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A succinct anonymous procedure syntax for Guile scheme
;; convenience-lambda.scm
;;
;; This syntax was inspired by arc and Clojure's anonymous procedure
;; syntax.
;;
;; #.\ (+ %1 %2) -> (lambda (%1 %2) (+ %1 %2))
;; #.\ (+ % %%) -> (lambda (% %%) (+ % %%))
;;
;; The .\ is supposed to approximate the lowercase lambda character in
;; ascii.
;;
;; Shane Celis
(eval-when (compile load eval)
(use-modules (ice-9 regex))
(define (convenience-lambda char port)
(let ((uses-numbers? 'unknown))
(define (range a b)
(if (> a b)
'()
(cons a (range (1+ a) b))))
(define (read-from-string string)
(call-with-input-string string (lambda (port) (read port))))
(define (scan-tree lst)
"scan-tree :: tree -> number"
(cond
((symbol? lst)
(let ((str (symbol->string lst)))
(if (char=? #\% (string-ref str 0))
(if (string-match "^%[0-9]+" str)
(if uses-numbers?
(begin
(set! uses-numbers? #t)
(string->number (string-trim str #\%)))
(error "Pick a convention. Use %, %% or %1, %2 not both."))
(if (string-match "^%+" str)
(if (or (eq? uses-numbers? 'unknown)
(eq? uses-numbers? #f))
(begin
(set! uses-numbers? #f)
(string-length str))
(error "Pick a convention. Use %, %% or %1, %2 not both.")
)
(error "Expected %1 or % to name positional variables; found '~a' instead." str)))
0)))
((pair? lst)
(max (scan-tree (car lst)) (scan-tree (cdr lst))))
(else 0)))
(if (char=? #\\ (read-char port))
(let* ((content (read port))
(arg-count (scan-tree content)))
(display (number->string arg-count))
`(lambda ,(map (lambda (x)
(string->symbol
(if uses-numbers?
(string-concatenate (list "%" (number->string x)))
(make-string x #\%))))
(range 1 arg-count))
,content))
(error "Expected form like #.\\ (+ %1 %2)"))))
(read-hash-extend #\. convenience-lambda))
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