From ec7a0dc95f68f0a3b3a79d292596da26e3b8f467 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Přemysl Janouch Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 01:36:43 +0200 Subject: Add "values" This oneliner is way too important to be left out. --- README.adoc | 12 ++++++++---- ell.c | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc index 792429d..2473802 100644 --- a/README.adoc +++ b/README.adoc @@ -32,17 +32,17 @@ The parser, however, does a bunch of transformations: As an example, consider the following snippet: print (if { eq? @var foo } { - quote 'Hello world\n' + values 'Hello world\n' } else { - quote 'Error\n' + values 'Error\n' }) which gets expanded to the following: ((print (if (quote ((eq? (set var) foo))) - (quote ((quote 'Hello world\n'))) + (quote ((values 'Hello world\n'))) else - (quote ((quote 'Error\n')))))) + (quote ((values 'Error\n')))))) Observe that the whole program is enclosed in an implicit pair of `{}` and that `quote` is a very powerful special form which can replace many others if needed. @@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ Retrieve or set a named variable. The syntax sugar for retrieval is `@`. Return a list made of given arguments. The syntax sugar for lists is `[]`. +`values []...` + +Return an arbitrary number of values. + `if [elif ]... [else ]` Conditional evaluation, strings evaluate to themselves. diff --git a/ell.c b/ell.c index da3fb72..850083c 100644 --- a/ell.c +++ b/ell.c @@ -977,6 +977,10 @@ defn (fn_list) { return check (ctx, (*result = new_list (values))); } +defn (fn_values) { + return !args || check (ctx, (*result = new_clone_list (args))); +} + defn (fn_if) { struct item *cond, *body, *keyword; for (cond = args; ; cond = keyword->next) { @@ -1280,6 +1284,7 @@ static bool init_runtime_library (struct context *ctx) { if (!native_register (ctx, "set", fn_set) || !native_register (ctx, "list", fn_list) + || !native_register (ctx, "values", fn_values) || !native_register (ctx, "if", fn_if) || !native_register (ctx, "map", fn_map) || !native_register (ctx, "print", fn_print) -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2