4 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index 095313ac..4125d33a 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -7294,6 +7294,7 @@ void eval_init(void)
   reg_fun(intern(lit("lcons-fun"), user_package), func_n1(lcons_fun));
   reg_fun(intern(lit("lcons-car"), user_package), func_n1(lcons_car));
   reg_fun(intern(lit("lcons-cdr"), user_package), func_n1(lcons_cdr));
+  reg_fun(intern(lit("lcons-force"), user_package), func_n1(lcons_force));
   reg_fun(car_s, car_f);
   reg_fun(cdr_s, cdr_f);
   reg_fun(rplaca_s, func_n2(rplaca));
diff --git a/lib.c b/lib.c
index 12f024cc..4ee9cd59 100644
--- a/lib.c
+++ b/lib.c
@@ -4863,6 +4863,18 @@ val lcons_fun(val lcons)
   return lcons->lc.func;
 }
 
+val lcons_force(val lcons)
+{
+  val iter = lcons;
+
+  while (type(iter) == LCONS && iter->lc.func) {
+    lcons_force(car(iter));
+    iter = us_cdr(iter);
+  }
+
+  return lcons;
+}
+
 val list(val first, ...)
 {
   va_list vl;
diff --git a/lib.h b/lib.h
index b4b1df87..9378ce02 100644
--- a/lib.h
+++ b/lib.h
@@ -933,6 +933,7 @@ void rcyc_cons(val cons);
 void rcyc_empty(void);
 val lcons_fun(val lcons);
 INLINE val us_lcons_fun(val lcons) { return lcons->lc.func; }
+val lcons_force(val lcons);
 val list(val first, ...); /* terminated by nao */
 val listv(varg );
 val consp(val obj);
diff --git a/txr.1 b/txr.1
index 278279cb..d236688c 100644
--- a/txr.1
+++ b/txr.1
@@ -24373,6 +24373,32 @@ cons to store state information necessary for the propagation of a lazy list.
 If that state information consists of no more than two values, then
 no additional context object need be allocated.
 
+.coNP Function @ lcons-force
+.synb
+.mets (lcons-force << object )
+.syne
+.desc
+The
+.code lcons-function
+recursively forces a lazy cons.
+
+If the argument
+.meta object
+is of
+.code lcons
+type, and has not been previously forced, then it is forced. The
+associated lazy function is invoked. Then,
+.code lcons-force
+is recursively invoked on the
+.code car
+and
+.code cdr
+fields of the lazy cons.
+
+The
+.code lcons-force
+function returns its argument.
+
 .coNP Macro @ lcons
 .synb
 .mets (lcons < car-expression << cdr-expression )
@@ -24524,6 +24550,12 @@ is true, then
 .meta throw-on-error-p
 shall be false, and vice versa.
 
+Note: the
+.code lcons-force
+function may be used on the return value of
+.code get-lines
+to force the lazy list.
+
 .coNP Macro @ close-lazy-streams
 .synb
 .mets (close-lazy-streams << body-form *)