annotate src/clojure/contrib/apply_macro.clj @ 10:ef7dbbd6452c

added clojure source goodness
author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Sat, 21 Aug 2010 06:25:44 -0400
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rlm@10 1 ;;; apply_macro.clj: make macros behave like functions
rlm@10 2
rlm@10 3 ;; by Stuart Sierra, http://stuartsierra.com/
rlm@10 4 ;; January 28, 2009
rlm@10 5
rlm@10 6 ;; Copyright (c) Stuart Sierra, 2009. All rights reserved. The use
rlm@10 7 ;; and distribution terms for this software are covered by the Eclipse
rlm@10 8 ;; Public License 1.0 (http://opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php)
rlm@10 9 ;; which can be found in the file epl-v10.html at the root of this
rlm@10 10 ;; distribution. By using this software in any fashion, you are
rlm@10 11 ;; agreeing to be bound by the terms of this license. You must not
rlm@10 12 ;; remove this notice, or any other, from this software.
rlm@10 13
rlm@10 14
rlm@10 15 ;; Don't use this. I mean it. It's evil. How evil? You can't
rlm@10 16 ;; handle it, that's how evil it is. That's right. I did it so you
rlm@10 17 ;; don't have to, ok? Look but don't touch. Use this lib and you'll
rlm@10 18 ;; go blind.
rlm@10 19
rlm@10 20 ;; DEPRECATED in 1.2 with no replacement.
rlm@10 21
rlm@10 22 (ns ^{:deprecated "1.2"}
rlm@10 23 clojure.contrib.apply-macro)
rlm@10 24
rlm@10 25 ;; Copied from clojure.core/spread, which is private.
rlm@10 26 (defn- spread
rlm@10 27 "Flatten final argument list as in apply."
rlm@10 28 [arglist]
rlm@10 29 (cond
rlm@10 30 (nil? arglist) nil
rlm@10 31 (nil? (rest arglist)) (seq (first arglist))
rlm@10 32 :else (cons (first arglist) (spread (rest arglist)))))
rlm@10 33
rlm@10 34 (defmacro apply-macro
rlm@10 35 "This is evil. Don't ever use it. It makes a macro behave like a
rlm@10 36 function. Seriously, how messed up is that?
rlm@10 37
rlm@10 38 Evaluates all args, then uses them as arguments to the macro as with
rlm@10 39 apply.
rlm@10 40
rlm@10 41 (def things [true true false])
rlm@10 42 (apply-macro and things)
rlm@10 43 ;; Expands to: (and true true false)"
rlm@10 44 [macro & args]
rlm@10 45 (cons macro (spread (map eval args))))