build/new/sequence.jam

#  (C) Copyright David Abrahams 2001. Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
#  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears in
#  all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
#  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.

import assert ;

# Note that algorithms in this module execute largely in the caller's
# module namespace, so that local rules can be used as function
# objects. Also note that most predicates can be multi-element
# lists. In that case, all but the first element are prepended to the
# first argument which is passed to the rule named by the first
# element.

# Return the elements e of $(sequence) for which [ $(predicate) e ] is
# has a non-null value.
rule filter ( predicate + : sequence * )
{
    # trailing underscores hopefully prevent collisions with module
    # locals in the caller
    local result__ ; 
    
    module [ CALLER_MODULE ]
    {
        for local e in $(sequence)
        {
            if [ $(predicate) $(e) ]
            {
                result__ += $(e) ;
            }
        }
    }
    return $(result__) ;
}

rule less ( a b )
{
    if $(a) < $(b)
    {
        return true ;
    }
}

# insertion-sort s using the BinaryPredicate ordered.
rule insertion-sort ( s * : ordered * )
{
    ordered ?= sequence.less ;
    local result__ = $(s[1]) ;
    module [ CALLER_MODULE ]
    {
        for local x in $(s[2-])
        {
            local head tail ;
            tail = $(result__) ;
            while $(tail) && [ $(ordered) $(tail[1]) $(x) ]
            {
                head += $(tail[1]) ;
                tail = $(tail[2-]) ;
            }
            result__ = $(head) $(x) $(tail) ;
        }
    }
    return $(result__) ;
}

# join the elements of s into one long string. If joint is supplied, it is used as a separator.
rule join ( s * : joint ? )
{
    local result ;
    joint ?= "" ;
    for local x in $(s)
    {
        result = $(result)$(joint)$(x) ;
        result ?= $(x) ;
    }
    return $(result) ;
}

local rule __test__ ( )
{
    # use a unique module so we can test the use of local rules.
    module sequence.__test__
    {

        local rule is-even ( n )
        {
            if $(n) in 0 2 4 6 8
            {
                return true ;
            }
        }
        
        assert.result 4 6 4 2 8
          : sequence.filter is-even : 1 4 6 3 4 7 2 3 8 ;
        
        # test that argument binding works
        local rule is-equal-test ( x y )
        {
            if $(x) = $(y)
            {
                return true ;
            }
        }
        
        assert.result 3 3 3 : sequence.filter is-equal-test 3 : 1 2 3 4 3 5 3 5 7 ;
        
        local rule test-greater ( a b )
        {
            if $(a) > $(b)
            {
                return true ;
            }
        }
        
        assert.result 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : sequence.insertion-sort 9 6 5 3 8 7 1 2 4 ;
        assert.result 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 : sequence.insertion-sort 9 6 5 3 8 7 1 2 4 : test-greater ;
        assert.result foo-bar-baz : sequence.join foo bar baz : - ;
        assert.result substandard : sequence.join sub stan dard ;
    }
}