73 lines
2.1 KiB
Scheme
73 lines
2.1 KiB
Scheme
;;; -*-Scheme-*-
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;;;
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;;; describe -- print information about a Scheme object
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(define (describe x)
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(fluid-let
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((print-depth 2)
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(print-length 3))
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(format #t "~s is " (if (void? x) '\#v x)))
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(case (type x)
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(integer
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(format #t "an integer.~%"))
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(real
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(format #t "a real.~%"))
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(null
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(format #t "an empty list.~%"))
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(boolean
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(format #t "a boolean value (~s).~%" (if x 'true 'false)))
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(character
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(format #t "a character, ascii value is ~s~%" (char->integer x)))
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(symbol
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(format #t "a symbol~a." (if (void? x) " (the non-printing object)" ""))
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(let ((l (symbol-plist x)))
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(if (null? l)
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(format #t " It has no property list.~%")
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(format #t "~%Its property list is: ~s.~%" l))))
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(pair
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(if (pair? (cdr x))
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(let ((p (last-pair x)))
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(if (null? (cdr p))
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(format #t "a list of length ~s.~%" (length x))
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(format #t "an improper list.~%")))
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(format #t "a pair.~%")))
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(environment
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(format #t "an environment.~%"))
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(string
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(if (eqv? x "")
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(format #t "an empty string.~%")
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(format #t "a string of length ~s.~%" (string-length x))))
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(vector
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(if (eqv? x '#())
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(format #t "an empty vector.~%")
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(if (and (feature? 'oops) (memq (vector-ref x 0)
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'(class instance)))
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(if (eq? (vector-ref x 0) 'class)
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(begin
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(format #t "a class.~%~%")
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(describe-class x))
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(format #t "an instance.~%~%")
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(describe-instance x))
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(format #t "a vector of length ~s.~%" (vector-length x)))))
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(primitive
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(format #t "a primitive procedure.~%"))
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(compound
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(format #t "a compound procedure (type ~s).~%"
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(car (procedure-lambda x))))
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(control-point
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(format #t "a control point (continuation).~%"))
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(promise
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(format #t "a promise.~%"))
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(port
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(format #t "a port.~%"))
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(end-of-file
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(format #t "the end-of-file object.~%"))
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(macro
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(format #t "a macro.~%"))
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(else
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(let ((descr-func (string->symbol
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(format #f "describe-~s" (type x)))))
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(if (bound? descr-func)
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((eval descr-func) x)
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(format #t "an object of unknown type (~s)~%" (type x)))))))
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