map iterator i guess

iter/iter.go

@@ -81,23 +81,33 @@ func Max[T constraints.Ordered](src Able[T]) T {
 	return max
 }
 
+type mapIter[T, Z any] struct {
+	fn func(T) Z
+	src Ator[T]
+}
+
+func (it mapIter[T, Z]) Next(v *Z) bool {
+	var t T
+	if !it.src.Next(&t) {
+		return false
+	}
+	*v = it.fn(t)
+	return true
+}
+
+func (it mapIter[T, Z]) Iter() Ator[Z] { return it }
+
+func Map[T, Z any](src Able[T], f func(T) Z) Able[Z] {
+	return mapIter[T, Z]{fn: f, src: src.Iter()}
+}
+
 // Discarded Iterator types:
 //
-// This was my first attempt. I like to have a method that returns a bool so
-// you can use it succinctly in a for loop, but I didn't love having to call
-// both done and next
-//
 // type Ator[T any] interface {
 // 	Done() bool
 // 	Next() T
 // }
 //
-// I was never optimistic about this. In practice, using this in a for loop is
-// just annoying so I stopped doing it. But also there's another thing I find
-// annoying: it's a copy every time. You're not really iterating over the
-// values, you're iterating over copies of the values, it seemed like a lot of
-// unecessary copying.
-//
 // type Ator[T any] interface {
 //   Next() (T, bool)
 // }

iter/slice.go

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package iter
 
-import "constraints"
-
 type slice[T any] []T
 
 type sliceIter[T any] struct {
@@ -22,5 +20,26 @@ func (it *sliceIter[T]) Iter() Ator[T] { return &sliceIter[T]{s: it.s} }
 
 func (s slice[T]) Iter() Ator[T] { return &sliceIter[T]{s: s} }
 
-// Slice takes a slice and returns an iterable backed by that slice
-func Slice[T constraints.Integer](s []T) Able[T] { return slice[T](s) }
+// Slice takes a slice and returns an iterable backed by that slice.
+//
+// ok so, asn an aside: normally you would write a function to return the
+// concrete implementation, not an interface, but if I return the concrete
+// implementation for an iter.Able, the type inference doesn't work correctly
+// with the type parameters in some cases.
+//
+// So let's say we had an exported type Slice that was defined as:
+//
+//     type Slice[T any] []T
+//
+// And we tried to convert a []int to a Slice[int], we could so that with:
+//
+//     Slice([]int{1, 2, 3})
+//
+// And that would be fine until we try to do soething like pass it to Start.
+// Returning Able[T] here means we can say Start(Slice([]int{1, 2, 3})), but if
+// we had type Slice[T any] []T, we would have to say:
+//
+//     Start[int](Slice([]int{1, 2, 3}))
+//
+// ...and I think that's annoying.
+func Slice[T any](s []T) Able[T] { return slice[T](s) }

iter/slice_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package iter
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+func TestSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	nums := []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
+	s := Slice(nums)
+	for n, it := Start(s); it.Next(&n); {
+		t.Log(n)
+	}
+
+
+	for n, it := Start(Map(Slice(nums), strconv.Itoa)); it.Next(&n); {
+		t.Log("fart " + n)
+	}
+}

list/iter.go

@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package list
-
-// type Iterable[T any] interface {
-// 	Iter() Iter[T]
-// }
-//
-// type Iter[T any] interface {
-// 	Next(*T) bool
-// }
-
-// for v, it := iter.Ate(foods); it.Next(&v); {
-//
-// }
-
-// This actually works, but for some reason I don't yet understand, defining
-// Max with a constraint of constrains.Ordered that takes Iterable[T] cannot
-// have its type parameter infered, but defining it with the same constraint of
-// constraints.Ordered and taking List[T] does allow the type parameter to be
-// inferred. Super confusing.
-//
-// func Max[T constraints.Ordered](l Iterable[T]) T {
-// 	it := l.Iter()
-//
-// 	var v T
-// 	if !it.Next(&v) {
-// 		return v
-// 	}
-// 	max := v
-// 	for it.Next(&v) {
-// 		if v > max {
-// 			max = v
-// 		}
-// 	}
-// 	return max
-// }
-
-// Discarded Iterator types:
-//
-// This was my first attempt. I like to have a method that returns a bool so
-// you can use it succinctly in a for loop, but I didn't love having to call
-// both done and next
-//
-// type Iter[T any] interface {
-// 	Done() bool
-// 	Next() T
-// }
-//
-// I was never optimistic about this. In practice, using this in a for loop is
-// just annoying so I stopped doing it. But also there's another thing I find
-// annoying: it's a copy every time. You're not really iterating over the
-// values, you're iterating over copies of the values, it seemed like a lot of
-// unecessary copying.
-//
-// type Iter[T any] interface {
-//   Next() (T, bool)
-// }