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Address #293 - wildcard to match macro.
The _ symbol will match any value without creating a binding.
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All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
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## Unreleased
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- Allow `_` in the `match` macro to match anything without creating a binding
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or doing unification.
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- Add `:range-to` and `:down-to` verbs in the `loop` macro.
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- Fix `and` and `or` macros returning nil instead of false in some cases.
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- Allow matching successfully against nil values in the `match` macro.
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[pattern expr onmatch seen]
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(cond
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(= '_ pattern)
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(onmatch)
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(symbol? pattern)
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(if (in seen pattern)
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~(if (= ,pattern ,expr) ,(onmatch) ,sentinel)
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(defmacro match
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"Pattern matching. Match an expression x against
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any number of cases. Easy case is a pattern to match against, followed
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any number of cases. Each case is a pattern to match against, followed
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by an expression to evaluate to if that case is matched. A pattern that is
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a symbol will match anything, binding x's value to that symbol. An array
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will match only if all of it's elements match the corresponding elements in
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x. A table or struct will match if all values match with the corresponding
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values in x. A tuple pattern will match if it's first element matches, and the following
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elements are treated as predicates and are true. Any other value pattern will only
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match if it is equal to x."
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elements are treated as predicates and are true. The last special case is
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the '_ symbol, which is a wildcard that will match any value without creating a binding.
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Any other value pattern will only match if it is equal to x."
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[x & cases]
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(with-idemp $x x
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(def len (length cases))
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