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curry.clj
(ns sunil.curry)
(defn partial+
"Takes a function f and fewer than the normal arguments to f, and
returns a fn that takes a variable number of additional args. When
called, the returned function calls f with args + additional args.
differs from the core version in that it works on just one argument."
{:added "1.0"}
([f] f)
([f arg1]
(fn [& args] (apply f arg1 args)))
([f arg1 arg2]
(fn [& args] (apply f arg1 arg2 args)))
([f arg1 arg2 arg3]
(fn [& args] (apply f arg1 arg2 arg3 args)))
([f arg1 arg2 arg3 & more]
(fn [& args] (apply f arg1 arg2 arg3 (concat more args)))))
(defmacro defn-decorated
"like defn except it accepts an additional vector of
decorator functions which will be applied to the base definition.
the decorators are applied in left-to-right order."
{:author "Robert McIntyre"
:arglists '[[name [modifers*] doc-string? attr-map? [params*] body]
[name [modifers*] doc-string? attr-map? ([params*] body) + attr-map?]]}
[fn-name decorators & defn-stuff]
`(do
(defn ~fn-name ~@defn-stuff)
(alter-var-root (var ~fn-name) (reduce comp identity (reverse ~decorators)))
(var ~fn-name)))
(defn curry**
[number-of-args f]
(fn
([& args]
(let [number-of-inputs (count args)]
(if (= number-of-inputs number-of-args)
(apply f args)
(curry** (- number-of-args number-of-inputs)
(apply (partial+ partial+ f) args)))))))
(def curry* (curry** 2 curry**))
(defn-decorated
curry
[(curry* 2)]
"higher order function that enables automatic curying as in haskel, scheme"
{:author "Robert McIntyre"}
[number-of-args f]
(curry** number-of-args f))
;;; Example of Use
(defn-decorated
demo
[memoize (curry 3)]
"I like the vector of unitarty higher order transforms ---
sort of like a list of modifiers on a magic(tm) card.
This function has flying, resistance to black, etc :)"
[a b c]
(println "side effect")
(+ a b c))
;; (((((demo1)) 1) 2) 3)
;; 6
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