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;;; -*-lisp-*-
;;;
;;; Various handy utilities
;;;
;;; (c) 2009 Straylight/Edgeware
;;;

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(cl:defpackage #:sod-utilities
  (:use #:common-lisp

        ;; MOP from somewhere.
        #+sbcl #:sb-mop
        #+(or cmu clisp) #:mop
        #+ecl #:clos))

(cl:in-package #:sod-utilities)

;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
;;; Macro hacks.

(export 'with-gensyms)
(defmacro with-gensyms ((&rest binds) &body body)
  "Evaluate BODY with variables bound to fresh symbols.

   The BINDS are a list of entries (VAR [NAME]), and a singleton list can be
   replaced by just a symbol; each VAR is bound to a fresh symbol generated
   by (gensym NAME), where NAME defaults to the symbol-name of VAR."
  `(let (,@(mapcar (lambda (bind)
                     (multiple-value-bind (var name)
                         (if (atom bind)
                             (values bind (concatenate 'string
                                           (symbol-name bind) "-"))
                             (destructuring-bind
                                 (var &optional
                                      (name (concatenate 'string
                                             (symbol-name var) "-")))
                                 bind
                               (values var name)))
                       `(,var (gensym ,name))))
                   binds))
     ,@body))

(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
  (defun strip-quote (form)
    "If FORM looks like (quote FOO) for self-evaluating FOO, return FOO.

   If FORM is a symbol whose constant value is `nil' then return `nil'.
   Otherwise return FORM unchanged.  This makes it easier to inspect constant
   things.  This is a utility for `once-only'."

    (cond ((and (consp form)
                (eq (car form) 'quote)
                (cdr form)
                (null (cddr form)))
           (let ((body (cadr form)))
             (if (or (not (or (consp body) (symbolp body)))
                     (member body '(t nil))
                     (keywordp body))
                 body
                 form)))
          ((and (symbolp form) (boundp form) (null (symbol-value form)))
           nil)
          (t
           form))))

(export 'once-only)
(defmacro once-only (binds &body body)
  "Macro helper for preventing repeated evaluation.

   The syntax is actually hairier than shown:

        once-only ( [[ :environment ENV ]] { VAR | (VAR [VALUE-FORM]) }* )
          { FORM }*

   So, the BINDS are a list of entries (VAR [VALUE-FORM]); a singleton list
   can be replaced by just a symbol VAR, and the VALUE-FORM defaults to VAR.
   But before them you can have keyword arguments.  Only one is defined so
   far.  See below for the crazy things that does.

   The result of evaluating a ONCE-ONLY form is a form with the structure

        (let ((#:GS1 VALUE-FORM1)
              ...
              (#:GSn VALUE-FORMn))
          STUFF)

   where STUFF is the value of the BODY forms, as an implicit progn, in an
   environment with the VARs bound to the corresponding gensyms.

   As additional magic, if any of the VALUE-FORMs is actually constant (as
   determined by inspection, and aided by `constantp' if an :environment is
   supplied, then no gensym is constructed for it, and the VAR is bound
   directly to the constant form.  Moreover, if the constant form looks like
   (quote FOO) for a self-evaluating FOO then the outer layer of quoting is
   stripped away."

  ;; We need an extra layer of gensyms in our expansion: we'll want the
  ;; expansion to examine the various VALUE-FORMs to find out whether they're
  ;; constant without evaluating them repeatedly.  This also helps with
  ;; another problem: we explicitly encourage the rebinding of a VAR
  ;; (probably a macro argument) to a gensym which will be bound to the value
  ;; of the form previously held in VAR itself -- so the gensym and value
  ;; form must exist at the same time and we need two distinct variables.

  (with-gensyms ((envvar "ENV-") lets sym (bodyfunc "BODY-"))
    (let ((env nil))

      ;; First things first: let's pick up the keywords.
      (loop
        (unless (and binds (keywordp (car binds)))
          (return))
        (ecase (pop binds)
          (:environment (setf env (pop binds)))))

      ;; Now we'll investigate the bindings.  Turn each one into a list (VAR
      ;; VALUE-FORM TEMP) where TEMP is an appropriate gensym -- see the note
      ;; above.
      (let ((canon (mapcar (lambda (bind)
                             (multiple-value-bind (var form)
                                 (if (atom bind)
                                     (values bind bind)
                                     (destructuring-bind
                                         (var &optional (form var)) bind
                                       (values var form)))
                               (list var form
                                     (gensym (format nil "T-~A-"
                                                     (symbol-name var))))))
                           binds)))

        `(let* (,@(and env `((,envvar ,env)))
                (,lets nil)
                ,@(mapcar (lambda (bind)
                            (destructuring-bind (var form temp) bind
                              (declare (ignore var))
                              `(,temp ,form)))
                          canon)
                ,@(mapcar (lambda (bind)
                            (destructuring-bind (var form temp) bind
                              (declare (ignore form))
                              `(,var
                                (cond ((constantp ,temp
                                                  ,@(and env `(,envvar)))
                                       (strip-quote ,temp))
                                      ((symbolp ,temp)
                                       ,temp)
                                      (t
                                       (let ((,sym (gensym
                                                    ,(concatenate 'string
                                                      (symbol-name var)
                                                      "-"))))
                                         (push (list ,sym ,temp) ,lets)
                                         ,sym))))))
                          canon))
           (flet ((,bodyfunc () ,@body))
             (if ,lets
                 `(let (,@(nreverse ,lets)) ,(,bodyfunc))
                 (,bodyfunc))))))))

(export 'parse-body)
(defun parse-body (body &key (docp t) (declp t))
  "Parse the BODY into a docstring, declarations and the body forms.

   These are returned as three lists, so that they can be spliced into a
   macro expansion easily.  The declarations are consolidated into a single
   `declare' form.  If DOCP is nil then a docstring is not permitted; if
   DECLP is nil, then declarations are not permitted."
  (let ((decls nil)
        (doc nil))
    (loop
      (cond ((null body) (return))
            ((and declp (consp (car body)) (eq (caar body) 'declare))
             (setf decls (append decls (cdr (pop body)))))
            ((and docp (stringp (car body)) (not doc) (cdr body))
             (setf doc (pop body)))
            (t (return))))
    (values (and doc (list doc))
            (and decls (list (cons 'declare decls)))
            body)))

;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
;;; Locatives.

(export '(loc locp))
(defstruct (loc (:predicate locp) (:constructor make-loc (reader writer)))
  "Locative data type.  See `locf' and `ref'."
  (reader nil :type function)
  (writer nil :type function))

(export 'locf)
(defmacro locf (place &environment env)
  "Slightly cheesy locatives.

   (locf PLACE) returns an object which, using the `ref' function, can be
   used to read or set the value of PLACE.  It's cheesy because it uses
   closures rather than actually taking the address of something.  Also,
   unlike Zetalisp, we don't overload `car' to do our dirty work."
  (multiple-value-bind
      (valtmps valforms newtmps setform getform)
      (get-setf-expansion place env)
    `(let* (,@(mapcar #'list valtmps valforms))
       (make-loc (lambda () ,getform)
                 (lambda (,@newtmps) ,setform)))))

(export 'ref)
(declaim (inline ref (setf ref)))
(defun ref (loc)
  "Fetch the value referred to by a locative."
  (funcall (loc-reader loc)))
(defun (setf ref) (new loc)
  "Store a new value in the place referred to by a locative."
  (funcall (loc-writer loc) new))

(export 'with-locatives)
(defmacro with-locatives (locs &body body)
  "Evaluate BODY with implicit locatives.

   LOCS is a list of items of the form (SYM [LOC-EXPR]), where SYM is a
   symbol and LOC-EXPR evaluates to a locative.  If LOC-EXPR is omitted, it
   defaults to SYM.  As an abbreviation for a common case, LOCS may be a
   symbol instead of a list.

   The BODY is evaluated in an environment where each SYM is a symbol macro
   which expands to (ref LOC-EXPR) -- or, in fact, something similar which
   doesn't break if LOC-EXPR has side-effects.  Thus, references, including
   `setf' forms, fetch or modify the thing referred to by the LOC-EXPR.
   Useful for covering over where something uses a locative."
  (setf locs (mapcar (lambda (item)
                       (cond ((atom item) (list item item))
                             ((null (cdr item)) (list (car item) (car item)))
                             (t item)))
                     (if (listp locs) locs (list locs))))
  (let ((tt (mapcar (lambda (l) (declare (ignore l)) (gensym)) locs))
        (ll (mapcar #'cadr locs))
        (ss (mapcar #'car locs)))
    `(let (,@(mapcar (lambda (tmp loc) `(,tmp ,loc)) tt ll))
       (symbol-macrolet (,@(mapcar (lambda (sym tmp)
                                     `(,sym (ref ,tmp))) ss tt))
         ,@body))))

;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
;;; Anaphorics.

(export 'it)

(export 'aif)
(defmacro aif (cond cons &optional (alt nil altp))
  "If COND is not nil, evaluate CONS with `it' bound to the value of COND.

   Otherwise, if given, evaluate ALT; `it' isn't bound in ALT."
  (once-only (cond)
    `(if ,cond (let ((it ,cond)) ,cons) ,@(and altp `(,alt)))))

(export 'awhen)
(defmacro awhen (cond &body body)
  "If COND, evaluate BODY as a progn with `it' bound to the value of COND."
  `(let ((it ,cond)) (when it ,@body)))

(export 'acond)
(defmacro acond (&body clauses &environment env)
  "Like COND, but with `it' bound to the value of the condition.

   Each of the CLAUSES has the form (CONDITION FORM*); if a CONDITION is
   non-nil then evaluate the FORMs with `it' bound to the non-nil value, and
   return the value of the last FORM; if there are no FORMs, then return `it'
   itself.  If the CONDITION is nil then continue with the next clause; if
   all clauses evaluate to nil then the result is nil."
  (labels ((walk (clauses)
             (if (null clauses)
                 `nil
                 (once-only (:environment env (cond (caar clauses)))
                   (if (and (constantp cond)
                            (if (and (consp cond) (eq (car cond) 'quote))
                                (cadr cond) cond))
                       (if (cdar clauses)
                           `(let ((it ,cond))
                              (declare (ignorable it))
                              ,@(cdar clauses))
                           cond)
                       `(if ,cond
                            ,(if (cdar clauses)
                                 `(let ((it ,cond))
                                    (declare (ignorable it))
                                    ,@(cdar clauses))
                                 cond)
                            ,(walk (cdr clauses))))))))
    (walk clauses)))

(export '(acase aecase atypecase aetypecase))
(defmacro acase (value &body clauses)
  `(let ((it ,value)) (case it ,@clauses)))
(defmacro aecase (value &body clauses)
  `(let ((it ,value)) (ecase it ,@clauses)))
(defmacro atypecase (value &body clauses)
  `(let ((it ,value)) (typecase it ,@clauses)))
(defmacro aetypecase (value &body clauses)
  `(let ((it ,value)) (etypecase it ,@clauses)))

(export 'asetf)
(defmacro asetf (&rest places-and-values &environment env)
  "Anaphoric update of places.

   The PLACES-AND-VALUES are alternating PLACEs and VALUEs.  Each VALUE is
   evaluated with IT bound to the current value stored in the corresponding
   PLACE."
  `(progn ,@(loop for (place value) on places-and-values by #'cddr
                  collect (multiple-value-bind
                              (temps inits newtemps setform getform)
                              (get-setf-expansion place env)
                            `(let* (,@(mapcar #'list temps inits)
                                    (it ,getform))
                               (multiple-value-bind ,newtemps ,value
                                 ,setform))))))

;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
;;; MOP hacks (not terribly demanding).

(export 'instance-initargs)
(defgeneric instance-initargs (instance)
  (:documentation
   "Return a plausble list of initargs for INSTANCE.

   The idea is that you can make a copy of INSTANCE by invoking

        (apply #'make-instance (class-of INSTANCE)
               (instance-initargs INSTANCE))

   The default implementation works by inspecting the slot definitions and
   extracting suitable initargs, so this will only succeed if enough slots
   actually have initargs specified that `initialize-instance' can fill in
   the rest correctly.

   The list returned is freshly consed, and you can destroy it if you like.")
  (:method ((instance standard-object))
    (mapcan (lambda (slot)
              (aif (slot-definition-initargs slot)
                   (list (car it)
                         (slot-value instance (slot-definition-name slot)))
                   nil))
            (class-slots (class-of instance)))))

(export '(copy-instance copy-instance-using-class))
(defgeneric copy-instance-using-class (class instance &rest initargs)
  (:documentation
   "Metaobject protocol hook for `copy-instance'.")
  (:method ((class standard-class) instance &rest initargs)
    (let ((copy (allocate-instance class)))
      (dolist (slot (class-slots class))
        (let ((name (slot-definition-name slot)))
          (when (slot-boundp instance name)
            (setf (slot-value copy name) (slot-value instance name)))))
      (apply #'shared-initialize copy nil initargs))))
(defun copy-instance (object &rest initargs)
  "Construct and return a copy of OBJECT.

   The new object has the same class as OBJECT, and the same slot values
   except where overridden by INITARGS."
  (apply #'copy-instance-using-class (class-of object) object initargs))

(export '(generic-function-methods method-specializers
          eql-specializer eql-specializer-object))

;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
;;; List utilities.

(export 'make-list-builder)
(defun make-list-builder (&optional initial)
  "Return a simple list builder."

  ;; The `builder' is just a cons cell whose cdr will be the list that's
  ;; wanted.  Effectively, then, we have a list that's one item longer than
  ;; we actually want.  The car of this extra initial cons cell is always the
  ;; last cons in the list -- which is now well defined because there's
  ;; always at least one.

  (let ((builder (cons nil initial)))
    (setf (car builder) (last builder))
    builder))

(export 'lbuild-add)
(defun lbuild-add (builder item)
  "Add an ITEM to the end of a list BUILDER."
  (let ((new (cons item nil)))
    (setf (cdar builder) new
          (car builder) new))
  builder)

(export 'lbuild-add-list)
(defun lbuild-add-list (builder list)
  "Add a LIST to the end of a list BUILDER.  The LIST will be clobbered."
  (when list
    (setf (cdar builder) list
          (car builder) (last list)))
  builder)

(export 'lbuild-list)
(defun lbuild-list (builder)
  "Return the constructed list."
  (cdr builder))

(export 'mappend)
(defun mappend (function list &rest more-lists)
  "Like a nondestructive MAPCAN.

   Map FUNCTION over the the corresponding elements of LIST and MORE-LISTS,
   and return the result of appending all of the resulting lists."
  (reduce #'append (apply #'mapcar function list more-lists) :from-end t))

(export '(inconsistent-merge-error merge-error-candidates))
(define-condition inconsistent-merge-error (error)
  ((candidates :initarg :candidates
               :reader merge-error-candidates))
  (:documentation
   "Reports an inconsistency in the arguments passed to `merge-lists'.")
  (:report (lambda (condition stream)
             (format stream "Merge inconsistency: failed to decide among ~A."
                     (merge-error-candidates condition)))))

(export 'merge-lists)
(defun merge-lists (lists &key pick (test #'eql))
  "Return a merge of the given LISTS.

   The resulting list contains the items of the given LISTS, with duplicates
   removed.  The order of the resulting list is consistent with the orders of
   the input LISTS in the sense that if A precedes B in some input list then
   A will also precede B in the output list.  If the lists aren't consistent
   (e.g., some list contains A followed by B, and another contains B followed
   by A) then an error of type `inconsistent-merge-error' is signalled.

   Item equality is determined by TEST.

   If there is an ambiguity at any point -- i.e., a choice between two or
   more possible next items to emit -- then PICK is called to arbitrate.
   PICK is called with two arguments: the list of candidate next items, and
   the current output list.  It should return one of the candidate items.
   The order of the candidates in the list given to the PICK function
   reflects their order in the input LISTS: item A will precede item B in the
   candidates list if and only if an occurrence of A appears in an earlier
   input list than any occurrence of item B.  (This completely determines the
   order of the candidates: it is not possible that two candidates appear in
   the same input list would resolve the ambiguity between them.)  If PICK is
   omitted then the item chosen is the one appearing in the earliest of the
   input lists: i.e., effectively, the default PICK function is

        (lambda (candidates output-so-far)
          (declare (ignore output-so-far))
          (car candidates))

   The primary use of this function is in computing class precedence lists.
   By building the input lists and selecting the PICK function appropriately,
   a variety of different CPL algorithms can be implemented."

  (do ((lb (make-list-builder)))
      ((null lists) (lbuild-list lb))

    ;; The candidate items are the ones at the front of the input lists.
    ;; Gather them up, removing duplicates.  If a candidate is somewhere in
    ;; one of the other lists other than at the front then we reject it.  If
    ;; we've just rejected everything, then we can make no more progress and
    ;; the input lists were inconsistent.
    (let* ((candidates (delete-duplicates (mapcar #'car lists)
                                          :test test :from-end t))
           (leasts (remove-if (lambda (item)
                                (some (lambda (list)
                                        (member item (cdr list) :test test))
                                      lists))
                              candidates))
           (winner (cond ((null leasts)
                          (error 'inconsistent-merge-error
                                 :candidates candidates))
                         ((null (cdr leasts))
                          (car leasts))
                         (pick
                          (funcall pick leasts (lbuild-list lb)))
                         (t (car leasts)))))

      ;; Check that the PICK function isn't conning us.
      (assert (member winner leasts :test test))

      ;; Update the output list and remove the winning item from the input
      ;; lists.  We know that it must be at the front of each input list
      ;; containing it.  At this point, we discard input lists entirely when
      ;; they run out of entries.  The loop ends when there are no more input
      ;; lists left, i.e., when we've munched all of the input items.
      (lbuild-add lb winner)
      (setf lists (delete nil (mapcar (lambda (list)
                                        (if (funcall test winner (car list))
                                            (cdr list)
                                            list))
                                      lists))))))

(export 'categorize)
(defmacro categorize ((itemvar items &key bind) categories &body body)
  "Categorize ITEMS into lists and invoke BODY.

   The ITEMVAR is a symbol; as the macro iterates over the ITEMS, ITEMVAR
   will contain the current item.  The BIND argument is a list of LET*-like
   clauses.  The CATEGORIES are a list of clauses of the form (SYMBOL
   PREDICATE).

   The behaviour of the macro is as follows.  ITEMVAR is assigned (not
   bound), in turn, each item in the list ITEMS.  The PREDICATEs in the
   CATEGORIES list are evaluated in turn, in an environment containing
   ITEMVAR and the BINDings, until one of them evaluates to a non-nil value.
   At this point, the item is assigned to the category named by the
   corresponding SYMBOL.  If none of the PREDICATEs returns non-nil then an
   error is signalled; a PREDICATE consisting only of T will (of course)
   match anything; it is detected specially so as to avoid compiler warnings.

   Once all of the ITEMS have been categorized in this fashion, the BODY is
   evaluated as an implicit PROGN.  For each SYMBOL naming a category, a
   variable named after that symbol will be bound in the BODY's environment
   to a list of the items in that category, in the same order in which they
   were found in the list ITEMS.  The final values of the macro are the final
   values of the BODY."

  (let* ((cat-names (mapcar #'car categories))
         (cat-match-forms (mapcar #'cadr categories))
         (cat-vars (mapcar (lambda (name) (gensym (concatenate 'string
                                                   (symbol-name name) "-")))
                           cat-names))
         (items-var (gensym "ITEMS-")))
    `(let ((,items-var ,items)
           ,@(mapcar (lambda (cat-var) (list cat-var nil)) cat-vars))
       (dolist (,itemvar ,items-var)
         (let* ,bind
           (cond ,@(mapcar (lambda (cat-match-form cat-var)
                             `(,cat-match-form
                               (push ,itemvar ,cat-var)))
                           cat-match-forms cat-vars)
                 ,@(and (not (member t cat-match-forms))
                        `((t (error "Failed to categorize ~A" ,itemvar)))))))
       (let ,(mapcar (lambda (name var)
                       `(,name (nreverse ,var)))
                     cat-names cat-vars)
         ,@body))))

;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
;;; Strings and characters.

(export 'frob-identifier)
(defun frob-identifier (string &key (swap-case t) (swap-hyphen t))
  "Twiddles the case of STRING.

   If all the letters in STRING are uppercase, and SWAP-CASE is true, then
   switch them to lowercase; if they're all lowercase then switch them to
   uppercase.  If there's a mix then leave them all alone.  At the same time,
   if there are underscores but no hyphens, and SWAP-HYPHEN is true, then
   switch them to hyphens, if there are hyphens and no underscores, switch
   them underscores, and if there are both then leave them alone.

   This is an invertible transformation, which turns vaguely plausible Lisp
   names into vaguely plausible C names and vice versa.  Lisp names with
   `funny characters' like stars and percent signs won't be any use, of
   course."

  ;; Work out what kind of a job we've got to do.  Gather flags: bit 0 means
  ;; there are upper-case letters; bit 1 means there are lower-case letters;
  ;; bit 2 means there are hyphens; bit 3 means there are underscores.
  ;;
  ;; Consequently, (logxor flags (ash flags 1)) is interesting: bit 1 is set
  ;; if we have to frob case; bit 3 is set if we have to swap hyphens and
  ;; underscores.  So use this to select functions which do bits of the
  ;; mapping, and then compose them together.
  (let* ((flags (reduce (lambda (state ch)
                          (logior state
                                  (cond ((upper-case-p ch) 1)
                                        ((lower-case-p ch) 2)
                                        ((char= ch #\-) 4)
                                        ((char= ch #\_) 8)
                                        (t 0))))
                        string
                        :initial-value 0))
         (mask (logxor flags (ash flags 1)))
         (letter (cond ((or (not swap-case) (not (logbitp 1 mask)))
                        (constantly nil))
                       ((logbitp 0 flags)
                        (lambda (ch)
                          (and (alpha-char-p ch) (char-downcase ch))))
                       (t
                        (lambda (ch)
                          (and (alpha-char-p ch) (char-upcase ch))))))
         (uscore-hyphen (cond ((or (not (logbitp 3 mask)) (not swap-hyphen))
                               (constantly nil))
                              ((logbitp 2 flags)
                               (lambda (ch) (and (char= ch #\-) #\_)))
                              (t
                               (lambda (ch) (and (char= ch #\_) #\-))))))

    (if (logbitp 3 (logior mask (ash mask 2)))
        (map 'string (lambda (ch)
                       (or (funcall letter ch)
                           (funcall uscore-hyphen ch)
                           ch))
             string)
        string)))

(export 'whitespace-char-p)
(declaim (inline whitespace-char-p))
(defun whitespace-char-p (char)
  "Returns whether CHAR is a whitespace character.

   Whitespaceness is determined relative to the compile-time readtable, which
   is probably good enough for most purposes."
  (case char
    (#.(loop for i below char-code-limit
             for ch = (code-char i)
             unless (with-input-from-string (in (string ch))
                      (peek-char t in nil))
             collect ch) t)
    (t nil)))

(export 'update-position)
(declaim (inline update-position))
(defun update-position (char line column)
  "Updates LINE and COLUMN appropriately for having read the character CHAR.

   Returns the new LINE and COLUMN numbers."
  (case char
    ((#\newline #\vt #\page)
     (values (1+ line) 0))
    ((#\tab)
     (values line (logandc2 (+ column 8) 7)))
    (t
     (values line (1+ column)))))

(export 'backtrack-position)
(declaim (inline backtrack-position))
(defun backtrack-position (char line column)
  "Updates LINE and COLUMN appropriately for having unread CHAR.

   Well, actually an approximation for it; it will likely be wrong if the
   last character was a tab.  But when the character is read again, it will
   be correct."

  ;; This isn't perfect: if the character doesn't actually match what was
  ;; really read then it might not actually be possible: for example, if we
  ;; push back a newline while in the middle of a line, or a tab while not at
  ;; a tab stop.  In that case, we'll just lose, but hopefully not too badly.
  (case char

    ;; In the absence of better ideas, I'll set the column number to zero.
    ;; This is almost certainly wrong, but with a little luck nobody will ask
    ;; and it'll be all right soon.
    ((#\newline #\vt #\page) (values (1- line) 0))

    ;; Winding back a single space is sufficient.  If the position is
    ;; currently on a tab stop then it'll advance back here next time.  If
    ;; not, we're going to lose anyway because the previous character
    ;; certainly couldn't have been a tab.
    (#\tab (values line (1- column)))

    ;; Anything else: just decrement the column and cross fingers.
    (t (values line (1- column)))))

;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
;;; Functions.

(export 'compose)
(defun compose (function &rest more-functions)
  "Composition of functions.  Functions are applied left-to-right.

   This is the reverse order of the usual mathematical notation, but I find
   it easier to read.  It's also slightly easier to work with in programs.
   That is, (compose F1 F2 ... Fn) is what a category theorist might write as
   F1 ; F2 ; ... ; Fn, rather than F1 o F2 o ... o Fn."

  (labels ((compose1 (func-a func-b)
             (lambda (&rest args)
               (multiple-value-call func-b (apply func-a args)))))
    (reduce #'compose1 more-functions :initial-value function)))

;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
;;; Symbols.

(export 'symbolicate)
(defun symbolicate (&rest symbols)
  "Return a symbol named after the concatenation of the names of the SYMBOLS.

   The symbol is interned in the current `*package*'.  Trad."
  (intern (apply #'concatenate 'string (mapcar #'symbol-name symbols))))

;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
;;; Object printing.

(export 'maybe-print-unreadable-object)
(defmacro maybe-print-unreadable-object
    ((object stream &rest args) &body body)
  "Print helper for usually-unreadable objects.

   If `*print-escape*' is set then print OBJECT unreadably using BODY.
   Otherwise just print using BODY."
  (with-gensyms (print)
    `(flet ((,print () ,@body))
       (if *print-escape*
           (print-unreadable-object (,object ,stream ,@args)
             (,print))
           (,print)))))

;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
;;; Iteration macros.

(export 'dosequence)
(defmacro dosequence ((var seq &key (start 0) (end nil) indexvar)
                      &body body
                      &environment env)
  "Macro for iterating over general sequences.

   Iterates over a (sub)sequence SEQ, delimited by START and END (which are
   evaluated).  For each item of SEQ, BODY is invoked with VAR bound to the
   item, and INDEXVAR (if requested) bound to the item's index.  (Note that
   this is different from most iteration constructs in Common Lisp, which
   work by mutating the variable.)

   The loop is surrounded by an anonymous BLOCK and the loop body forms an
   implicit TAGBODY, as is usual.  There is no result-form, however."

  (once-only (:environment env seq start end)
    (with-gensyms ((ivar "INDEX-") (endvar "END-") (bodyfunc "BODY-"))
      (multiple-value-bind (docs decls body) (parse-body body :docp nil)
        (declare (ignore docs))

        (flet ((loopguts (indexp listp endvar)
                 ;; Build a DO-loop to do what we want.
                 (let* ((do-vars nil)
                        (end-condition (if endvar
                                           `(>= ,ivar ,endvar)
                                           `(endp ,seq)))
                        (item (if listp
                                  `(car ,seq)
                                  `(aref ,seq ,ivar)))
                        (body-call `(,bodyfunc ,item)))
                   (when listp
                     (push `(,seq (nthcdr ,start ,seq) (cdr ,seq))
                           do-vars))
                   (when indexp
                     (push `(,ivar ,start (1+ ,ivar)) do-vars))
                   (when indexvar
                     (setf body-call (append body-call (list ivar))))
                   `(do ,do-vars (,end-condition) ,body-call))))

          `(block nil
             (flet ((,bodyfunc (,var ,@(and indexvar `(,indexvar)))
                      ,@decls
                      (tagbody ,@body)))
               (etypecase ,seq
                 (vector
                  (let ((,endvar (or ,end (length ,seq))))
                    ,(loopguts t nil endvar)))
                 (list
                  (if ,end
                      ,(loopguts t t end)
                      ,(loopguts indexvar t nil)))))))))))

;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
;;; Structure accessor hacks.

(export 'define-access-wrapper)
(defmacro define-access-wrapper (from to &key read-only)
  "Make (FROM THING) work like (TO THING).

   If not READ-ONLY, then also make (setf (FROM THING) VALUE) work like
   (setf (TO THING) VALUE).

   This is mostly useful for structure slot accessors where the slot has to
   be given an unpleasant name to avoid it being an external symbol."
  `(progn
     (declaim (inline ,from ,@(and (not read-only) `((setf ,from)))))
     (defun ,from (object)
       (,to object))
     ,@(and (not read-only)
            `((defun (setf ,from) (value object)
                (setf (,to object) value))))))

;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
;;; CLOS hacking.

(export 'default-slot)
(defmacro default-slot ((instance slot &optional (slot-names t))
                          &body value
                          &environment env)
  "If INSTANCE's slot named SLOT is unbound, set it to VALUE.

   Only set SLOT if it's listed in SLOT-NAMES, or SLOT-NAMES is `t' (i.e., we
   obey the `shared-initialize' protocol).  SLOT-NAMES defaults to `t', so
   you can use it in `initialize-instance' or similar without ill effects.
   Both INSTANCE and SLOT are evaluated; VALUE is an implicit progn and only
   evaluated if it's needed."

  (once-only (:environment env instance slot slot-names)
    `(when ,(if (eq slot-names t)
                  `(not (slot-boundp ,instance ,slot))
                  `(and (not (slot-boundp ,instance ,slot))
                        (or (eq ,slot-names t)
                            (member ,slot ,slot-names))))
       (setf (slot-value ,instance ,slot)
             (progn ,@value)))))

(export 'define-on-demand-slot)
(defmacro define-on-demand-slot (class slot (instance) &body body)
  "Defines a slot which computes its initial value on demand.

   Sets up the named SLOT of CLASS to establish its value as the implicit
   progn BODY, by defining an appropriate method on `slot-unbound'."
  (multiple-value-bind (docs decls body) (parse-body body)
    (with-gensyms (classvar slotvar)
      `(defmethod slot-unbound
           (,classvar (,instance ,class) (,slotvar (eql ',slot)))
         ,@docs ,@decls
         (declare (ignore ,classvar))
         (setf (slot-value ,instance ',slot) (progn ,@body))))))

;;;----- That's all, folks --------------------------------------------------