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861345b4 1;;; -*-lisp-*-
2;;;
3;;; $Id$
4;;;
5;;; Basic definitions
6;;;
7;;; (c) 2005 Mark Wooding
8;;;
9
10;;;----- Licensing notice ---------------------------------------------------
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25
26(defpackage #:mdw.base
27 (:use #:common-lisp)
28 (:export #:compile-time-defun
29 #:show
30 #:stringify #:listify #:fix-pair #:pairify
31 #:whitespace-char-p
32 #:slot-uninitialized
33 #:with-gensyms #:let*/gensyms #:with-places
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34 #:locp #:locf #:ref #:with-locatives
35 #:update-place #:update-place-after
36 #:incf-after #:decf-after))
861345b4 37(in-package #:mdw.base)
38
39(defmacro compile-time-defun (name args &body body)
40 "Define a function which can be used by macros during the compilation
41process."
42 `(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel)
43 (defun ,name ,args ,@body)))
44
45(defmacro show (x)
46 "Debugging tool: print the expression X and its value."
47 (let ((tmp (gensym)))
48 `(let ((,tmp ,x))
49 (format t "~&~S: ~S~%" ',x ,tmp)
50 ,tmp)))
51
52(defun stringify (str)
53 "Return a string representation of STR. Strings are returned unchanged;
54symbols are converted to their names (unqualified!). Other objects are
55converted to their print representations."
56 (typecase str
57 (string str)
58 (symbol (symbol-name str))
59 (t (with-output-to-string (s)
60 (princ str s)))))
61(compile-time-defun listify (x)
62 "If X is a (possibly empty) list, return X; otherwise return (list X)."
63 (if (listp x) x (list x)))
64(compile-time-defun do-fix-pair (x y defaultp)
65 "Helper function for fix-pair and pairify."
66 (flet ((singleton (x) (values x (if defaultp y x))))
67 (cond ((atom x) (singleton x))
68 ((null (cdr x)) (singleton (car x)))
69 ((atom (cdr x)) (values (car x) (cdr x)))
70 ((cddr x) (error "Too many elements for a pair."))
71 (t (values (car x) (cadr x))))))
72(compile-time-defun fix-pair (x &optional (y nil defaultp))
73 "Return two values extracted from X. It works as follows:
74 (A) -> A, Y
75 (A B) -> A, B
76 (A B . C) -> error
77 (A . B) -> A, B
78 A -> A, Y
79where Y defaults to A if not specified."
80 (do-fix-pair x y defaultp))
81(compile-time-defun pairify (x &optional (y nil defaultp))
82 "As for fix-pair, but returns a list instead of two values."
83 (multiple-value-call #'list (do-fix-pair x y defaultp)))
84
85(defun whitespace-char-p (ch)
86 "Return whether CH is a whitespace character or not."
87 (case ch
88 ((#\space #\tab #\newline #\return #\vt #\formfeed) t)
89 (t nil)))
90
ec18c92a 91(defmacro nlet (name binds &body body)
92 "Scheme's named let."
93 (multiple-value-bind (vars vals)
94 (loop for bind in binds
95 for (var val) = (pairify bind nil)
96 collect var into vars
97 collect val into vals
98 finally (return (values vars vals)))
99 `(labels ((,name ,vars
100 ,@body))
101 (,name ,@vals))))
102
103(defmacro while (cond &body body)
104 "If COND is false, evaluate to nil; otherwise evaluate BODY and try again."
105 `(loop
106 (unless `cond (return))
107 ,@body))
108
861345b4 109(declaim (ftype (function nil ()) slot-unitialized))
110(defun slot-uninitialized ()
111 "A function which signals an error. Can be used as an initializer form in
112structure definitions without doom ensuing."
113 (error "No initializer for slot."))
114
115(defmacro with-gensyms (syms &body body)
116 "Everyone's favourite macro helper."
117 `(let (,@(mapcar (lambda (sym) `(,sym (gensym ,(symbol-name sym))))
118 (listify syms)))
119 ,@body))
120
121(defmacro let*/gensyms (binds &body body)
122 "A macro helper. BINDS is a list of binding pairs (VAR VALUE), where VALUE
123defaults to VAR. The result is that BODY is evaluated in a context where
124each VAR is bound to a gensym, and in the final expansion, each of those
125gensyms will be bound to the corresponding VALUE."
126 (labels ((more (binds)
127 (let ((tmp (gensym "TMP")) (bind (car binds)))
128 `((let ((,tmp ,(cadr bind))
129 (,(car bind) (gensym ,(symbol-name (car bind)))))
130 `(let ((,,(car bind) ,,tmp))
131 ,,@(if (cdr binds)
132 (more (cdr binds))
133 body)))))))
134 (if (null binds)
135 `(progn ,@body)
136 (car (more (mapcar #'pairify (listify binds)))))))
137
138(defmacro %place-ref (getform setform newtmp)
139 "Grim helper macro for with-places."
140 (declare (ignore setform newtmp))
141 getform)
142(define-setf-expander %place-ref (getform setform newtmp)
143 "Grim helper macro for with-places."
144 (values nil nil newtmp setform getform))
145(defmacro with-places ((&key environment) places &body body)
146 "A hairy helper, for writing setf-like macros. PLACES is a list of binding
147pairs (VAR PLACE), where PLACE defaults to VAR. The result is that BODY is
148evaluated in a context where each VAR is bound to a gensym, and in the final
149expansion, each of those gensyms will be bound to a symbol-macro capable of
150reading or setting the value of the corresponding PLACE."
151 (if (null places)
152 `(progn ,@body)
153 (let*/gensyms (environment)
154 (labels
155 ((more (places)
156 (let ((place (car places)))
157 (with-gensyms (tmp valtmps valforms
158 newtmps setform getform)
159 `((let ((,tmp ,(cadr place))
160 (,(car place)
161 (gensym ,(symbol-name (car place)))))
162 (multiple-value-bind
163 (,valtmps ,valforms
164 ,newtmps ,setform ,getform)
165 (get-setf-expansion ,tmp
166 ,environment)
167 (list 'let*
168 (mapcar #'list ,valtmps ,valforms)
169 `(symbol-macrolet ((,,(car place)
170 (%place-ref ,,getform
171 ,,setform
172 ,,newtmps)))
173 ,,@(if (cdr places)
174 (more (cdr places))
175 body))))))))))
176 (car (more (mapcar #'pairify (listify places))))))))
177
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178(defmacro update-place (op place arg &environment env)
179 "Update PLACE with the value of OP PLACE ARG, returning the new value."
180 (with-places (:environment env) (place)
181 `(setf ,place (,op ,place ,arg))))
182(defmacro update-place-after (op place arg &environment env)
183 "Update PLACE with the value of OP PLACE ARG, returning the old value."
184 (with-places (:environment env) (place)
185 (with-gensyms (x)
186 `(let ((,x ,place))
187 (setf ,place (,op ,x ,arg))
188 ,x))))
189(defmacro incf-after (place &optional (by 1))
190 "Increment PLACE by BY, returning the old value."
191 `(update-place-after + ,place ,by))
192(defmacro decf-after (place &optional (by 1))
193 "Decrement PLACE by BY, returning the old value."
194 `(update-place-after - ,place ,by))
195
196
861345b4 197(defstruct (loc (:predicate locp) (:constructor make-loc (reader writer)))
198 "Locative data type. See `locf' and `ref'."
199 (reader (slot-uninitialized) :type function)
200 (writer (slot-uninitialized) :type function))
201(defmacro locf (place &environment env)
202 "Slightly cheesy locatives. (locf PLACE) returns an object which, using
203the `ref' function, can be used to read or set the value of PLACE. It's
204cheesy because it uses closures rather than actually taking the address of
205something. Also, unlike Zetalisp, we don't overload `car' to do our dirty
206work."
207 (multiple-value-bind
208 (valtmps valforms newtmps setform getform)
209 (get-setf-expansion place env)
210 `(let* (,@(mapcar #'list valtmps valforms))
211 (make-loc (lambda () ,getform)
212 (lambda (,@newtmps) ,setform)))))
213(declaim (inline loc (setf loc)))
214(defun ref (loc)
215 "Fetch the value referred to by a locative."
216 (funcall (loc-reader loc)))
217(defun (setf ref) (new loc)
218 "Store a new value in the place referred to by a locative."
219 (funcall (loc-writer loc) new))
220(defmacro with-locatives (locs &body body)
221 "LOCS is a list of items of the form (SYM [LOC-EXPR]), where SYM is a
222symbol and LOC-EXPR evaluates to a locative. If LOC-EXPR is omitted, it
223defaults to SYM. As an abbreviation for a common case, LOCS may be a symbol
224instead of a list. The BODY is evaluated in an environment where each SYM is
225a symbol macro which expands to (ref LOC-EXPR) -- or, in fact, something
226similar which doesn't break if LOC-EXPR has side-effects. Thus, references,
227including `setf' forms, fetch or modify the thing referred to by the
228LOC-EXPR. Useful for covering over where something uses a locative."
229 (setf locs (mapcar #'pairify (listify locs)))
230 (let ((tt (mapcar (lambda (l) (declare (ignore l)) (gensym)) locs))
231 (ll (mapcar #'cadr locs))
232 (ss (mapcar #'car locs)))
233 `(let (,@(mapcar (lambda (tmp loc) `(,tmp ,loc)) tt ll))
234 (symbol-macrolet (,@(mapcar (lambda (sym tmp)
235 `(,sym (ref ,tmp))) ss tt))
236 ,@body))))
237
238;;;----- That's all, folks --------------------------------------------------