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Various useful forms.

make-variable

[procedure] (make-variable INIT [GUARD]) => (procedure _ *)

Returns a procedure whose behavior is that of a parameter, except for the fact that it is not a parameter. The closed-over value is not thread-local.

INIT is some Scheme object that meets the constraint enforced by the GUARD.

GUARD is a (procedure (*) *) returning an acceptable value for the variable. Default is identity.

Supports SRFI 17.

warning-guard

[syntax] (warning-guard GETTER-NAME TYPENAME [BODY...])

Constructs a variable or parameter guard procedure that generates a warning and returns the current value when the type predicate fails, otherwise the submitted value is returned.

TYPENAME is an identifier and TYPENAME? is a (procedure (*) boolean).

GETTER-NAME is an identifier and the name of a procedure _ *.

BODY is zero or more expressions that are performed after a successful typecheck. Note that since the guard is invoked by a variable or parameter during initialization, so will be the body code.

(use variable-item)

(warning-guard some-var integer)

checked-guard

[syntax] (checked-guard GETTER-NAME TYPENAME [BODY...])

Constructs a variable or parameter guard procedure that uses a type check procedure to verify the submitted value is returned.

TYPENAME is an identifier and check-TYPENAME is a (procedure ((or #f symbol) * #!optional (or symbol string)) *). See check-errors for a suite of these procedures.

GETTER-NAME is an identifier and the name of a procedure _ *.

(use variable-item type-checks)

(checked-guard some-var integer)

define-variable

[syntax] (define-variable NAME INIT [GUARD])

Wrapper around make-variable that defines the variable NAME to the variable.

NAME is an identifier.

INIT and GUARD as for make-variable.

(use variable-item)

(define-variable scale * (warning-guard scale procedure))
(scale) ;=> #<procedure ...>
(scale /)

define-warning-variable

[syntax] (define-warning-variable NAME INIT TYPENAME [BODY...])

Wrapper around make-variable and warning-guard that defines the variable NAME to the variable.

NAME is an identifier.

INIT is some Scheme object.

TYPENAME is an identifier. The basename of a type predicate; see warning-guard.

BODY... as for warning-guard.

(use variable-item)

(define-warning-variable scale * procedure)
(scale 23) ;=> Warning: (foo) "bad argument type - not a procedure" 23

define-checked-variable

[syntax] (define-checked-variable NAME INIT TYPENAME [BODY...])

Wrapper around make-variable and checked-guard that defines the variable NAME to the variable.

NAME is an identifier.

INIT is some Scheme object.

TYPENAME is an identifier. The basename of a type predicate; see checked-guard.

BODY... as for checked-guard.

(use variable-item)

(define-checked-variable scale * procedure)
(scale 23) ;=> Error: (foo) "bad argument type - not a procedure" 23

define-parameter

[syntax] (define-parameter NAME INIT [GUARD])

Wrapper around make-parameter that defines the parameter NAME to the parameter.

NAME is an identifier.

INIT and GUARD as for make-parameter.

Duplicate of macro found in the miscmacros extension.

define-warning-parameter

[syntax] (define-warning-parameter NAME INIT TYPENAME [BODY...])

Wrapper around make-parameter and warning-guard that defines the parameter NAME to the parameter.

NAME is an identifier.

INIT is some Scheme object.

TYPENAME is an identifier. The basename of a type predicate; see warning-guard.

BODY... as for warning-guard.

(use parameter-item)

(define-warning-variable scale * procedure)
(scale 23) ;=> Warning: (foo) "bad argument type - not a procedure" 23

define-checked-parameter

[syntax] (define-checked-parameter NAME INIT TYPENAME [BODY...])

Wrapper around make-parameter and checked-guard that defines the variable NAME to the parameter.

NAME is an identifier.

INIT is some Scheme object.

TYPENAME is an identifier. The basename of a type predicate; see checked-guard.

BODY... as for checked-guard.

(use parameter-item)

(define-checked-parameter scale * procedure)
(scale 23) ;=> Error: (foo) "bad argument type - not a procedure" 23

Usage

(require-extension variable-item)

Requirements

check-errors

Author

Kon Lovett

Version history

1.3.0: Moved from moremacros extension. Added parameter macros.

License

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