X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~mdw/git/lisp/blobdiff_plain/2af61873236491d221b3cbd8bbab4320a2beb7f4..28a5e53109f67f9ed97af095baa95fd360ed9e68:/collect.lisp

diff --git a/collect.lisp b/collect.lisp
index 359780c..cab2808 100644
--- a/collect.lisp
+++ b/collect.lisp
@@ -25,15 +25,26 @@
 
 (defpackage #:collect
   (:use #:common-lisp #:mdw.base)
-  (:export #:collecting #:with-collection #:collect #:collect-tail))
+  (:export #:make-collector #:collected
+	   #:collecting #:with-collection
+	   #:collect #:collect-tail
+	   #:collect-append #:collect-nconc))
 (in-package collect)
 
 (eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel)
   (defvar *collecting-anon-list-name* (gensym)
-    "The default name for anonymous `collecting' lists.")
-  (defun make-collector ()
-    (let ((head (cons nil nil)))
-      (setf (car head) head))))
+    "The default name for anonymous `collecting' lists."))
+
+(defun make-collector (&optional list)
+  "Return a new collector object whose initial contents is LIST.  Note that
+   LIST will be destroyed if anything else is collected."
+  (let ((head (cons nil list)))
+    (setf (car head) (if list (last list) head))))
+
+(defmacro collected (&optional (name *collecting-anon-list-name*))
+  "Return the current list collected into the collector NAME (or
+   *collecting-anon-list-name* by default)."
+  `(the list (cdr ,name)))
 
 (defmacro collecting (vars &body body)
   "Collect items into lists.  The VARS are a list of collection variables --
@@ -45,7 +56,7 @@ (defmacro collecting (vars &body body)
 	((atom vars) (setf vars (list vars))))
   `(let ,(mapcar (lambda (v) `(,v (make-collector))) vars)
      ,@body
-     (values ,@(mapcar (lambda (v) `(the list (cdr ,v))) vars))))
+     (values ,@(mapcar (lambda (v) `(collected ,v)) vars))))
 
 (defmacro with-collection (vars collection &body body)
   "Collect items into lists VARS according to the form COLLECTION; then