racket/collects/unstable/scribblings/generics.scrbl

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#lang scribble/manual
@(require "utils.rkt" (for-label racket/base unstable/generics))
@title{Generics}
@defmodule[unstable/generics]
@unstable["Eli Barzilay"
@author+email["Jay McCarthy" "jay@racket-lang.org"]]
@defform/subs[(define-generics (name prop:name name?)
[method . kw-formals*]
...)
([kw-formals* (arg* ...)
(arg* ...+ . rest-id)
rest-id]
[arg* id
[id]
(code:line keyword id)
(code:line keyword [id])])
#:contracts
([name identifier?]
[prop:name identifier?]
[name? identifier?]
[method identifier?])]{
Defines @racket[name] as a transformer binding for the static information about a new generic group.
Defines @racket[prop:name] as a structure
type property. Structure types implementing this generic group should have this property where the value is a vector
with one element per @racket[method] where each value is
either @racket[#f] or a procedure with the same arity as specified by @racket[kw-formals*].
(@racket[kw-formals*] is similar to the @racket[kw-formals] used by @racket[lambda], except no expression is given for optional arguments.)
The arity of each method is checked by the guard on the structure type property.
Defines @racket[name?] as a predicate identifying instances of structure types that implement this generic group.
Defines each @racket[method] as a generic procedure that calls the corresponding method on values where @racket[name?] is true. Each method must have a required by-position argument that is @racket[free-identifier=?] to @racket[name]. This argument is used in the generic definition to locate the specialization.
}
@defform[(generics name
[method . kw-formals*]
...)
#:contracts
([name identifier?]
[method identifier?])]{
Expands to
@racketblock[(define-generics (name _prop:name _name?)
[method . kw-formals*]
...)]
where @racket[_prop:name] and @racket[_name?] are created with the lexical
context of @racket[name].
}
@defform[(define-methods name definition ...)
#:contracts
([name identifier?])]{
@racket[name] must be a transformer binding for the static information about a new generic group.
Expands to a value usable as the property value for the structure type property of the @racket[name] generic group.
If the @racket[definition]s define the methods of @racket[name], then they are used in the property value.
If any method of @racket[name] is not defined, then @racket[#f] is used to signify that the structure type does not implement the particular method.
Allows @racket[define/generic] to appear in @racket[definition ...].
}
@defform[(define/generic local-name method-name)
#:contracts
([local-name identifier?]
[method-name identifier?])]{
When used inside @racket[define-methods], binds @racket[local-name] to the generic for @racket[method-name]. This is useful for method specializations to use the generic methods on other values.
Syntactically an error when used outside @racket[define-methods].
}
@; Examples
@(require scribble/eval)
@(define (new-evaluator)
(let* ([e (make-base-eval)])
(e '(require (for-syntax racket/base)
unstable/generics))
e))
@(define evaluator (new-evaluator))
@examples[#:eval evaluator
(define-generics (printable prop:printable printable?)
(gen-print printable [port])
(gen-port-print port printable)
(gen-print* printable [port] #:width width #:height [height]))
(define-struct num (v)
#:property prop:printable
(define-methods printable
(define/generic super-print gen-print)
(define (gen-print n [port (current-output-port)])
(fprintf port "Num: ~a" (num-v n)))
(define (gen-port-print port n)
(super-print n port))
(define (gen-print* n [port (current-output-port)]
#:width w #:height [h 0])
(fprintf port "Num (~ax~a): ~a" w h (num-v n)))))
(define-struct bool (v)
#:property prop:printable
(define-methods printable
(define/generic super-print gen-print)
(define (gen-print b [port (current-output-port)])
(fprintf port "Bool: ~a"
(if (bool-v b) "Yes" "No")))
(define (gen-port-print port b)
(super-print b port))
(define (gen-print* b [port (current-output-port)]
#:width w #:height [h 0])
(fprintf port "Bool (~ax~a): ~a" w h
(if (bool-v b) "Yes" "No")))))
(define x (make-num 10))
(gen-print x)
(gen-port-print (current-output-port) x)
(gen-print* x #:width 100 #:height 90)
(define y (make-bool #t))
(gen-print y)
(gen-port-print (current-output-port) y)
(gen-print* y #:width 100 #:height 90)
]