package main import ( "errors" "fmt" "reflect" ) // type special is a callable outside of the normal execution workflow. That // is, a special receives its arguments unevaluated, unlike lambdas or builtin, // both of whose arguments are evaluated upon invocation. type special func(*environment, ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) // type arityError is used to store information related to arity errors. That // is, the invocation of a callable with the wrong number of arguments. type arityError struct { expected int received int name string variadic bool } func (n arityError) Error() string { if n.variadic { return fmt.Sprintf(`received %d arguments in *%v*, expected %d (or more)`, n.received, n.name, n.expected) } return fmt.Sprintf(`received %d arguments in *%v*, expected %d`, n.received, n.name, n.expected) } // helper function to check the arity of incoming arguments for a function. // Also accepts the case that the args slice is nil. func checkArity(arity int, args []interface{}, name string) error { if args == nil { if arity == 0 { return nil } return arityError{arity, 0, name, false} } if len(args) != arity { return arityError{arity, len(args), name, false} } return nil } // defines the built-in "define" construct. e.g.: // // (define x 5) // // would create the symbol "x" and set its value to 5. func define(env *environment, args ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) { if err := checkArity(2, args, "define"); err != nil { return nil, err } s, ok := args[0].(symbol) if !ok { return nil, fmt.Errorf(`first argument to *define* must be symbol, received %v`, reflect.TypeOf(args[0])) } v, err := eval(args[1], env) if err != nil { return nil, err } env.set(s, v) return nil, nil } // defines the built-in "quote" construct. e.g.: // // (quote (1 2 3)) // // would evaluate to the list (1 2 3). That is, quote is a function of arity 1 // that is effectively a no-op; the input value is not evaluated, which // prevents evaluation of the first element of the list, in this case 1. func quote(_ *environment, args ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) { if err := checkArity(1, args, "quote"); err != nil { return nil, err } switch t := args[0].(type) { case list: fmt.Println("got a list...") t.quotelevel++ return t, nil case sexp: return list{t, 1}, nil default: return t, nil } panic("not reached") } // turns an arbitrary lisp value into a boolean. Apparently the sematics of // this in lisp are that everything except false is true? Seems weird to me, // but ok. func booleanize(v interface{}) bool { if b, ok := v.(bool); ok { return b } return true } // defines the built-in "if" contruct. e.g.: // // (if #t "foo" "bar") // // would evaluate to "foo", while the following: // // (if #f "foo" "bar") // // would evaluate to "bar" func _if(env *environment, args ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) { if err := checkArity(3, args, "if"); err != nil { return nil, err } v, err := eval(args[0], env) if err != nil { return nil, err } if booleanize(v) { return eval(args[1], env) } return eval(args[2], env) } // defines the built-in "set!" construct, which is used to set the value of an // existing symbol in the provided environment. e.g.: // // (set! x 5) // // would set the symbol x to the value 5, if and only if the symbol x was // previously defined. func set(env *environment, args ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) { if err := checkArity(2, args, "set!"); err != nil { return nil, err } s, ok := args[0].(symbol) if !ok { return nil, fmt.Errorf(`first argument to *set!* must be symbol, received %v`, reflect.TypeOf(args[0])) } if !env.defined(s) { return nil, fmt.Errorf(`cannot *set!* undefined symbol %v`, s) } v, err := eval(args[1], env) if err != nil { return nil, err } env.set(s, v) return nil, nil } type lambda struct { env *environment arglabels []symbol body sexp } func (l lambda) call(env *environment, rawArgs []interface{}) (interface{}, error) { debugPrint("call lambda") args := make([]interface{}, 0, len(rawArgs)) for _, raw := range rawArgs { v, err := eval(raw, env) if err != nil { return nil, err } args = append(args, v) } if len(args) != len(l.arglabels) { return nil, errors.New("parity error") } for i := range args { l.env.set(l.arglabels[i], args[i]) } return eval(l.body, l.env) } // defines the built-in lambda construct. e.g.: // // (lambda (x) (* x x)) // // would evaluate to a lambda that, when executed, squares its input. func mklambda(env *environment, args ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) { debugPrint("mklambda") if err := checkArity(2, args, "lambda"); err != nil { return nil, err } params, ok := args[0].(sexp) if !ok { return nil, fmt.Errorf(`first argument to *lambda* must be sexp, received %v`, reflect.TypeOf(args[0])) } arglabels := make([]symbol, 0, len(params)) for _, v := range params { s, ok := v.(symbol) if !ok { return nil, fmt.Errorf(`lambda args must all be symbols; received invalid %v`, reflect.TypeOf(v)) } arglabels = append(arglabels, s) } body, ok := args[1].(sexp) if !ok { return nil, fmt.Errorf(`second argument to *lambda* must be sexp, received %v`, reflect.TypeOf(args[1])) } return lambda{env, arglabels, body}, nil } // defines the built-in "begin" construct. A "begin" statement evaluates each // of its inputs, and returns the value of the evaluation of the last // statement. E.g.: // // (begin (+ 1 1) (* 2 2) (+ 3 3)) // // would evaluate to 6. func begin(env *environment, args ...interface{}) (interface{}, error) { debugPrint("begin") var err error var v interface{} for _, arg := range args { v, err = eval(arg, env) if err != nil { return nil, err } } return v, nil }