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author | Hugo Hörnquist <hugo@lysator.liu.se> | 2022-07-09 21:39:12 +0200 |
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committer | Hugo Hörnquist <hugo@lysator.liu.se> | 2022-07-09 21:50:05 +0200 |
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diff --git a/doc/ref/guile/util-object.texi b/doc/ref/guile/util-object.texi new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ceac2f2a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/ref/guile/util-object.texi @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +@node define-type +@section Yet Another Object System + +@defmac define-type (name type-parameters ...) fields ... +Introduce a new type. + +Each field is either a symbol, or a list where the first element is a +symbol, and the remaining elements are alternating keywords and +values, as per @ref{Field Parameters}. All fields are optional by +default, but can be made non-optional through its type parameter. + +The example below creates a new type called @var{type}, with a custom +printer which always displays the string ``TYPE''. It has two fields, +@var{x}, which must be an integer, and @var{y}, which can have any +type, but gets the value ``Hello'' in none is given. +@example +(define-type (type #:printer (lambda (r p) (display "TYPE" p))) + (x #:type integer?) + (y #:default "Hello")) +@end example +@end defmac + +@subsection Type Parameters + +@deffn {Type Parameter} constructor (λ (primitive-constructor type-validator)) +Use a custom constructor for the type. The given procedure is called +with two values: +@itemize +@item the types primitive (and usually hidden) constructor, +which takes as many arguments as there are fields, in the order given +in define-type, and +@item the type validator procedure, which also takes all arguments, +but instead either returns an undefined value if everything is fine, +or throws @code{'wrong-type-arg} otherwise. +@end itemize +The procedure should then return a new procedure, which will be bound +as the constructor for the type. Note that default values are current +disregarded with custom constructors. + +A custom constructor for the type above might look like +@example +(lambda (primitive-constructor type-check) + (lambda* (#:key x y) + (type-check x y) + (primitive-constructor x y))) +@end example +@end deffn + +@deffn {Type Parameter} printer (λ (record port)) +Use a custom printer for the type. +@end deffn + +@subsection Field Parameters +@anchor{Field Parameters} + +@deffn {Field Parameter} default value +Value the field should get if not given. +@end deffn + +@deffn {Field Parameter} type type-clause +A type predicate that the field must obey. See @ref{type-clause} for details. +@end deffn + +@subsection Introduced Bindings + +Define type introduces a number procedures. (@var{<name>} should be +replaced with whatever was given as @var{name} to define-type. + +@defun @var{<name>} [kv-args ...] +Type constructor. Takes key-value arguments. Where the keys are the +names of the fields. +@end defun + +@defun @var{<name>}? x +Type predicate. +@end defun + +And for each field @var{<field>}: + +@defun @var{<field>} object [value] +Accessor for the given filed. +Returns the current value if called with only an object, and returns a +new object with @var{field} set to @var{value} if called with two values. + +The updating version checks the type if #:type was given on creation. +@end defun |