# An example implementation of functional, lazy # sequences, as in clojure. The lazy seq is essentially # A lazy linked list, where the next value is a function # that must be called (realizing it), and the memoized. # Use with (import "./path/to/this/file" :prefix "seq.") (defmacro delay "Lazily evaluate a series of expressions. Returns a function that returns the result of the last expression. Will only evaluate the body once, and then memoizes the result." [& forms] (def state (gensym)) (def loaded (gensym)) ~(do (var ,state nil) (var ,loaded nil) (fn [] (if ,loaded ,state (do (set ,loaded true) (set ,state (do ,;forms))))))) # Use tuples instead of structs to save memory (def- HEAD 0) (def- TAIL 1) (defn empty-seq "The empty sequence." [] nil) (defmacro cons "Create a new sequence by prepending a value to the original sequence." [h t] (def x (tuple h t)) (fn [] x)) (defn empty? "Check if a sequence is empty." [s] (not (s))) (defn head "Get the next value of the sequence." [s] (get (s) HEAD)) (defn tail "Get the rest of a sequence" [s] (get (s) TAIL)) (defn lazy-range "Return a sequence of integers [start, end)." [start end &] (if end (if (< start end) (delay (tuple start (lazy-range (+ 1 start) end))) empty-seq) (lazy-range 0 start))) (defn lazy-map "Return a sequence that is the result of applying f to each value in s." [f s] (delay (def x (s)) (if x (tuple (f (get x HEAD)) (map f (get x TAIL)))))) (defn realize "Force evaluation of a lazy sequence." [s] (when (s) (realize (tail s)))) (defn realize-map "Evaluate f on each member of the sequence. Forces evaluation." [f s] (when (s) (f (head s)) (realize-map f (tail s)))) (defn drop "Ignores the first n values of the sequence and returns the rest." [n s] (delay (def x (s)) (if (and x (pos? n)) ((drop (- n 1) (get x TAIL)))))) (defn take "Returns at most the first n values of s." [n s] (delay (def x (s)) (if (and x (pos? n)) (tuple (get x HEAD) (take (- n 1) (get x TAIL)))))) (defn randseq "Return a sequence of random numbers." [] (delay (tuple (math/random) (randseq)))) (defn take-while "Returns a sequence of values until the predicate is false." [pred s] (delay (def x (s)) (when x (def thehead (get HEAD x)) (if thehead (tuple thehead (take-while pred (get TAIL x)))))))