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| author | Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> | 2020-06-06 07:02:37 -0700 |
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| committer | Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> | 2020-06-06 07:02:37 -0700 |
| commit | f994a9c5422a103dad72bd49980b205c092fd17a (patch) | |
| tree | ccf9be597b9bc3521bfd8a71534f56f27d163c43 /txr.1 | |
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doc: relocate nullify.
* txr.1: Relocate description of nullify from bottom of
Sequence Manipulation to near the top, after the description
of empty. This is very similar to the recent relocation of
nullify in lib.c and lib.h.
Diffstat (limited to 'txr.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | txr.1 | 198 |
1 files changed, 99 insertions, 99 deletions
@@ -29308,6 +29308,105 @@ yields .code nil because the set of integers beginning with 0 isn't empty. +.coNP Function @ nullify +.synb +.mets (nullify << iterable ) +.syne +.desc +The +.code nullify +function returns +.code nil +if +.meta iterable +denotes an empty sequence. +Otherwise, if +.meta iterable +is not an empty sequence, or isn't a sequence, then +.meta iterable +itself is returned. + +If +.meta iterable +is a structure object which supports the +.code nullify +method, then that method is called. If it returns +.code nil +then +.code nil +is returned. If the +.code nullify +method returns a substitute object other than the +.meta iterable +object itself, then +.code nullify +is invoked on that returned substitute object. + +Note: the +.code nullify +function is a helper to support unoptimized generic +traversal of sequences. Thanks to the generalized behavior of +.codn cdr , +non-list sequences can be traversed using +.codn cdr , +similarly to proper lists, by checking for +.code cdr +returning the terminating value +.codn nil . +However, empty non-list sequences are handled incorrectly because +since they are not the +.code nil +object, they look non-empty under this paradigm of traversal. +The +.code nullify +function provides a correction: if the input sequence is filtered +through +.code nullify +then the subsequent list-like iteration works correctly. + +Examples: + +.verb + ;; Incorrect for empty strings: + + (defun print-chars (string) + (while string + (prinl (pop string)))) + + ;; Corrected with nullify: + + (defun print-chars (string) + (let ((s (nullify string))) + (while s + (prinl (pop s))))) +.brev + +Note: optimized generic iteration is available in the form of iteration +based on +.code iter-begin +rather than +.cod3 car / cdr +and +.codn nullify . + +Examples: + +.verb + ;; Efficient with iterators, + ;; at the cost of verbosity: + + (defun print-chars (string) + (let ((i (iter-begin string))) + (while (iter-more i) + (prinl (iter-item s)) + (set s (iter-step s))))) + + ;; Using mapping function built on iterators: + + (defun print-chars (string) + [mapdo prinl string]) +.brev + .coNP Accessor @ sub .synb .mets (sub < sequence >> [ from <> [ to ]]) @@ -33181,105 +33280,6 @@ function. #(4 5 6 7)) .brev -.coNP Function @ nullify -.synb -.mets (nullify << iterable ) -.syne -.desc -The -.code nullify -function returns -.code nil -if -.meta iterable -denotes an empty sequence. -Otherwise, if -.meta iterable -is not an empty sequence, or isn't a sequence, then -.meta iterable -itself is returned. - -If -.meta iterable -is a structure object which supports the -.code nullify -method, then that method is called. If it returns -.code nil -then -.code nil -is returned. If the -.code nullify -method returns a substitute object other than the -.meta iterable -object itself, then -.code nullify -is invoked on that returned substitute object. - -Note: the -.code nullify -function is a helper to support unoptimized generic -traversal of sequences. Thanks to the generalized behavior of -.codn cdr , -non-list sequences can be traversed using -.codn cdr , -similarly to proper lists, by checking for -.code cdr -returning the terminating value -.codn nil . -However, empty non-list sequences are handled incorrectly because -since they are not the -.code nil -object, they look non-empty under this paradigm of traversal. -The -.code nullify -function provides a correction: if the input sequence is filtered -through -.code nullify -then the subsequent list-like iteration works correctly. - -Examples: - -.verb - ;; Incorrect for empty strings: - - (defun print-chars (string) - (while string - (prinl (pop string)))) - - ;; Corrected with nullify: - - (defun print-chars (string) - (let ((s (nullify string))) - (while s - (prinl (pop s))))) -.brev - -Note: optimized generic iteration is available in the form of iteration -based on -.code iter-begin -rather than -.cod3 car / cdr -and -.codn nullify . - -Examples: - -.verb - ;; Efficient with iterators, - ;; at the cost of verbosity: - - (defun print-chars (string) - (let ((i (iter-begin string))) - (while (iter-more i) - (prinl (iter-item s)) - (set s (iter-step s))))) - - ;; Using mapping function built on iterators: - - (defun print-chars (string) - [mapdo prinl string]) -.brev - .SS* Open Sequence Traversal Functions in this category perform efficient traversal of sequences. |