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   3 %%% Miscellaneous functionality
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  25
  26 \chapter{Miscellaneous functionality} \label{ch:misc}
  27
  28 %%%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  29 \section{Utilities} \label{sec:misc.utilities}
  30
  31 These symbols are defined in the @|sod-utilities| package.
  32
  33 \begin{describe}{mac}
  34     {with-gensyms (@{ @<var> @! (@<var> @[@<name>@]) @}^*)      \\ \ind
  35       @<declaration>^*                                          \\
  36       @<form>^*}
  37 \end{describe}
  38
  39 \begin{describe}{mac}
  40     {once-only (@[[ :environment @<env> @]]
  41                 @{ @<var> @! (@<var> @[@<value-form>@]) @}^*)   \\ \ind
  42       @<declaration>^*                                          \\
  43       @<form>^*}
  44 \end{describe}
  45
  46 \begin{describe}{mac}
  47     {parse-body @<body> \&key :docp :declp
  48       @> @<doc-string> @<declarations> @<body-forms>}
  49 \end{describe}
  50
  51 \begin{describe}{cls}{loc}
  52 \end{describe}
  53
  54 \begin{describe}{fun}{locp @<object> @> @<generalized-boolean>}
  55 \end{describe}
  56
  57 \begin{describe}{mac}{locf @<place> @> @<locative>}
  58 \end{describe}
  59
  60 \begin{describe*}
  61     {\dhead{fun}{ref @<locative> @> @<value>}
  62      \dhead{fun}{setf (ref @<locative>) @<value>}}
  63 \end{describe*}
  64
  65 \begin{describe}{mac}
  66     {with-locatives
  67         @{ @<var> @! (@{ @<var> @!
  68                          (@<var> @[@<locative>@]) @}^*) @}      \\ \ind
  69       @<declaration>^*                                          \\
  70       @<form>^*}
  71 \end{describe}
  72
  73 \begin{describe}{sym}{it}
  74 \end{describe}
  75
  76 \begin{describe}{mac}{aif @<condition> @<consequent> @[@<alt>@]}
  77 \end{describe}
  78
  79 \begin{describe}{mac}{aand @<form>^*}
  80 \end{describe}
  81
  82 \begin{describe}{mac}{awhen @<condition> @<form>^*}
  83 \end{describe}
  84
  85 \begin{describe}{mac}{acond @{ (@<condition> @<form>^*) @}^*}
  86 \end{describe}
  87
  88 \begin{describe*}
  89     {\dhead{mac}
  90       {acase @<scrutinee> @{ (@{ @<case> @! (@<case>^*) @} @<form>^*) @}^*}
  91      \dhead{mac}
  92       {aecase @<scrutinee> @{ (@{ @<case> @! (@<case>^*) @} @<form>^*) @}^*}
  93      \dhead{mac}{atypecase @<scrutinee> @{ (@<type> @<form>^*) @}^*}
  94      \dhead{mac}{aetypecase @<scrutinee> @{ (@<type> @<form>^*) @}^*}}
  95 \end{describe*}
  96
  97 \begin{describe}{mac}{asetf @{ @<place> @<value> @}^*}
  98 \end{describe}
  99
 100 \begin{describe}{gf}{instance-initargs @<instance>}
 101 \end{describe}
 102
 103 \begin{describe*}
 104     {\dhead{fun}{copy-instance @<instance> \&rest @<initargs>}
 105      \dhead{gf}{copy-instance-using-class @<class> @<instance>
 106                                           \&rest @<initargs>}}
 107 \end{describe*}
 108
 109 \begin{describe*}
 110     {\dhead{gf}{generic-function-methods @<generic-function> @> @<list>}
 111      \dhead{gf}{method-specializers @<method> @> @<list>}
 112      \dhead{cls}{eql-specializer}
 113      \dhead{gf}{eql-specializer-object @<specializer> @> @<value>}}
 114 \end{describe*}
 115
 116 \begin{describe}{fun}{make-list-builder \&optional @<initial> @> @<builder>}
 117 \end{describe}
 118
 119 \begin{describe}{fun}{lbuild-add @<builder> @<item> @> @<builder>}
 120 \end{describe}
 121
 122 \begin{describe}{fun}{lbuild-add-list @<builder> @<list> @> @<builder>}
 123 \end{describe}
 124
 125 \begin{describe}{fun}{lbuild-list @<builder> @> @<list>}
 126 \end{describe}
 127
 128 \begin{describe}{fun}
 129     {mappend @<function> @<list> \&rest @<more-lists> @> @<result-list>}
 130 \end{describe}
 131
 132 \begin{describe}{cls}{inconsistent-merge-error (error) \&key :candidates}
 133 \end{describe}
 134
 135 \begin{describe}{gf}{merge-error-candidates @<error> @> @<list>}
 136 \end{describe}
 137
 138 \begin{describe}{fun}
 139     {merge-lists @<lists> \&key :pick (:test \#'eql) :present @> @<list>}
 140 \end{describe}
 141
 142 \begin{describe}{mac}
 143     {categorize (\=@<item-var> @<items>
 144                    @[[ :bind (@{ @<var> @!
 145                                  (@<var> @[@<value>@]) @}^*) @]])
 146                                                                 \\ \ind\ind
 147         (@{ (@<cat-var> @<cat-predicate>) @}^*)               \-\\
 148       @<declaration>^*                                          \\
 149       @<form>^*
 150      \-\nlret @<value>^*}
 151 \end{describe}
 152
 153 \begin{describe}{fun}
 154     {frob-identifier @<string> \&key :swap-case :swap-hyphen
 155       @> @<frobbed-string>}
 156 \end{describe}
 157
 158 \begin{describe}{fun}{whitespace-char-p @<character> @> @<generic-function>}
 159 \end{describe}
 160
 161 \begin{describe}{fun}
 162     {update-position @<character> @<line> @<column>
 163       @> @<new-line> @<new-column>}
 164 \end{describe}
 165
 166 \begin{describe}{fun}
 167     {backtrack-position @<character> @<line> @<column>
 168       @> @<old-line> @<old-column>}
 169 \end{describe}
 170
 171 \begin{describe}{fun}
 172     {compose @<function> \&rest @<more-functions> @> @<function>}
 173 \end{describe}
 174
 175 \begin{describe}{fun}{symbolicate \&rest @<symbols> @> @<symbol>}
 176 \end{describe}
 177
 178 \begin{describe}{mac}
 179     {maybe-print-unreadable-object
 180         (@<object> @<stream>
 181          @[[ :type @<type> @!
 182              :identity @<identity> @]])                         \\ \ind
 183       @<declaration>^*                                          \\
 184       @<form>^*}
 185 \end{describe}
 186
 187 \begin{describe}{fun}{print-ugly-stuff @<stream> @<func> @> @<value>^*}
 188 \end{describe}
 189
 190 \begin{describe}{mac}
 191     {dosequence (@<var> @<sequence>
 192                  @[[ :start @<start> @! :end @<end> @!
 193                      :indexvar @<var> @]])                      \\ \ind
 194       @<declaration>^*                                          \\
 195       @{ @<tag> @! @<statement> @}^*}
 196 \end{describe}
 197
 198 \begin{describe}{mac}
 199     {define-access-wrapper @<from> @<to>
 200                            @[[ :read-only @<read-only-flag> @]]}
 201 \end{describe}
 202
 203 \begin{describe}{fun}
 204     {designated-condition
 205         \=@<default-type> @<datum> @<arguments>                 \\
 206         \>\&key :allow-pointless-arguments
 207       \nlret @<condition>}
 208 \end{describe}
 209
 210 \begin{describe}{mac}
 211     {default-slot (@<instance> @<slot> @[@<slot-names>@])       \\ \ind
 212       @<form>^*}
 213 \end{describe}
 214
 215 \begin{describe}{mac}
 216     {define-on-demand-slot @<class> @<slot> (@<instance>)       \\ \ind
 217       @[[ @<declaration>^* @! @<doc-string> @]]                 \\
 218       @<form>^*}
 219 \end{describe}
 220
 221 %%%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 222 \section{Condition utilities} \label{sec:misc.condition}
 223
 224 These symbols are defined in the @|sod-parser| package.
 225
 226 \begin{describe}{cls}{enclosing-condition (condition) \&key :condition}
 227 \end{describe}
 228
 229 \begin{describe}{gf}
 230     {enclosed-condition @<enclosing-condition> @> @<condition>}
 231 \end{describe}
 232
 233 \begin{describe}{cls}{information (condition) \&key}
 234 \end{describe}
 235
 236 \begin{describe}{cls}
 237     {simple-information (simple-condition information)          \\ \ind
 238       \&key :format-control :format-arguments}
 239 \end{describe}
 240
 241 \begin{describe}{fun}{info @<datum> \&rest @<arguments> @> @<flag>}
 242 \end{describe}
 243
 244 \begin{describe}{rst}{noted}
 245 \end{describe}
 246
 247 \begin{describe}{fun}{cerror* @<datum> \&rest @<arguments>}
 248 \end{describe}
 249
 250 %%%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 251 \section{Option parser} \label{sec:misc.optparse}
 252
 253 These symbols are defined in the @!optparse| package.
 254
 255 \begin{describe}{fun}{exit \&optional (@<code> 0) \&key :abrupt}
 256 \end{describe}
 257
 258 \begin{describe}{var}{*program-name*}
 259 \end{describe}
 260
 261 \begin{describe}{var}{*command-line*}
 262 \end{describe}
 263
 264 \begin{describe}{fun}{set-command-line-arguments}
 265 \end{describe}
 266
 267 \begin{describe}{fun}{moan @<format-string> \&rest @<format-args>}
 268 \end{describe}
 269
 270 \begin{describe}{fun}{die @<format-string> \&rest @<format-args>}
 271 \end{describe}
 272
 273 \begin{describe}{var}{*options*}
 274 \end{describe}
 275
 276 \begin{describe}{cls}{option}
 277 \end{describe}
 278
 279 \begin{describe}{fun}{optionp @<object> @> @<generalized-boolean>}
 280 \end{describe}
 281
 282 \begin{describe}{fun}
 283     {make-option \=@<long-name> @<short-name>                 \+\\
 284                    \&optional @<arg-name>                       \\
 285                    \&key :tag :negated-tag
 286                          :arg-optional-p :documentation       \-
 287       \nlret @<option>}
 288 \end{describe}
 289
 290 \begin{describe*}
 291     {\dhead{fun}{opt-short-name @<option> @> @<character-or-null>}
 292      \dhead{fun}{setf (opt-short-name @<option>) @<character-or-null>}
 293      \dhead{fun}{opt-long-name @<option> @> @<string-or-null>}
 294      \dhead{fun}{setf (opt-long-name @<option>) @<string-or-null>}
 295      \dhead{fun}{opt-tag @<option> @> @<tag>}
 296      \dhead{fun}{setf (opt-tag @<option>) @<tag>}
 297      \dhead{fun}{opt-negated-tag @<option> @> @<tag>}
 298      \dhead{fun}{setf (opt-negated-tag @<option>) @<tag>}
 299      \dhead{fun}{opt-arg-name @<option> @> @<string-or-null>}
 300      \dhead{fun}{setf (opt-arg-name @<option>) @<string-or-null>}
 301      \dhead{fun}{opt-optional-p @<option> @> @<generalized-boolean>}
 302      \dhead{fun}{setf (opt-optional-p @<option>) @<generalized-boolean>}
 303      \dhead{fun}{opt-documentation @<option> @> @<string-or-null>}
 304      \dhead{fun}{setf (opt-documentation @<option>) @<string-or-null>}}
 305 \end{describe*}
 306
 307 \begin{describe}{cls}{option-parser}
 308 \end{describe}
 309
 310 \begin{describe}{fun}{option-parser-p @<object> @> @<generalized-boolean>}
 311 \end{describe}
 312
 313 \begin{describe}{fun}
 314     {make-option-parser \&key \=:args :options :non-option :numericp \+ \\
 315                               :negated-numeric-p long-only-p \-
 316       \nlret @<option-parser>}
 317 \end{describe}
 318
 319 \begin{describe*}
 320     {\dhead{fun}{op-options @<option-parser> @> @<list>}
 321      \dhead{fun}{setf (op-options @<option-parser>) @<list>}
 322      \dhead{fun}{op-non-option @<option-parser> @> @<action>}
 323      \dhead{fun}{setf (op-non-option @<option-parser>) @<action>}
 324      \dhead{fun}{op-long-only-p @<option-parser> @> @<generalized-boolean>}
 325      \dhead{fun}{setf (op-long-only-p @<option-parser>) @<generalized-boolean>}
 326      \dhead{fun}{op-numeric-p @<option-parser> @> @<generalized-boolean>}
 327      \dhead{fun}{setf (op-numeric-p @<option-parser>) @<generalized-boolean>}
 328      \dhead{fun}{op-negated-numeric-p @<option-parser> @<generalized-boolean>}
 329      \dhead{fun}{setf (op-negated-numeric-p @<option-parser>) @<generalized-boolean>}
 330      \dhead{fun}{op-negated-p @<option-parser> @> @<generalized-boolean>}
 331      \dhead{fun}{setf (op-negated-p @<option-parser>) @<generalized-boolean>}}
 332 \end{describe*}
 333
 334 \begin{describe}{cls}
 335     {option-parse-error (error simple-condition)
 336       \&key :format-control :format-arguments}
 337 \end{describe}
 338
 339 \begin{describe}{fun}{option-parse-remainder @<option-parser>}
 340 \end{describe}
 341
 342 \begin{describe}{fun}{option-parse-return @<tag> \&optional @<argument>}
 343 \end{describe}
 344
 345 \begin{describe}{fun}{option-parse-next @<option-parser>}
 346 \end{describe}
 347
 348 \begin{describe}{mac}{option-parse-try @<form>^*}
 349 \end{describe}
 350
 351 \begin{describe}{mac}{with-unix-error-reporting () @<form>^*}
 352 \end{describe}
 353
 354 \begin{describe}{mac}
 355     {defopthandler @<name> (@<var> @[@<arg>@]) @<lambda-list> \\ \ind
 356       @[[ @<declaration>^* @! @<doc-string> @]] \\
 357       @<form>^*}
 358 \end{describe}
 359
 360 \begin{describe}{fun}
 361     {invoke-option-handler @<handler> @<locative> @<arg> @<arguments>}
 362 \end{describe}
 363
 364 \begin{describe}{opt}{set \&optional @<value>}
 365 \end{describe}
 366
 367 \begin{describe}{opt}{clear \&optional @<value>}
 368 \end{describe}
 369
 370 \begin{describe}{opt}{inc \&optional @<maximum> @<step>}
 371 \end{describe}
 372
 373 \begin{describe}{opt}{dec \&optional <minimum> <step>}
 374 \end{describe}
 375
 376 \begin{describe}{opt}{read}
 377 \end{describe}
 378
 379 \begin{describe}{opt}{int \&key :radix :min :max}
 380 \end{describe}
 381
 382 \begin{describe}{opt}{string}
 383 \end{describe}
 384
 385 \begin{describe}{opt}{keyword \&optional @<valid>}
 386 \end{describe}
 387
 388 \begin{describe}{opt}{list \&optional @<handler> \&rest @<handler-args>}
 389 \end{describe}
 390
 391 \begin{describe}{mac}
 392     {defoptmacro @<name> @<lambda-list> \\ \ind
 393       @[[ @<declaration>^* @! @<doc-string> @]] \\
 394       @<form>^*}
 395 \end{describe}
 396
 397 \begin{describe}{fun}{parse-option-form @<form>}
 398 \end{describe}
 399
 400 \begin{describe}{mac}
 401     {options @{ \=@<string> @! \+ \\
 402                   @<option-macro> @! (@<option-macro> @<macro-arg>^*) @! \\
 403                   (@[[ \=@<character> @! (:short-name @<character>) @! \+ \\
 404                          @<string>^* @! @<symbol> @! @<rational> @!
 405                          (:long-name @<string>) @! \\
 406                          (@<string> @<format-arg>^+) @!
 407                          (:doc @<string> @<format-arg>^*) @! \\
 408                          (:arg @<arg-name>) @! (:opt-arg @<arg-name>) @! \\
 409                          @<keyword> @! (:tag @<tag>) @!
 410                                        (:negated-tag @<tag>) @! \\
 411                          @{ (@<handler> @<var> @<handler-arg>^*) @}^*
 412                    @]]) @}^*}
 413 \end{describe}
 414
 415 \begin{describe}{fun}
 416     {simple-usage @<option-list> \&optional @<mandatory-args> @> @<list>}
 417 \end{describe}
 418
 419 \begin{describe}{fun}{show-usage @<prog> @<usage> \&optional @<stream>}
 420 \end{describe}
 421
 422 \begin{describe}{fun}
 423     {show-help @<prog> @<usage> @<option-list> \&optional @<stream>}
 424 \end{describe}
 425
 426 \begin{describe}{fun}{sanity-check-option-list @<option-list>}
 427 \end{describe}
 428
 429 \begin{describe*}
 430     {\dhead{var}{*help*}
 431      \dhead{var}{*version*}
 432      \dhead{var}{*usage*}}
 433 \end{describe*}
 434
 435 \begin{describe}{fun}{do-usage \&optional @<stream>}
 436 \end{describe}
 437
 438 \begin{describe}{fun}{die-usage}
 439 \end{describe}
 440
 441 \begin{describe}{optmac}
 442     {help-options \&key :short-help :short-version :short-usage}
 443 \end{describe}
 444
 445 \begin{describe}{fun}
 446     {define-program \&key \=:program-name \+ \\
 447                             :help :version :usage :full-usage \\
 448                             :options}
 449 \end{describe}
 450
 451 \begin{describe}{mac}
 452     {do-options (@[[ :parser @<option-parser> @]]) \\ \ind
 453       @{ (@{ @<case> @! (@<case>^*)@} (@[@[@<opt-var>@] @<arg-var>@])
 454           @<form>^*) @}^*}
 455 \end{describe}
 456
 457 %%%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 458 \section{Property sets} \label{sec:misc.pset}
 459
 460 \begin{describe}{fun}{property-key @<name> @> @<keyword>}
 461 \end{describe}
 462
 463 \begin{describe}{gf}{decode-property @<raw-value> @> @<type> @<value>}
 464 \end{describe}
 465
 466 \begin{describe}{cls}{property}
 467 \end{describe}
 468
 469 \begin{describe}{fun}{propertyp @<object> @> @<generalized-boolean>}
 470 \end{describe}
 471
 472 \begin{describe}{fun}
 473     {make-property @<name> @<raw-value> \&key :type :location :seenp}
 474 \end{describe}
 475
 476 \begin{describe*}
 477     {\dhead{fun}{p-name @<property> @> @<name>}
 478      \dhead{fun}{p-value @<property> @> @<value>}
 479      \dhead{fun}{p-type @<property> @> @<type>}
 480      \dhead{fun}{p-key @<property> @> @<symbol>}
 481      \dhead{fun}{p-seenp @<property> @> @<boolean>}
 482      \dhead{fun}{setf (p-seenp @<property>) @<boolean>}}
 483 \end{describe*}
 484
 485 \begin{describe}{gf}{decode-property @<raw-value> @> @<type> @<value>}
 486 \end{describe}
 487
 488 \begin{describe}{gf}
 489     {coerce-property-value @<value> @<type> @<wanted> @> @<coerced-value>}
 490 \end{describe}
 491
 492 \begin{describe}{cls}{pset}
 493 \end{describe}
 494
 495 \begin{describe}{fun}{psetp @<object> @> @<generalized-boolean>}
 496 \end{describe}
 497
 498 \begin{describe}{fun}{make-pset @> @<pset>}
 499 \end{describe}
 500
 501 \begin{describe}{fun}{pset-get @<pset> @<key> @> @<property-or-nil>}
 502 \end{describe}
 503
 504 \begin{describe}{fun}{pset-store @<pset> @<property> @> @<property>}
 505 \end{describe}
 506
 507 \begin{describe}{fun}{pset-map @<func> @<pset>}
 508 \end{describe}
 509
 510 \begin{describe}{mac}
 511     {with-pset-iterator (@<iter> @<pset>) @<declaration>^* @<form>^*}
 512 \end{describe}
 513
 514 \begin{describe}{fun}
 515     {store-property @<pset> @<name> @<value> \&key :type :location
 516       @> @<property>}
 517 \end{describe}
 518
 519 \begin{describe}{fun}
 520     {get-property @<pset> @<name> @<type> \&optional @<default>
 521       @> @<value> @<floc-or-nil>}
 522 \end{describe}
 523
 524 \begin{describe}{fun}
 525     {add-property @<pset> @<name> @<value> \&key :type :location
 526       @> @<property>}
 527 \end{describe}
 528
 529 \begin{describe}{fun}{make-property-set \&rest @<plist> @> @<pset>}
 530 \end{describe}
 531
 532 \begin{describe}{gf}{property-set @<thing> @> @<pset>}
 533 \end{describe}
 534
 535 \begin{describe}{fun}{check-unused-properties @<pset>}
 536 \end{describe}
 537
 538 \begin{describe}{mac}
 539     {default-slot-from-property
 540         (@<instance> @<slot> @[@<slot-names>@]) \\ \ind\ind
 541         (@<pset> @<property> @<type> @[@<prop-var> @<convert-form>^*@]) \- \\
 542       @<declaration>^* \\
 543       @<default-form>^*}
 544 \end{describe}
 545
 546 \begin{describe}{fun}
 547     {parse-property @<scanner> @<pset>
 548       @> @<result> @<success-flag> @<consumed-flag>}
 549 \end{describe}
 550
 551 \begin{describe}{fun}
 552     {parse-property-set @<scanner>
 553       @> @<result> @<success-flag> @<consumed-flag>}
 554 \end{describe}
 555
 556 %%%--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 557 \section{Miscellaneous translator features} \label{sec:misc.pset}
 558
 559 \begin{describe}{var}{*sod-version*}
 560 \end{describe}
 561
 562 \begin{describe}{var}{*debugout-pathname*}
 563 \end{describe}
 564
 565 \begin{describe}{fun}{test-module @<path> @<reason>}
 566 \end{describe}
 567
 568 \begin{describe}{fun}
 569     {test-parse-c-type @<string>
 570       @> t @<c-type> @<kernel> @<string> @! nil @<indicator>}
 571 \end{describe}
 572
 573 \begin{describe}{mac}
 574     {test-parser (@<scanner> \&key :backtrace) @<parser> @<input>
 575       @> @<result> @<status> @<remainder>}
 576 \end{describe}
 577
 578 \begin{describe}{fun}{exercise}
 579 \end{describe}
 580
 581 \begin{describe}{fun}{sod-frontend:main}
 582 \end{describe}
 583
 584 %%%----- That's all, folks --------------------------------------------------
 585
 586 %%% Local variables:
 587 %%% mode: LaTeX
 588 %%% TeX-master: "sod.tex"
 589 %%% TeX-PDF-mode: t
 590 %%% End: