vendor/quickutils.lisp @ d997d6e268a3

;;;; This file was automatically generated by Quickutil.
;;;; See http://quickutil.org for details.

;;;; To regenerate:
;;;; (qtlc:save-utils-as "quickutils.lisp" :utilities '(:SYMB :WITH-GENSYMS) :ensure-package T :package "PCG.QUICKUTILS")

(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
  (unless (find-package "PCG.QUICKUTILS")
    (defpackage "PCG.QUICKUTILS"
      (:documentation "Package that contains Quickutil utility functions.")
      (:use #:cl))))

(in-package "PCG.QUICKUTILS")

(when (boundp '*utilities*)
  (setf *utilities* (union *utilities* '(:MKSTR :SYMB :STRING-DESIGNATOR
                                         :WITH-GENSYMS))))

  (defun mkstr (&rest args)
    "Receives any number of objects (string, symbol, keyword, char, number), extracts all printed representations, and concatenates them all into one string.

Extracted from _On Lisp_, chapter 4."
    (with-output-to-string (s)
      (dolist (a args) (princ a s))))
  

  (defun symb (&rest args)
    "Receives any number of objects, concatenates all into one string with `#'mkstr` and converts them to symbol.

Extracted from _On Lisp_, chapter 4.

See also: `symbolicate`"
    (values (intern (apply #'mkstr args))))
  

  (deftype string-designator ()
    "A string designator type. A string designator is either a string, a symbol,
or a character."
    `(or symbol string character))
  

  (defmacro with-gensyms (names &body forms)
    "Binds each variable named by a symbol in `names` to a unique symbol around
`forms`. Each of `names` must either be either a symbol, or of the form:

    (symbol string-designator)

Bare symbols appearing in `names` are equivalent to:

    (symbol symbol)

The string-designator is used as the argument to `gensym` when constructing the
unique symbol the named variable will be bound to."
    `(let ,(mapcar (lambda (name)
                     (multiple-value-bind (symbol string)
                         (etypecase name
                           (symbol
                            (values name (symbol-name name)))
                           ((cons symbol (cons string-designator null))
                            (values (first name) (string (second name)))))
                       `(,symbol (gensym ,string))))
            names)
       ,@forms))

  (defmacro with-unique-names (names &body forms)
    "Binds each variable named by a symbol in `names` to a unique symbol around
`forms`. Each of `names` must either be either a symbol, or of the form:

    (symbol string-designator)

Bare symbols appearing in `names` are equivalent to:

    (symbol symbol)

The string-designator is used as the argument to `gensym` when constructing the
unique symbol the named variable will be bound to."
    `(with-gensyms ,names ,@forms))
  
(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
  (export '(symb with-gensyms with-unique-names)))

;;;; END OF quickutils.lisp ;;;;