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    1. Description
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      1. type-of
      2. coerce
      3. coerce-all
      4. extend-coerce
      5. composite-coerce-extension
      6. remove-coerce-extension
      7. make-case-coerce
      8. case-coerce
    6. Changelog
    7. License

Description

Convert an object to another representation

Author

Ported to Chicken: Kon Lovett

Requirements

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coerce.egg

Documentation

A Chicken specific version of the SLIB "coerce.scm" module, with extensions, which implements object type conversion.

type-of

[procedure] (type-of OBJECT)

Returns a symbolic name for the type of OBJECT.

coerce

[procedure] (coerce OBJECT RESULT-TYPE [DEFAULT])

Converts OBJECT to a RESULT-TYPE value.

RESULT-TYPE is a symbol.

DEFAULT is (object-type-symbol object result-type-symbol -> object) and is invoked when coercion fails.

Built-in types are char, number, string, symbol, list, and vector.

coerce-all

[procedure] (coerce-all LIST-OF-OBJECT LIST-OF-RESULT-TYPE [DEFAULT])

Returns a list of every element of LIST-OF-OBJECT coerced to the corresponding element of LIST-OF-RESULT-TYPE.

DEFAULT and RESULT-TYPE are as for coerce.

extend-coerce

[procedure] (extend-coerce IDENTIFIER PREDICATE CONVERTOR)

Extends the domain of coerce with the type definition {IDENTIFIER PREDICATE CONVERTOR}.

IDENTIFIER is a symbol.

PREDICATE is a procedure, (object -> boolean), testing whether the argument is a type.

CONVERTOR is a procedure, (object symbol on-error -> object), converting from the type to a result type.

The CONVERTOR must invoke (on-error) when conversion not possible. Usually case-coerce would be used to create the CONVERTOR, which automatically handles calling of the on-error argument.

composite-coerce-extension

[procedure] (composite-coerce-extension IDENTIFIER PREDICATE CONVERTOR)

Extends the domain of an existing coerce extension.

IDENTIFIER, PREDICATE, and CONVERTOR are as for extend-coerce.

The new CONVERTOR is try'ed before the existing procedure, then the existing procedure is try'ed "on-error".

Should the new PREDICATE and existing predicate be eq? the predicates are not "composited" using or.

remove-coerce-extension

[procedure] (remove-coerce-extension IDENTIFIER)

Delete any existing coerce extension for IDENTIFIER.

make-case-coerce

[procedure] (make-case-coerce CONVERTOR [ALIST])

Returns a coercion procedure for use with extend-coerce

CONVERTOR is a coercion procedure, (object symbol on-error -> object).

ALIST is a list of (symbol . (object -> object).

case-coerce

[syntax] (case-coerce CASE ...)

Returns a coercion procedure for use with extend-coerce.

CASE is of the form ((SYMBOL ...) EXPRESSION ...), or (else EXPRESSION ...)

The variable OBJECT is bound to the object to coerce within the case-body, CASE ....

The variable on-error is bound to a thunk within the case-body, CASE ..., to invoke on error.

Changelog

License

 
 Copyright (c) 2006, Kon Lovett
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