiple-value-call #'list (do-fix-pair x y defaultp)))
119 (defun whitespace-char-p (ch)
120 "Return whether CH is a whitespace character or not."
122 ((#\space #\tab #\newline #\return #\vt
127 (declaim (ftype (function nil ()) slot-unitialized))
128 (defun slot-uninitialized ()
129 "A function which signals an error. Can be used as an initializer form in
130 structure definitions without doom ensuing."
131 (error "No initializer for slot."))
133 (compile-time-defun parse-body (body &key (allow-docstring-p t))
134 "Given a BODY (a list of forms), parses it into three sections: a
135 docstring, a list of declarations (forms beginning with the symbol
136 `declare') and the body forms. The result is returned as three lists
137 (even the docstring), suitable for interpolation into a backquoted list
138 using `@,'. If ALLOW-DOCSTRING-P is nil, docstrings aren't allowed at
140 (let ((doc nil) (decls nil))
141 (do ((forms body (cdr forms))) (nil)
142 (let ((form (and forms (car forms))))
143 (cond ((and allow-docstring-p (not doc) (stringp form) (cdr forms))
146 (eq (car form) 'declare))
147 (setf decls (append decls (cdr form))))
148 (t (return (values (and doc (list doc))
149 (and decls (list (cons 'declare decls)))
154 (declaim (inline fixnump))
155 (defun fixnump (object)
156 "Answer non-nil if OBJECT is a fixnum, or nil if it isn't."
157 (typep object 'fixnum)))
159 ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
160 ;;; Generating symbols.
162 (defmacro with-gensyms (syms &body body)
163 "Everyone's favourite macro helper."
164 `(let (,@(mapcar (lambda (sym) `(,sym (gensym ,(symbol-name sym))))
168 (defmacro let*/gensyms (binds &body body)
169 "A macro helper. BINDS is a list of binding pairs (VAR VALUE), where VALUE
170 defaults to VAR. The result is that BODY is evaluated in a context where
171 each VAR is bound to a gensym, and in the final expansion, each of those
172 gensyms will be bound to the corresponding VALUE."
173 (labels ((more (binds)
174 (let ((tmp (gensym "TMP")) (bind (car binds)))
175 `((let ((,tmp ,(cadr bind))
176 (,(car bind) (gensym ,(symbol-name (car bind)))))
177 `(let ((,,(car bind) ,,tmp))
183 (car (more (mapcar #'pairify (listify binds)))))))
185 ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
186 ;;; Some simple yet useful control structures.
188 (defmacro nlet (name binds &body body)
189 "Scheme's named let."
190 (multiple-value-bind (vars vals)
191 (loop for bind in binds
192 for (var val) = (pairify bind nil)
193 collect var into vars
194 collect val into vals
195 finally (return (values vars vals)))
196 `(labels ((,name ,vars
200 (defmacro while (cond &body body)
201 "If COND is false, evaluate to nil; otherwise evaluate BODY and try again."
202 `(loop (unless ,cond (return)) (progn ,@body)))
204 (defmacro until (cond &body body)
205 "If COND is true, evaluate to nil; otherwise evaluate BODY and try again."
206 `(loop (when ,cond (return)) (progn ,@body)))
208 (compile-time-defun do-case2-like (kind vform clauses)
209 "Helper function for `case2' and `ecase2'."
210 (with-gensyms (scrutinee argument)
211 `(multiple-value-bind (,scrutinee ,argument) ,vform
212 (declare (ignorable ,argument))
214 ,@(mapcar (lambda (clause)
216 (cases (&optional varx vary) &rest forms)
220 (list `(let ((,(or vary varx) ,argument)
222 `((,varx ,scrutinee))))
227 (defmacro case2 (vform &body clauses)
228 "VFORM is a form which evaluates to two values, SCRUTINEE and ARGUMENT.
229 The CLAUSES have the form (CASES ([[SCRUVAR] ARGVAR]) FORMS...), where a
230 standard `case' clause has the form (CASES FORMS...). The `case2' form
231 evaluates the VFORM, and compares the SCRUTINEE to the various CASES, in
232 order, just like `case'. If there is a match, then the corresponding
233 FORMs are evaluated with ARGVAR bound to the ARGUMENT and SCRUVAR bound to
234 the SCRUTINEE (where specified). Note the bizarre defaulting behaviour:
235 ARGVAR is less optional than SCRUVAR."
236 (do-case2-like 'case vform clauses))
238 (defmacro ecase2 (vform &body clauses)
239 "Like `case2', but signals an error if no clause matches the SCRUTINEE."
240 (do-case2-like 'ecase vform clauses))
242 (defmacro setf-default (&rest specs &environment env)
243 "Like setf, but only sets places which are currently nil.
245 The arguments are an alternating list of PLACEs and DEFAULTs. If a PLACE
246 is nil, the DEFAULT is evaluated and stored in the PLACE; otherwise the
247 default is /not/ stored. The result is the (new) value of the last
249 (labels ((doit (specs)
250 (cond ((null specs) nil)
252 (error "Odd number of arguments for SETF-DEFAULT."))
254 (let ((place (car specs))
255 (default (cadr specs))
258 (vars vals store-vals writer reader)
259 (get-setf-expansion place env)
260 `(let* ,(mapcar #'list vars vals)
262 (multiple-value-bind ,store-vals ,default
264 ,@(and rest (list (doit rest))))))))))
267 ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
270 (defmacro %place-ref (getform setform newtmp)
271 "Grim helper macro for with-places."
272 (declare (ignore setform newtmp))
275 (define-setf-expander %place-ref (getform setform newtmp)
276 "Grim helper macro for with-places."
277 (values nil nil newtmp setform getform))
279 (defmacro with-places ((&key environment) places &body body)
280 "A hairy helper, for writing setf-like macros. PLACES is a list of binding
281 pairs (VAR PLACE), where PLACE defaults to VAR. The result is that BODY
282 is evaluated in a context where each VAR is bound to a gensym, and in the
283 final expansion, each of those gensyms will be bound to a symbol-macro
284 capable of reading or setting the value of the corresponding PLACE."
287 (let*/gensyms (environment)
290 (let ((place (car places)))
291 (with-gensyms (tmp valtmps valforms
292 newtmps setform getform)
293 `((let ((,tmp ,(cadr place))
295 (gensym ,(symbol-name (car place)))))
298 ,newtmps ,setform ,getform)
299 (get-setf-expansion ,tmp
302 (mapcar #'list ,valtmps ,valforms)
303 `(symbol-macrolet ((,,(car place)
304 (%place-ref ,,getform
310 (car (more (mapcar #'pairify (listify places))))))))
312 ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
313 ;;; Update-in-place macros built using with-places.
315 (defmacro update-place (op place arg &environment env)
316 "Update PLACE with the value of OP PLACE ARG, returning the new value."
317 (with-places (:environment env) (place)
318 `(setf ,place (,op ,place ,arg))))
320 (defmacro update-place-after (op place arg &environment env)
321 "Update PLACE with the value of OP PLACE ARG, returning the old value."
322 (with-places (:environment env) (place)
325 (setf ,place (,op ,x ,arg))
328 (defmacro incf-after (place &optional (by 1))
329 "Increment PLACE by BY, returning the old value."
330 `(update-place-after + ,place ,by))
332 (defmacro decf-after (place &optional (by 1))
333 "Decrement PLACE by BY, returning the old value."
334 `(update-place-after - ,place ,by))
336 ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
339 (defstruct (loc (:predicate locp) (:constructor make-loc (reader writer)))
340 "Locative data type. See `locf' and `ref'."
341 (reader (slot-uninitialized) :type function)
342 (writer (slot-uninitialized) :type function))
344 (defmacro locf (place &environment env)
345 "Slightly cheesy locatives. (locf PLACE) returns an object which, using
346 the `ref' function, can be used to read or set the value of PLACE. It's
347 cheesy because it uses closures rather than actually taking the address of
348 something. Also, unlike Zetalisp, we don't overload `car' to do our dirty
351 (valtmps valforms newtmps setform getform)
352 (get-setf-expansion place env)
353 `(let* (,@(mapcar #'list valtmps valforms))
354 (make-loc (lambda () ,getform)
355 (lambda (,@newtmps) ,setform)))))
357 (declaim (inline loc (setf loc)))
360 "Fetch the value referred to by a locative."
361 (funcall (loc-reader loc)))
363 (defun (setf ref) (new loc)
364 "Store a new value in the place referred to by a locative."
365 (funcall (loc-writer loc) new))
367 (defmacro with-locatives (locs &body body)
368 "LOCS is a list of items of the form (SYM [LOC-EXPR]), where SYM is a
369 symbol and LOC-EXPR evaluates to a locative. If LOC-EXPR is omitted, it
370 defaults to SYM. As an abbreviation for a common case, LOCS may be a
371 symbol instead of a list. The BODY is evaluated in an environment where
372 each SYM is a symbol macro which expands to (ref LOC-EXPR) -- or, in fact,
373 something similar which doesn't break if LOC-EXPR has side-effects. Thus,
374 references, including `setf' forms, fetch or modify the thing referred to
375 by the LOC-EXPR. Useful for covering over where something uses a
377 (setf locs (mapcar #'pairify (listify locs)))
378 (let ((tt (mapcar (lambda (l) (declare (ignore l)) (gensym)) locs))
379 (ll (mapcar #'cadr locs))
380 (ss (mapcar #'car locs)))
381 `(let (,@(mapcar (lambda (tmp loc) `(,tmp ,loc)) tt ll))
382 (symbol-macrolet (,@(mapcar (lambda (sym tmp)
383 `(,sym (ref ,tmp))) ss tt))
386 ;;;----- That's all, folks --------------------------------------------------