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(picrin control list)
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Monadic list operators.
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The triple of for/in/yield enables you to write a list operation in a very easy and simple code. One of the best examples is list composition::
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(for (let ((a (in '(1 2 3)))
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(b (in '(2 3 4))))
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(yield (+ a b))))
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;=> (5 6 7 6 7 8 7 8 9)
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All monadic operations are done in *for* macro. In this example, *in* operators choose an element from the given lists, a and b are bound here, then *yielding* the sum of them. Because a and b are values moving around in the list elements, the expression (+ a b) can become every possible result. *yield* operator is a operator that gathers the possibilities into a list, so *for* macro returns a list of 3 * 3 results in total. Since expression inside *for* macro is a normal expression, you can write everything that you can write elsewhere. The code below has perfectly the same effect to above one::
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(for (yield (+ (in '(1 2 3))
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(in '(4 5 6)))))
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The second best exmaple is filtering. In the next case, we show that you can do something depending on the condition of chosen elements::
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(for (let ((x (in (iota 10))))
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(if (even? x)
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(yield x)
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(null))))
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;=> (0 2 4 6 8)
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This expression is equivalent to ``(filter even? (iota 10))`` but it is more procedual and non-magical.
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- **(for expr)**
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[Macro] Executes expr in a list monad context.
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- **(in list)**
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Choose a value from list. *in* function must only appear in *for* macro. The delimited continuation from the position of *in* function to the outside *for* macro is executed for each element in list. If list contains no values, that is ``(in '())``, the continuation is discarded.
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- **(yield value)**
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Yields value from the monad context. The result of *for* will be a list of yielded values.
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- **(null . value)**
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Returns ``()`` whatever value is given. The identity element of list composition. This operator corresponds to Haskell's fail method of Monad class.
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