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    1. Description
    2. Author
    3. Requirements
    4. Documentation
      1. Example
    5. Changelog
    6. License

Description

Macros for programming in type-class-style in Scheme.

Author

Andre Van Tonder. Ported to Chicken by Ivan Raikov.

Requirements

Documentation

[syntax] (define-class NAME FIELD-FORM ...)

Defines a type class named NAME, where FIELD-FORM ... defines one or more fields for instances of this class. FIELD-FORM should be of the form:

 FIELD-FORM = FIELD-LABEL | (SUPERCLASS-NAME FIELD-LABEL)

SUPERCLASS-NAME is the name of a class from which the field is inherited.

The result of this macro is the creation of a constructor with name of the form MAKE-CLASSNAME, which in turn takes an instance constructor procedure and applies to the given field values.

[syntax] (define=> (<PROCEDURE-NAME> <CLASS-FORM> ...) . BODY)

Defines a procedure such that all fields of the given class(es) are visible in the scope of the procedure body.

CLASS-FORM is of the following form:

CLASS-FORM = CLASS-NAME | (CLASS-NAME PREFIX-SYMBOL)
[syntax] (lambda=> (<CLASS-FORM> ...) . BODY)

Anonymous procedure such that all fields in the superclasses of the given class are visible in the scope of the procedure body.

[syntax] (with-instance (<INSTANCE-FORM> ...) . BODY)

An expression such that all fields of the given class(es) are visible in the scope of BODY.

INSTANCE-FORM is of the following form:

 INSTANCE-FORM = (CLASS-NAME INSTANCE-EXPR)
                | (CLASS-NAME INSTANCE-EXPR PREFIX-SYMBOL)
[syntax] (import-instance <INSTANCE-FORM> ...)

Imports all fields of the given classes as identifiers in the current scope.

Example

 
;=======================================================
; Equality example:

; class (Eq a) where
;   egal?     : a a -> boolean
;   not-egal? : a a -> boolean

(define-class <Eq> egal?
                   not-egal?)

(define (default-Eq egal?)
  (make-<Eq> egal?
             (lambda (x y) (not (egal? x y)))))

(define num-Eq (default-Eq =))
(define eqv-Eq (default-Eq eqv?))
(define chr-Eq (default-Eq char=?))

Changelog

License

 
Copyright (c) 2004-2010, Andre van Tonder, Ivan Raikov.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
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of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
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HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
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