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Interpreter 1: No Scope
# scheme.py
#
# Challenge: Can you implement a mini-scheme interpreter?
env = {
'+' : lambda x, y: x + y,
'-' : lambda x, y: x - y,
'*' : lambda x, y: x * y,
'/' : lambda x, y: x / y,
'!=' : lambda x, y: x != y,
'=' : lambda x, y: x == y,
'>' : lambda x, y: x > y,
'<' : lambda x, y: x < y,
'<=' : lambda x, y: x <= y,
'>=' : lambda x, y: x >= y,
}
def substitute(exp, name, value):
if exp == name:
return value
elif isinstance(exp, tuple):
return tuple([substitute(part, name, value) for part in exp])
else:
return exp #Unchanged
class Procedure:
def __init__(self, parameters, expressions, env):
self.parameters = parameters
self.expressions = expressions
self.env = env
def __call__(self, *args):
for expression in self.expressions: # Substitute the arguments for parameter names
for names, values in zip(self.parameters, args):
expression = substitute(expression, names, values)
result = seval(expression, # Evaluate the resulting expression
dict(self.env)) # makes a copy of env
return result
def seval(sexp, env):
if isinstance(sexp, (int, float, Procedure)):
return sexp
elif isinstance(sexp, str): # A symbol of some kind
return env[sexp] # Environment lookup
elif isinstance(sexp, tuple):
if sexp[0] == 'define':
name = sexp[1]
value = seval(sexp[2], env)
env[name] = value
return
elif sexp[0] == 'if':
condition = sexp[1]
thenClause = sexp[2]
elseClause = sexp[3]
if seval(condition, env):
return seval(thenClause, env)
else:
return seval(elseClause, env)
elif sexp[0] == 'lambda':
parameters = sexp[1]
expressions = sexp[2:]
return Procedure(parameters=parameters, expressions=expressions, env=env)
return sapply(sexp[0], sexp[1:], env)
else:
raise RuntimeError("bad expression")
# Applies a procedure (calling a procedure)
def sapply(proc, args, env=env):
actual_proc = seval(proc, env) # Get the "procedure" itself
evaluated_args = [seval(arg, env) for arg in args] # Evaluate the arguments
return actual_proc(*evaluated_args) # Call Procedure
assert seval(23, {}) == 23
assert seval("x", {"x": 23}) == 23
assert seval(("+", 1, 2), env) == 3
assert seval(("+", 1, ("*", 2, 3)), env) == 7
seval(("define", "x", 13), env) == 7
assert seval(("x"), env) == 13
assert seval(("if", ("<", 2, 3), 4, 5), env) == 4
assert seval(("if", (">", 2, 3), 4, 5), env) == 5
assert substitute(('*', ('+', 'x', 'y'), ('x',)), 'x', 2) == ('*', ('+', 2, 'y'), (2,))
factorial = ('define', 'factorial',
('lambda', ('n',), ('if', ('=', 'n', 1), 1, ('*', 'n', ('factorial', ('-', 'n', 1))))))
seval(factorial, env)
seval(('define', 'n', 5), env)
result = seval(('fact', 'n'), env)
assert result == 120
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