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% STk Reference manual (Part 1)
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%           Author: Erick Gallesio [eg@unice.fr]
%    Creation date: ??-Nov-1993 ??:??
% Last file update: 31-Aug-1999 13:04 (eg)
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\section*{Introduction}

This document provides a complete list of procedures and special forms
implemented in version {\stkversion} of {\stk}. Since {\stk} is (nearly) 
compliant with the language described in the {\em Revised$^{4}$ Report on the
Algorithmic Language Scheme} \mainindex{R4RS}(denoted {\rrrr} hereafter{\footnote{The {\em
Revised$^{4}$ Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme} is available
through anonymous FTP from {\tt ftp.cs.indiana.edu} in the directory
{\tt /pub/scheme-repository/doc}}})\cite{R4RS}, the organization of
this manual follows the {\rrrr} and only describes extensions.

\section{Overview of \stk}

Today's graphical toolkits for applicative languages are often not
satisfactory. Most of the time, they ask the user to be an X window system
\mainindex{X window system} expert and force him/her to cope with arcane
details such as server connections and event queues. This is a real
problem, since programmers using this kind of languages are generally not
inclined to system programming, and few of them will bridge the gap between
the different abstraction levels.

~~~~Tk\index{Tk toolkit}\index{toolkit} is a powerful graphical tool\-kit
promising to fill that gap. It was developed at the University of Berkeley
by John Ousterhout~\cite{Ouster-Tk}. The toolkit offers high level widgets
such as buttons or menus and is easily programmable, requiring little
knowledge of X fundamentals. Tk relies on an interpretative shell-like
language named Tcl~\cite{Ouster-Tcl}.

~~~~{\stk} is an implementation of the Scheme programming language,
providing a full integration of the Tk toolkit. In this implementation,
Scheme establishes the link between the user and the Tk toolkit, replacing
Tcl.


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\section{Lexical conventions}

\subsection{Identifiers}

Syntactic keywords can be used as variables in \stk. Users must be
aware that this extension of the language could lead to ambiguities in
some situations.

\subsection{Comments}

There are three types of comments in {\stk}:
\begin{enumerate}
\item a semicolon (;) indicates the start of a comment. 
This kind of comment extends to the end of the line (as described in \rrrr).
\item multi-lines comment use the classical Lisp convention: a comment 
  begins with \verb+#|+ and ends with \verb+|#+.
\item  comments can also be introduced by \sharpsign$!$.  This
  extension is particularly useful for building {\stk} scripts. On most
  Unix implementations, if the first line of a script looks like this:
  \begin{scheme}
    \sharpsign$!$/usr/local/bin/stk -file
  \end{scheme}
  then the script can be started directly as if it were a binary. {\stk}
  is loaded behind the scenes and reads and executes the script as a
  Scheme program. Of course this assumes that {\stk} is located in {\tt
    /usr/local/bin}.
\end{enumerate}


\subsection{Other notations}

{\stk} accepts all the notations defined in {\rrrr} plus

\begin{description}{}{}

\setbox0\hbox{\tt \char"5B{} \char"5D{} }
\item[\copy0] Brackets are equivalent to parentheses. They are used
  for grouping and to notate lists. A list opened with a left square
  bracket must be closed with a right square bracket
  (section~\ref{listsection}).

\item[\tt:] A colon at the beginning of a symbol introduces a keyword.
  Keywords are described in section~\ref{keywords}.
  
\item[\tt\sharpsign.<expr>] is read as the evaluation of the Scheme
  expression {\tt <expr>}. The evaluation is done during the
  \ide{read} process, when the \var{\sharpsign.} is encountered.
  Evaluation is done in the environment of the current module.
  \begin{scheme}
    (define foo 1)
    \sharpsign.foo                                 \lev 1
    '(foo \sharpsign.foo \sharpsign.(+ foo foo))   \lev (foo 1 2)
    (let ((foo 2))
       \sharpsign.foo)                             \lev 1
  \end{scheme}

\label{circlistnot}
\item[\tt\sharpsign{\em n}=] is used to represent circular structures
  \mainindex{circular structures}. The value given of \emph{n}miust be a
  number. It is used as a label, which can be referenced later by a
  {\tt \sharpsign{\em n}\sharpsign} syntax (see below). The scope of
  the label is the expression being read by the outermost \ide{read}.
  
\item[\tt\sharpsign{\em n}=] is used to reference a some object
  labeled by a {\tt \sharpsign{\em n}=} syntax; that is, 
  {\tt \sharpsign{\em n}\sharpsign} represents a pointer to the object 
  labeled exactly by {\tt \sharpsign{\em n}=}. For instance, the object
  created returned by the following expression 
  \begin{scheme}
  (let* ((a (list 1 2))
      (b (append '(x y) a)))
  (list a b))
  \end{scheme}
  caen be represented in this way:
  \begin{scheme}
    \verb+(#0=(1 2) (x y . #0#))+
  \end{scheme}
\end{description}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\section{Basic concepts}

{\doc}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\section{Expressions}

\subsection{Primitive expression types}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{quote}{ \hyper{datum}}{\exprtype}
\pproto{\singlequote\hyper{datum}}{\exprtype}}
\saut
The quoting mechanism is identical to {\rrrr}. Keywords (see
section~\ref{keywords}), as
numerical constants, string constants, character constants, and boolean
constants evaluate ``to themselves''; they need not be quoted.
\begin{scheme}
'"abc"     \ev  "abc"
"abc"      \ev  "abc"
'145932    \ev  145932
145932     \ev  145932
'\schtrue  \ev  \schtrue
\schtrue   \ev  \schtrue
':key      \ev  {:key}
:key       \ev  {:key}
\end{scheme}
\begin{note}
  {\rrrr} requires to quote constant lists and constant vectors. This
  is not necessary with {\stk}.
\end{note}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\pproto{(\hyper{operator} \hyperi{operand} \dotsfoo)}{\exprtype}}
\saut
{\doc} Furthermore, \hyper{operator} can be a macro (see section~\ref{macros}).
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{lambda}{ \hyper{formals} \hyper{body}}{\exprtype}
\proto{if}{ \hyper{test} \hyper{consequent} \hyper{alternate}} {\exprtype}
\proto{if}{ \hyper{test} \hyper{consequent}}{\exprtype}
\proto{set!}{ \hyper{variable} \hyper{expression}}{\exprtype}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\subsection{Derived expression types}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{cond}{ \hyperi{clause} \hyperii{clause} \dotsfoo}{\exprtype}
\proto{case}{ \hyper{key} \hyperi{clause} \hyperii{clause} \dotsfoo}{\exprtype}
\proto{and}{ \hyperi{test} \dotsfoo}{\exprtype}
\proto{or}{ \hyperi{test} \dotsfoo}{\exprtype}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{when}{ \hyper{test} \hyperi{expression} \hyperii{expression} \dotsfoo}{\exprtype}}
\saut
If the \hyper{test} expression yields a true value, the \hyper{expression}s are
evaluated from left to right and the value of the last \hyper{expression} is
returned.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{unless}{ \hyper{test} \hyperi{expression} \hyperii{expression} \dotsfoo}
            {\exprtype}}
\saut
If the \hyper{test} expression yields a false value, the \hyper{expression}s are
evaluated from left to right and the value of the last \hyper{expression} is
returned.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{let}{ \hyper{bindings} \hyper{body}}{\exprtype}
\proto{let}{ \hyper{variable} \hyper{bindings} \hyper{body}}{\exprtype}
\proto{let*}{ \hyper{bindings} \hyper{body}}{\exprtype}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{fluid-let}{ \hyper{bindings} \hyper{body}}{\exprtype}}
\saut
The \var{bindings} are evaluated in the current environment, in some
unspecified order, the current values of the variables present in
\var{bindings} are saved, and the new evaluated values are assigned to the 
\var{bindings} variables. Once this is done, the expressions of \var{body}
are evaluated sequentially in the current environment; the value of the
last expression is the result of {\tt fluid-let}. Upon exit, the stored
variables values are restored. An error is signalled if any of the 
\var{bindings} variable is unbound.
\begin{scheme}
(let* ((a 'out)
       (f (lambda () a)))
  (list a 
        (fluid-let ((a 'in)) (f))
        a)) \lev (out in out)
\end{scheme}
When the body of a \ide{fluid-let} is exited by invoking a continuation,
the new variable values are saved, and the variables are set to their old 
values. Then, if the body is reentered by invoking a continuation, the old
values are saved and new values are restored. The following example illustrates
this behaviour
\begin{scheme}
(let ((cont \schfalse)
      (l    '())
      (a    'out))

  (set! l (cons a l))
  (fluid-let ((a 'in))
    (set! cont (call/cc (lambda (k) k)))
    (set! l (cons a l)))
  (set! l (cons a l))

  (if cont (cont \schfalse) l)) \lev (out in out in out)

\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{letrec}{ \hyper{bindings} \hyper{body}}{\exprtype}
\proto{begin}{ \hyperi{expression} \hyperii{expression} \dotsfoo}{\exprtype}
\proto{do} { \hyper{inits} \hyper{test} \hyper{body}}{\exprtype}
\proto{delay}{ \hyper{expression}}{\exprtype}
\proto{quasiquote}{ \hyper{template}}{\exprtype} \nopagebreak
\pproto{\backquote\hyper{template}}{\exprtype}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{
\proto{dotimes}{ (var count) \hyperi{expression} \hyperii{expression} \dotsfoo} {\exprtype}
\proto{dotimes}{ (var count result) \hyperi{expression} \hyperii{expression} \dotsfoo} {\exprtype}}
\saut 

\ide{Dotimes} evaluates the \var{count} form, which must return an
integer.  It then evaluates the \hyper{expression}s once for each
integer from zero (inclusive) to \var{count} (exclusive), in order,
with the variable \var{var} bound to the integer; if the value of
\var{count} is zero or negative, then the \hyper{expression}s are not
evaluated. When the loop completes, \var{result} is evaluated and its
value is returned as the value of the \ide{dotimes} expression. If
\var{result} is omitted, \ide{dotimes} returns {\schfalse}.

\begin{scheme}
(let ((l '()))
  (dotimes (i 4 l)
     (set! l (cons i l)))) \lev (3 2 1 0)
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{
\proto{while} { \hyper{test} \hyperi{expression} \hyperii{expression} \dotsfoo}{\exprtype}}
\saut
\ide{While} evaluates the \hyper{expression}s until \hyper{test} 
returns a false value. The value of a \ide{while} construct is unspecified.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{
\proto{until} { \hyper{test} \hyperi{expression} \hyperii{expression} \dotsfoo}{\exprtype}}
\saut
\ide{Until} evaluates the \hyper{expression}s while \hyper{test} 
returns a false value. The value of an \ide{unless} construct is unspecified.
\end{entry}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\section{Program structure}

\doc
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\section{Standard procedures}
\label{initialenv}
\label{builtinchapter}

\mainindex{initial environment}
\mainindex{top level environment}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\subsection{Booleans}
\label{booleansection}

In {\stk} the boolean value {\schfalse} is different from the empty list, as
required by \rrrr.

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{not}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{boolean?}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\subsection{Equivalence predicates}
\label{equivalencesection}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{eqv?}{ \vari{obj} \varii{obj}}{procedure}}
\saut
{\stk} extends the \ide{eqv?} predicate defined in the {\rrrr} to take
keywords into account: if \vari{obj} and \varii{obj} are both
keywords, the \ide{eqv?} predicate will yield {\schtrue} if and only
if
\begin{scheme}
(string=? (keyword->string obj1)
          (keyword->string obj2))
    \ev  \schtrue%
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

%%%% EQ?
\begin{entry}{%
\proto{eq?}{ \vari{obj} \varii{obj}}{procedure}}
\saut
{\stk} extends the \ide{eq?} predicate defined in {\rrrr} to take
keywords into account. On keywords, \ide{eq?} behaves like \ide{eqv?}.

\begin{scheme}
(eq? :key :key)                 \ev  \schtrue
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

%%%% EQUAL?
\begin{entry}{%
\proto{equal?}{ \vari{obj} \varii{obj}}{procedure}}
\saut
{\doc}
\end{entry}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\subsection{Pairs and lists}
\label{listsection}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{pair?}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{cons}{ \vari{obj} \varii{obj}}{procedure}
\proto{car}{ pair}{procedure}
\proto{cdr}{ pair}{procedure}
\proto{set-car!}{ pair obj}{procedure}
\proto{set-cdr!}{ pair obj}{procedure}
\setbox0\hbox{\tt(cadr \var{pair})}
\setbox1\hbox{procedure}
\proto{caar}{ pair}{procedure}
\proto{cadr}{ pair}{procedure}
\pproto{\hbox to 1\wd0 {\hfil$\vdots$\hfil}}{\hbox to 1\wd1 {\hfil$\vdots$\hfil}}
\proto{cdddar}{ pair}{procedure}
\proto{cddddr}{ pair}{procedure}
\proto{null?}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{list?}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{list}{ \var{obj} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{length}{ list}{procedure}
\proto{append}{ list \dotsfoo}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{append!}{ list \ldots}{procedure}}
\saut

Returns a list consisting of the elements of the first \var{list}
followed by the elements of the other lists, as with \texttt{append}.
The differenece with \texttt{append} is that the arguments are {\em
  changed} rather than {\em copied}.
\begin{scheme}
  (append! '(1 2) '(3 4) '(5 6)) \lev '(1 2 3 4 5 6)
  (let ((l1 '(1 2))
        (l2 '(3 4))
        (l3 '(5 6)))
    (append! l1 l2 l3)
    (list l1 l2 l3)) \lev ((1 2 3 4 5 6) (3 4 5 6) (5 6))
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{reverse}{ list}{procedure}
\proto{list-tail}{ list \vr{k}}{procedure}
\proto{list-ref}{ list \vr{k}}{procedure}
\proto{memq}{ obj list}{procedure}
\proto{memv}{ obj list}{procedure}
\proto{member}{ obj list}{procedure}
\proto{assq}{ obj alist}{procedure}
\proto{assv}{ obj alist}{procedure}
\proto{assoc}{ obj alist}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{remq}{ obj list}{procedure}
\proto{remv}{ obj list}{procedure}
\proto{remove}{ obj list}{procedure}}
\saut
Each function return a copy of \var{list} where all the occurences of \var{obj}
have been deleted. The predicate used to test the presence of \var{obj} in 
\var{list} is respectively \ide{eq}, \ide{eqv} and \ide{equal}. 

\begin{note}
  It is not an error if \var{obj} does not appear in \var{list}.
\end{note}
\begin{scheme}
(remq 1 '(1 2 3)) \ev (2 3)
(remq "foo" '("foo" "bar")) \ev ("foo" "bar")
(remove "foo" '("foo" "bar")) 
                \ev ("bar")
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{last-pair}{ list}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns the last pair of \var{list}\footnote{\ide{Last-pair} was a standard 
procedure in {\rthree}.}.
\begin{scheme}
(last-pair '(1 2 3))   \lev 3
(last-pair '(1 2 . 3)) \lev (2 . 3)
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{list*}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
\ide{list*} is like \ide{list} except that the last argument to \ide{list*} is
used as the {\em cdr} of the last pair constructed.
\begin{scheme}
(list* 1 2 3) \ev (1 2 . 3)
(list* 1 2 3 '(4 5)) \ev (1 2 3 4 5)
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{copy-tree}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
\ide{Copy-tree} recursively copies trees of pairs. If \ide{obj} is not
a pair, it is returned; otherwise the result is a new pair whose {\em
  car} and {\em cdr} are obtained by calling \ide{copy-tree} on the
{\em car} and {\em cdr} of \ide{obj}, respectively.
\end{entry}


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\subsection{Symbols}
\label{symbolsection}

The {\stk} reader can cope with symbols whose names contain special
characters or letters in the non standard case.  When a symbol is
read, the parts enclosed in bars (``\verb+|+'') will be entered
verbatim into the symbol's name. The ``\verb+|+'' characters are not
part of the symbol; they only serve to delimit the sequence of
characters that must be entered ``as is''. In order to maintain
read-write invariance, symbols containing such sequences of special
characters will be written between a pair of ``\verb+|+''

\begin{scheme}
'|x|                  \ev x
(string->symbol "X")  \ev |X|
(symbol->string '|X|) \ev "X"
'|a  b|               \ev |a  b|
'a|B|c                \ev |aBc|
(write '|FoO|)        \ev writes the string "|FoO|" 
(display '|FoO|)      \ev writes the string "FoO" 
\end{scheme}

\begin{note}
  This notation has been introduced because {\rrrr} states that case
  must not be significant in symbols whereas the Tk toolkit is case
  significant (or more precisely thinks it runs over Tcl which is case
  significant). %% axe:
  However, symbols containing the character ``\verb+|+'' itself still
  can't be read in.
\end{note}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{symbol?}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns \schtrue{} if \var{obj} is a symbol, otherwise returns {\schfalse}.

\begin{scheme}
(symbol? 'foo)          \ev  \schtrue
(symbol? (car '(a b)))  \ev  \schtrue
(symbol? "bar")         \ev  \schfalse
(symbol? 'nil)          \ev  \schtrue
(symbol? '())           \ev  \schfalse
(symbol? \schfalse)     \ev  \schfalse
(symbol? :key)          \ev  \schfalse
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{symbol->string}{ symbol}{procedure}
\proto{string->symbol}{ string}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{string->uninterned-symbol}{ string}{procedure}}
\saut

Returns a symbol whose print name is made from the characters of
\ide{string}. This symbol is guaranteed to be \emph{unique} (i.e. not
\ide{eq?} to any other symbol):
\begin{scheme}
(let ((ua (string->uninterned-symbol "a")))
  (list (eq? 'a ua)
        (eqv? 'a ua)
        (eq? ua (string->uninterned-symbol "a"))
        (eqv? ua (string->uninterned-symbol "a"))))
        \lev (\schfalse{} \schtrue{} \schfalse{} \schtrue{})
\end{scheme}

\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{gensym}{}{procedure}
\proto{gensym}{ prefix}{procedure}}
\saut
\ide{Gensym} creates a new symbol. The print name of the generated symbol 
consists of a prefix (which defaults to {\tt "G"}) followed by the decimal
representation of a number. If \var{prefix} is specified, it must be a
string.
\begin{scheme}
(gensym) \lev |G100|
(gensym "foo-") \lev foo-101
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\subsection {Numbers}

The only numbers recognized by {\stk} are integers (with arbitrary
precision) and reals (implemented as C {\tt double float}s). 

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{number?}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns {\schtrue} if \var{obj} is a number, otherwise returns {\schfalse}.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{complex?}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns the same result as \var{number?}.  Note that complex numbers
are not implemented.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{real?}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns {\schtrue} if \var{obj} is a float number, otherwise returns
{\schfalse}.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{rational?}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns the same result as \var{number?}. Note that rational numbers are not
implemented.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{integer?}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns {\schtrue} if \var{obj} is an integer, otherwise returns {\schfalse}.
\begin{note}
  The {\stk} interpreter distinguishes between integers which fit in a
  C {\tt long int} (minus 8 bits) and integers of arbitrary length
  (aka ``bignums''). This should be transparent to the user, though.
%% shouldn't it? :-)  axe
\end{note}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{exact?}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{inexact?}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}}
\saut
In this implementation, integers (C {\tt long int} or ``bignums'') are exact
numbers and floats are inexact.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{=}{ \vri{z} \vrii{z} \vriii{z} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{<}{ \vri{x} \vrii{x} \vriii{x} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{>}{ \vri{x} \vrii{x} \vriii{x} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{<=}{ \vri{x} \vrii{x} \vriii{x} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{>=}{ \vri{x} \vrii{x} \vriii{x} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{zero?} { z}{procedure}
\proto{positive?} { z}{procedure}
\proto{negative?} { z}{procedure}
\proto{odd?} { z}{procedure}
\proto{even?} { z}{procedure}
\proto{max}{ \vri{x} \vrii{x} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{min}{ \vri{x} \vrii{x} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{+}{ \vri{z} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{*}{ \vri{z} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{-}{ \vri{z} \vrii{z}}{procedure}
\proto{-}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{-}{ \vri{z} \vrii{z} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{/}{ \vri{z} \vrii{z}}{procedure}
\proto{/}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{/}{ \vri{z} \vrii{z} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{abs}{ x}{procedure}
\proto{quotient}{ \vri{n} \vrii{n}}{procedure}
\proto{remainder}{ \vri{n} \vrii{n}}{procedure}
\proto{modulo}{ \vri{n} \vrii{n}}{procedure}
\proto{gcd}{ \vri{n} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{lcm}{ \vri{n} \dotsfoo}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{numerator}{ \vr{q}}{procedure}
\proto{denominator}{ \vr{q}}{procedure}}
\saut
Not implemented.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{floor}{ x}{procedure}
\proto{ceiling}{ x}{procedure}
\proto{truncate}{ x}{procedure}
\proto{round}{ x}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{rationalize}{ x y}{procedure}}
\saut
not yet implemented.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{exp}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{log}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{sin}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{cos}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{tan}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{asin}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{acos}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{atan}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{atan}{ \vr{y} \vr{x}}{procedure}
\proto{sqrt}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{expt}{ \vri{z} \vrii{z}}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{
\proto{make-rectangular}{ \vri{x} \vrii{x}}{procedure}
\proto{make-polar}{ \vri{x} \vrii{x}}{procedure}
\proto{real-part}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{imag-part}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{magnitude}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{angle}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}}
\saut
These procedures are not implemented since complex numbers are not defined.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{exact->inexact}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{inexact->exact}{ \vr{z}}{procedure}
\proto{number->string}{ number}{procedure}
\proto{number->string}{ number radix}{procedure}
\proto{string->number}{ string}{procedure}
\proto{string->number}{ string radix}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\subsection{Characters}

\mainindex{characters}
Table 1 gives the list of allowed character names together with their ASCII
equivalent expressed in octal.

\begin{table}[t]
{\small
\begin{center}
% \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|} \hline
%   {\em name}&{\em value}&{\em alternate name} \\
% \hline
%   nul        &000     & null\\
%   soh        &001&\\
%   stx        &002&\\
%   etx        &003&\\
%   eot        &004&\\
%   enq        &005&\\
%   ack        &006&\\
%   bel        &007     & bell\\[2mm]
%   bs         &010     & backspace\\
%   ht         &011&\\
%   tab        &011&\\
%   nl         &012     & newline\\
%   vt         &013&\\
%   np         &014     & page\\
%   cr         &015     & return\\
%   so         &016&\\
%   si         &017&\\[2mm]
%   dle        &020&\\
%   dc1        &021&\\
%   dc2        &022&\\
%   dc3        &023&\\
%   dc4        &024&\\
%   nak        &025&\\
%   syn        &026&\\
%   etb        &027&\\[2mm]
%   can        &030&\\
%   em         &031&\\
%   sub        &032&\\
%   esc        &033     & escape\\
%   fs         &034&\\
%   gs         &035&\\
%   rs         &036&\\
%   us         &037&\\[2mm]
%   sp       &040       & space\\[2mm]
%   del      &177       & delete\\
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c||c|c|c|} \hline
{\em name}&{\em value}&{\em alternate name}&{\em name}&{\em value}&{\em alternate name} \\
\hline
  nul        &000       & null  &  bs         &010      & backspace\\
  soh        &001&              &  ht         &011      & tab\\
  stx        &002&              &  nl         &012      & newline\\
  etx        &003&              &  vt         &013&\\
  eot        &004&              &  np         &014      & page\\
  enq        &005&              &  cr         &015      & return\\
  ack        &006&              &  so         &016&\\
  bel        &007       & bell  &  si         &017&\\[2mm]
%%%%%
  dle        &020&              &  can        &030&\\
  dc1        &021&              &  em         &031&\\
  dc2        &022&              &  sub        &032&\\
  dc3        &023&              &  esc        &033      & escape\\
  dc4        &024&              &  fs         &034&\\
  nak        &025&              &  gs         &035&\\
  syn        &026&              &  rs         &036&\\
  etb        &027&              &  us         &037&\\[2mm]
%%%%%
  sp         &040       & space&&&\\[2mm]
%%%%%
  del        &177       & delete&&&\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
}
\caption {Valid character names }
\end{table}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{char?}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{char=?}{ \vari{char} \varii{char}}{procedure}
\proto{char<?}{ \vari{char} \varii{char}}{procedure}
\proto{char>?}{ \vari{char} \varii{char}}{procedure}
\proto{char<=?}{ \vari{char} \varii{char}}{procedure}
\proto{char>=?}{ \vari{char} \varii{char}}{procedure}
\proto{char-ci=?}{ \vari{char} \varii{char}}{procedure}
\proto{char-ci<?}{ \vari{char} \varii{char}}{procedure}
\proto{char-ci>?}{ \vari{char} \varii{char}}{procedure}
\proto{char-ci<=?}{ \vari{char} \varii{char}}{procedure}
\proto{char-ci>=?}{ \vari{char} \varii{char}}{procedure}
\proto{char-alphabetic?}{ char}{procedure}
\proto{char-numeric?}{ char}{procedure}
\proto{char-whitespace?}{ char}{procedure}
\proto{char-upper-case?}{ letter}{procedure}
\proto{char-lower-case?}{ letter}{procedure}
\proto{char->integer}{ char}{procedure}
\proto{integer->char}{ \vr{n}}{procedure}
\proto{char-upcase}{ char}{procedure}
\proto{char-downcase}{ char}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\subsection{Strings}

{\stk} string constants allow the insertion of arbitrary characters by
encoding them as escape sequences, introduced by a backslash
(\backwhack{}).  The valid escape sequences are shown in Table 2. For
instance, the string

\begin{scheme}
"ab\backwhack{}040c\backwhack{}nd\backwhack{}
e"
\end{scheme}
is the string consisting of the characters \sharpsign\backwhack{a}, 
\sharpsign\backwhack{b},\sharpsign\backwhack{space}, \sharpsign\backwhack{c},
\sharpsign\backwhack{newline}, \sharpsign\backwhack{d} and \sharpsign\backwhack{e}.

\begin{table}[t]
{\small
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{\em Sequence}&\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{\em Character inserted}\\
\hline
\backwhack{b}& Backspace \\
\backwhack{e}& Escape \\
\backwhack{n}& Newline \\
\backwhack{t}& Horizontal Tab \\
\backwhack{n}& Carriage Return \\
\backwhack{0abc}& ASCII character with octal value abc \\
\backwhack{\tt<newline>}& None (permits to enter a string on several lines)\\
\backwhack{\tt<other>}& {\tt<other>}\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
}
\caption {String escape sequences}
\end{table}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{string?}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{make-string}{ \vr{k}}{procedure}
\proto{make-string}{ \vr{k} char}{procedure}
\proto{string}{ char \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{string-length}{ string}{procedure}
\proto{string-ref}{ string \vr{k}}{procedure}
\proto{string-set!}{ string k char}{procedure}
\proto{string=?}{ \vari{string} \varii{string}}{procedure}
\proto{string-ci=?}{ \vari{string} \varii{string}}{procedure}
\proto{string<?}{ \vari{string} \varii{string}}{procedure}
\proto{string>?}{ \vari{string} \varii{string}}{procedure}
\proto{string<=?}{ \vari{string} \varii{string}}{procedure}
\proto{string>=?}{ \vari{string} \varii{string}}{procedure}
\proto{string-ci<?}{ \vari{string} \varii{string}}{procedure}
\proto{string-ci>?}{ \vari{string} \varii{string}}{procedure}
\proto{string-ci<=?}{ \vari{string} \varii{string}}{procedure}
\proto{string-ci>=?}{ \vari{string} \varii{string}}{procedure}
\proto{substring}{ string start end}{procedure}
\proto{string-append}{ \var{string} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{string->list}{ string}{procedure}
\proto{list->string}{ chars}{procedure}
\proto{string-copy}{ string}{procedure}
\proto{string-fill!}{ string char}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{string-find?}{  \vari{string} \varii{string}}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns {\schtrue} if \vari{string} appears somewhere in
\varii{string}; otherwise returns {\schfalse}.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{string-index}{  \vari{string} \varii{string}}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns the index of where \vari{string} is a substring of
\varii{string} if it exists; returns {\schfalse} otherwise.
\begin{scheme}
(string-index "ca" "abracadabra") \lev 4
(string-index "ba" "abracadabra") \lev \schfalse
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{split-string}{ string}{procedure}
\proto{split-string}{ string delimiters}{procedure}}
\saut
This function parses \vari{string} and returns a list of tokens ended by 
a character of the \vari{delimiters} string. If \vari{delimiters} is omitted, 
it defaults to a string containing a space, a tabulation and a newline 
characters. 
\begin{scheme}
(split-string "/usr/local/bin" "/") \ev ("usr" "local" "bin")
(split-string "once   upon a time") \ev ("once" "upon" "a" "time")
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{string-lower}{ string}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns a string in which all upper case letters of \ide{string} have been
replaced by their lower case equivalent.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{string-upper}{ string}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns a string in which all lower case letters of \ide{string} have been
replaced by their upper case equivalent.
\end{entry}


\subsection {Vectors}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{vector?}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{make-vector}{ k}{procedure}
\proto{make-vector}{ k fill}{procedure}
\proto{vector}{ obj \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{vector-length}{ vector}{procedure}
\proto{vector-ref}{ vector k}{procedure}
\proto{vector-set!}{ vector k obj}{procedure}
\proto{vector->list}{ vector}{procedure}
\proto{list->vector}{ list}{procedure}
\proto{vector-fill!}{ vector fill}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{vector-copy}{ vector}{procedure}}
\saut
returns a copy of \var{vector}.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{vector-resize}{ vector size}{procedure}}
\saut
\var{vector-resize} physically changes the size of \var{vector}. If
\var{size} is greater than the old vector size, the contents of the
newly allocated cells are undefined.
\end{entry}

\subsection{Control features}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{procedure?}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{apply}{ proc args}{procedure}
\proto{apply}{ proc \vari{arg} $\ldots$ args}{procedure}
\proto{map}{ proc \vari{list} \varii{list} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{for-each}{ proc \vari{list} \varii{list} \dotsfoo}{procedure}
\proto{force}{ promise}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{call-with-current-continuation}{ proc}{procedure}
\proto{call/cc} { proc}{procedure}}
\saut
\ide{Call/cc} is a shorter name for \ide{call-with-current-continuation}.
\mainindex{continuation}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{closure?}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
returns {\schtrue} if \var{obj} is a procedure created by evaluating a
lambda expression, otherwise returns {\schfalse}.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{primitive?}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
returns {\schtrue} if \var{obj} is a procedure and is not a closure,
otherwise returns {\schfalse}.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{% 
\proto{promise?} { obj}{procedure}}
\saut
returns {\schtrue} if \var{obj} is an object returned by the
application of \ide{delay}, otherwise returns {\schfalse}.
\end{entry} 

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{continuation?} { obj} {procedure}}
\saut
\mainindex{continuation}
returns {\schtrue} if \var{obj} is a continuation obtained by
\ide{call/cc}, otherwise returns {\schfalse}.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{dynamic-wind}{ \hyperi{thunk} \hyperii{thunk} \hyperiii{thunk}} {procedure}}
\saut
\hyperi{Thunk}, \hyperii{thunk} and \hyperiii{thunk} are called in
order. The result of \ide{dynamic-wind} is the value returned by
\hyperii{thunk}.  If \hyperii{thunk} escapes from its continuation
during evaluation (by calling a continuation obtained by \ide{call/cc}
or on error), \hyperiii{thunk} is called. If \hyperii{thunk} is later
reentered, \hyperi{thunk} is called.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{catch} { \hyperi{expression} \hyperii{expression} \dotsfoo} {\exprtype}}
\saut
The \hyper{expression}s are evaluated from left to right. If an error
occurs, evaluation of the \hyper{expression}s is aborted, and {\schtrue}
is returned to \ide{catch}'s caller.  If evaluation finishes without
an error, \ide{catch} returns {\schfalse}.
%% axe: why isn't this a procedure taking a thunk?
\begin {scheme}
(let* ((x 0)
       (y (catch
             (set! x 1)
             (/ 0) ; causes a "division by 0" error
             (set! x 2))))
  (cons x y))   \lev (1 . {\schtrue})
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}


\begin{entry}{%
\proto{procedure-body}{ \hyper{procedure}} {procedure}}
\saut
returns the body of \hyper{procedure}. If \hyper{procedure} is not a closure,
\ide{procedure-body} returns {\schfalse}.
\begin{scheme}
(define (f a b)
   (+ a (* b 2)))

(procedure-body f)     \ev (lambda (a b)
                                  (+ a (* b 2)))
(procedure-body car)   \ev \schfalse
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\subsection{Input and output}

\label{inputoutput}
The {\rrrr} states that ports represent input and output devices.
However, it defines only ports which are attached to files.  In
{\stk}, ports can also be attached to strings, to a external command
input or output, or even be completely virtual (i.e. the behavior of
the port is given by the user).
\begin{itemize}
  \item String ports are similar to file ports, except that characters
    are read from (or written to) a string rather than a file.
  \item External command input or output ports are implemented with
    Unix pipes and are called pipe ports. A pipe port is created by
    specifying the command to execute prefixed with the string {\tt
      "|~"}. Specification of a pipe port can occur everywhere a file
    name is needed.
  \item Virtual ports creation needs that the basic I/O functions are
    at the port creation time. This functions will be used to simulate
    low level accesses a ``virtual device''. This kind of port is
    particularly convenient for reading or writing in a graphical window
    as if it was a file. Once virtual port is created, it can be accessed 
    as a normal port with the standard Scheme primitives.
\end{itemize}


\begin{entry}{%
\proto{call-with-input-file}{ string proc}{procedure}
\proto{call-with-output-file}{ string proc}{procedure}}
\saut
\begin{note}
if {\var string} starts with the two characters {\tt "| "}, these procedures
return a pipe port. Consequently, it is not possible to open a file
whose name starts with those two characters.
\end{note}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{call-with-input-string}{ string proc}{procedure}}
\saut
behaves exactly as \ide{call-with-input-file} except that the port passed to
\var{proc} is the string port obtained from \var{string}.

\begin{scheme}
(call-with-input-string "123 456" (lambda (x) (read x))) \lev 123
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{call-with-output-string}{ proc}{procedure}}
\saut
\var{Proc} should be a procedure of one argument.
\ide{Call-with-output-string} calls \var{proc} with a freshly opened
output string port. The result of this procedure is a string
containing all the text that has been written on the string port.
\begin{scheme}
(call-with-output-string
   (lambda (x) (write 123 x) (display "Hello" x))) \lev "123Hello"
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{input-port?}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{output-port?}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{input-file-port?}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{output-file-port?}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns \schtrue{} if \var{obj} is either an input or an output file port,
otherwise returns {\schfalse}.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{input-string-port?}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{output-string-port?}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns \schtrue{} if \var{obj} is either an input or an output string port,
otherwise returns {\schfalse}.
\end{entry}


\begin{entry}{%
\proto{input-virtual-port?}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{output-virtual-port?}{ obj}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns \schtrue{} if \var{obj} is either an input or an output virtual port,
otherwise returns {\schfalse}.
\end{entry}


\begin{entry}{%
\proto{current-input-port}{}{procedure}
\proto{current-output-port}{}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{current-error-port}{}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns the current default error port.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{with-input-from-file}{ string thunk}{procedure}
\proto{with-output-to-file}{ string thunk}{procedure}
\proto{with-error-to-file}{ string thunk}{procedure}}
\saut

\ide{With-input-from-file} and \ide{with-output-to-file} are identical
to \rrrr{}. \ide{With-error-to-file} is similar to \ide{with-output-to-file}
except that this is the error port which is redirected to the file.

The following example uses a pipe port opened for
reading. It permits to read all the lines produced by an external {\tt
  ls} command (i.e. the ouput of the {\tt ls} command is {\em
  redirected} to the Scheme pipe port).

\begin{scheme}
(with-input-from-file "\verb+|+ ls -ls" 
  (lambda ()
    (do ((l (read-line) (read-line)))
        ((eof-object? l))
      (display l)
      (newline))))
\end{scheme}

Hereafter is another example of Unix command redirection. This time,
it is the standard input of the Unix command which is redirected.
\begin{scheme}  
(with-output-to-file "| mail root"
  (lambda()
    (format {\schtrue} "A simple mail sent from STk\verb+\+n")))
\end{scheme}  
\end{entry}


\begin{entry}{%
\proto{with-input-from-port}{ port thunk}{procedure}
\proto{with-output-to-port}{ port thunk}{procedure}
\proto{with-error-to-port}{ port thunk}{procedure}}
\saut
These procedure are similar to the above function except that the
thunk is called with the input, output or error port redirected to
the given port (port can be any kind of port)

\begin{scheme}
(let ((p (open-input-string "123 456")))
  (with-input-from-port p
                   (lambda ()
                     (read p))))
  \lev 123
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}





\begin{entry}{%
\proto{with-input-from-string}{ string thunk}{procedure}}
\saut
A string port is opened for input from \var{string}. \ide{Current-input-port}
is set to the port and \var{thunk} is called. When \var{thunk} returns,
the previous default input port is restored.
\ide{With-input-from-string} returns the value yielded by \var{thunk}.

\begin{scheme}
(with-input-from-string "123 456" (lambda () (read)))   \lev 123
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{with-output-to-string}{ thunk}{procedure}}
\saut
A string port is opened for output. \ide{Current-output-port}
is set to it and \var{thunk} is called. When the \var{thunk} returns,
the previous default output port is restored. \ide{With-output-to-string}
returns the string containing all the text written on the string port.

\begin{scheme}
(with-output-to-string (lambda () (write 123) (write "Hello"))) \lev "123Hello"
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{with-error-to-string}{ thunk}{procedure}}
\saut
A string port is opened for output. \ide{Current-error-port}
is set to it and \var{thunk} is called. When the \var{thunk} returns,
the previous default error port is restored. \ide{With-error-to-string}
returns the string containing all the text written on the string port.

\begin{scheme}
(with-error-to-string (lambda () (write 123 (current-error-port))))
   \lev "123"
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{open-input-file}{ filename}{procedure}
\proto{open-output-file}{ filename}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc

\begin{note}
if {\var filename} starts with the string {\tt "| "}, these procedure
return a pipe port. Consequently, it is not possible to open a file
whose name starts with those two characters.
\end{note}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{open-input-string}{ string}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns an input string port capable of delivering characters from
\var{string}.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{open-output-string}{}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns an output string port capable of receiving and collecting characters.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{get-output-string}{ port}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns a string containing all the text that has been written on the
output string \var{port}.
\begin{scheme}
(let ((p (open-output-string)))
  (display "Hello, world" p)
  (get-output-string p))         \lev "Hello, world"
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}



\begin{entry}{%
\proto{open-input-virtual}{ getc readyp eofp close}{procedure}}
\saut

Returns a virtual port using the \var{getc} procedure to read a
character from the port, \var{readyp} to know if there is to read from
the port, \var{eofp} to know if the end of file is reached on the port
and finally \var{close} to close the port. All theses procedure takes
one parameter which is the port from which the input is done. 
\var{Open-input-virtual} accepts also the special value \schfalse{} for 
the I/O procedures with the following conventions:
\begin{itemize}
\item if \var{getc} or \var{eofp} is \schfalse{} any attempt to read
  the virtual port will an eof object;
\item if \var{readyp} is \schfalse{}, the file will always be ready
  for reading;
\item if \var{clos} is \schfalse{}, no action is done when the port is
  closed.
\end{itemize}

Hereafter is a possible implementation of \ide{open-input-string}
using virtual ports: 
\begin{scheme}
(define (open-input-string str)
  (let ((index 0))
    (open-input-virtual 
       (lambda (p)                                ;; getc
         ;; test on eof is already done by the system
         (let ((res (string-ref str index)))
           (set! index (+ index 1))
           res))
       \schfalse                                         ;; readyp
       (lambda (p) (= index (string-length str))) ;; eofp
       (lambda (p) (set! index 0)))))             ;; close
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}


\begin{entry}{%
\proto{open-output-virtual}{ wrtc wrts flush close}{procedure}}
\saut

Returns a virtual port using the \var{wrtc} procedure to write a
character to the port, \var{wrts} to write a string to the port,
\var{flush} to flush the character on the port and finally \var{close}
to close the port. \var{Wrtc} takes two parameters: a character and
the port to which the output must be done. \var{Wrts} takes two
parameters: a string and a port. \var{Flush} and \var{close} takes one
parameter which is the port on which the action must be done.
\var{Open-input-virtual} accepts also the special value \schfalse{}
for the I/O procedures. If a procedure is \schfalse{} nothing is done
on the corresponding action.

Hereafter is an (very inefficient) implementation of a variant of
\ide{open-output-string} using virtual ports. The value of the output
string is printed when the port is closed:

\begin{scheme}
(define (open-output-string)
  (let ((str ""))
    (open-output-virtual 
       (lambda (c p)                                    ;; wrtc
         (set! str (string-append str (char->sting c))))
       (lambda (s p)                                    ;; wrts
         (set! str (string-append str s)))
       \schfalse{}                                               ;; flush
       (lambda (p) (write str) (newline)))))            ;; close

;; Example
(let ((p (open-output-string)))
  (display "Hello, world" p)
  (close-port p))         \lev prints "Hello, world" on current output port
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}



\begin{entry}{%
\proto{close-input-port}{ port}{procedure}
\proto{close-output-port}{ port}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{read}{}{procedure}
\proto{read}{ port}{procedure}}
\saut
\mainindex{circular structures}
The \stk{} procedure is identical to the \rrrr procedure. It has bee
extended to accept the ``\verb+#x=+'' and ``\verb+#x#+'' notations
used for circular stuctures (see \ref{circlistnot}).
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{read-char}{}{procedure}
\proto{read-char}{ port}{procedure}
\proto{peek-char}{}{procedure}
\proto{peek-char}{ port}{procedure}
\proto{char-ready?}{}{procedure}
\proto{char-ready?}{ port}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

%% axe: the question of `new line or not new line?' was left open
\begin{entry}{%
\proto{read-line}{}{procedure}
\proto{read-line}{ port}{procedure}}
\saut
Reads the next line available from the input port \var{port} and
returns it as a string. The terminating newline is not included in the
string. If no more characters are available, an end of file object is
returned.  \var{Port} may be omitted, in which case it defaults to the
value returned by \ide{current-input-port}.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{write}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{write}{ obj port}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{write*}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{write*}{ obj port}{procedure}}
\saut
\mainindex{circular structures}
Writes a written representation of \var{obj} to the given port.  The
main difference with the \ide{write} procedure is that \ide{write*}
handles data structures with cycles. Circular structure written by 
this procedure use the ``\verb+#x=+'' and ``\verb+#x#+'' notations 
(see \ref{circlistnot}).

As \ide{write}, the \var{port} argument can be omitted, defaulting to
the value returned by \ide{current\--output\--port}, and the value
returned by \ide{write*} is undefined.

\begin{scheme}
(let ((l (cons 1 2)))
  (set-cdr! l l)
  (write* l))  \ev \textit{writes} \verb+#0=(1 . #0#)+

(let ((l1 '(1 2)) 
      (l2 '(3 4)) 
      (l3 '(5 6))) 
  (append! l1 l2 l3)
  (list l1 l2 l3)) \ev \textit{writes} \verb+((1 2 . #0=(3 4 . #1=(5 6))) #0# #1#)+
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{display}{ obj}{procedure}
\proto{display}{ obj port}{procedure}
\proto{newline}{}{procedure}
\proto{newline}{ port}{procedure}
\proto{write-char}{ char}{procedure}
\proto{write-char}{ char port}{procedure}}
\saut
\doc
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{format}{ port string \vri{obj} \vrii{obj} \dotsfoo}{procedure}}
\saut
\label{format}
Writes the \var{obj}s to the given \var{port}, according to the format
string \var{string}.  \var{String} is written literally, except for
the following sequences:
%
\mainindex{circular structures}
\begin{itemize}
\item \tilda{}a or \tilda{}A is replaced by the printed representation
  of the next \var{obj}.
\item \tilda{}s or \tilda{}S is replaced by the ``slashified'' printed
  representation of the next \var{obj}.
\item \tilda{}w or \tilda{}W is replaced by the printed representation
  of the next \var{obj} (circular structures are correctly handled and
  printed using \ide{writes*}).
\item \tilda{}\tilda{} is replaced by a single tilde.
\item \tilda{}\% is replaced by a newline
\end{itemize}

\var{Port} can be a boolean, a port or a string port.  If \var{port}
is {\schtrue}, output goes to the current output port; if \var{port}
is {\schfalse}, the output is returned as a string.  Otherwise, the output is
printed on the specified port.
%
\begin{scheme}
(format {\schfalse} "A test.")       \lev "A test."
(format {\schfalse} "A \tilda{}a." "test")  \lev "A test."
(format {\schfalse} "A \tilda{}s." "test")  \lev "A \backwhack{}"test\backwhack{}"."
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{flush}{}{procedure}
\proto{flush}{ port}{procedure}}
\saut
Flushes the buffer associated with the given \var{port}. The
\var{port} argument may be omitted, in which case it defaults to the value
returned by \ide{current-output-port}.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{when-port-readable}{ port handler}{procedure}
\proto{when-port-readable}{ port}{procedure}}
\saut
When \var{port} is ready for reading, \var{handler}, which must be a
thunk, is called leaving the current evaluation suspended.  When
\var{handler} execution is terminated, normal evaluation is resumed at
its suspension point.  If the special value \schfalse{} is provided as
\var{handler}, the current handler for \var{port} is deleted. If a
handler is provided, the value returned by \ide{when-port-readable} is
undefined. Otherwise, it returns the handler currently associated to
\var{port}.

The example below shows a simple usage of the \ide{when-port-readable} procedure:
the command \var{cmd} is run with its output redirected in a pipe associated to the 
\var{p} Scheme port. 
\begin{scheme}
(define p (open-input-file "| cmd"))
(when-port-readable p 
            (lambda()
              (let (( l (read-line p)))
                (if (eof-object? l)
                    (begin
                      ;; delete handler
                      (when-port-readable p \schfalse)
                      ;; and close port
                      (close-input-port p))
                    (format \schtrue{} "Line read: \tilda{}A\verb+\+n" l)))))

\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{when-port-writable}{ port handler}{procedure}
\proto{when-port-writable}{ port}{procedure}}
\saut
When \var{port} is ready for writing, \var{handler}, which must be a
thunk, is called leaving the current evaluation suspended.  When
\var{handler} execution is terminated, normal evaluation is resumed at
its suspension point.  If the special value \schfalse{} is provided as
\var{handler}, the current handler for \var{port} is deleted. If a
handler is provided, the value returned by \ide{when-port-writable} is
undefined. Otherwise, it returns the handler currently associated to
\var{port}.
\end{entry}


\begin{entry}{%
\proto{load}{ filename}{procedure}
\proto{load}{ filename module}{procedure}}
\saut

The first form is identical to \rrrr{}. The second one loads the
content of \var{filename} in the given \var{module} environment.
\begin{note}
  The \var{load} primitive has been extended to allow loading of
  object files, though this is not implemented on all systems.
  This extension uses dynamic loading on systems which support it
  \footnote{Current version (\stkversion) allows dynamic loading
            only on some platforms:  SunOs~4.1.x, SunOs~5.x, NetBSD~1.0, 
            Linux~2.0, HPUX, Irix 5.3}. See~\cite{STkExtension} for more details.
\end{note}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{try-load}{ filename}{procedure}
\proto{try-load}{ filename module}{procedure}}
\saut
Tries to load the file named \var{filename}. If \var{filename} exists and is
readable, it is loaded, and \ide{try-load} returns {\schtrue}. 
Otherwise, the result of the call is {\schfalse}.
The second form of \var{try-load} tries to load the content of \var{filename} 
in the given \var{module} environment. 
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{autoload}{ filename \hyperi{symbol} \hyperii{symbol} \dotsfoo}{\exprtype}}
\saut
Defines \hyper{symbol}s as autoload symbols associated to file
\var{filename}. 
First evaluation of an autoload symbol will cause the loading of its
associated file in the module environment in which the autoload was done. 
\var{Filename} must provide a definition for the symbol which
lead to its loading, otherwise an error is signaled.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{autoload?}{ symbol module}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns {\schtrue} if \var{symbol} is an autoload symbol in  \var{module}
environment ; returns {\schfalse} otherwise.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{require}{ string}{procedure}
\proto{provide}{ string}{procedure}
\proto{provided?}{ string}{procedure}}
\saut
\ide{Require} loads the file whose name is \var{string} if it was not
previously ``provided''.\ide{Provide} permits to store \var{string} in
the list of already provided files. Providing a file permits to avoid
subsequent loads of this file. \ide{Provided?} returns {\schtrue} if
\var{string} was already provided; it returns {\schfalse} otherwise.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{open-file}{ filename mode}{procedure}}
\saut
Opens the file whose name is \var{filename} with the specified
\var{mode}. \var{Mode} must be ``r'' to open for reading or ``w''
to open for writing. If the file can be opened, \var{open-file}
returns the port associated with the given file, otherwise it returns
{\schfalse}. Here again, the ``magic'' string {\tt "|~``} permit to
open a pipe port.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{close-port}{ port}{procedure}}
\saut
Closes \var{port}. If \var{port} denotes a string port, further
reading or writing on this port is disallowed.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{copy-port}{ src dst}{procedure}}
\saut
Copies the content of the input port \var{src} to the output-port \var{dest}.
\begin{scheme}
(define copy-file
  (lambda (src dst)
    (with-input-from-file src (lambda ()
      (with-output-to-file dst (lambda ()
         (copy-port (current-input-port)
                    (current-output-port))))))))
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{port-closed?}{ port}{procedure}}
\saut
Returns \schtrue{} if \var{port} has been closed, \schfalse{}  otherwise.
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{copy-port}{ src dst}{procedure}}
\saut
Copies the content of the input port \var{src} to the output-port \var{dest}.
\begin{scheme}
(define copy-file
  (lambda (src dst)
    (with-input-from-file src (lambda ()
      (with-output-to-file dst (lambda ()
         (copy-port (current-input-port)
                    (current-output-port))))))))
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}


\begin{entry}{%
\proto{port->string}{ port}{procedure}
\proto{port->list}{ reader port}{procedure}
\proto{port->string-list}{ port}{procedure}
\proto{port->sexp-list}{ port}{procedure}}
\saut
Those procedures are utility for generally parsing input streams. Their
specification has been stolen from {\tt scsh}. 

\ide{Port->string} reads the input port until eof, then returns the
accumulated string. 
\begin{scheme}
(port->string (open-input-file "\verb+|+ (echo AAA; echo BBB)"))
    \ev "AAA\verb+\+nBBB\verb+\+n"
(define exec 
        (lambda (command)
           (call-with-input-file 
              (string-append "\verb+|+ " command) port->string)))

(exec "ls -l") \ev a string which contains the result of "ls -l"
\end{scheme}

\ide{Port->list} uses the \var{reader} function to repeatedly read
objects from \var{port}. Thes objects are accumulated in a list which 
is returned upon eof.
\begin{scheme}
(port->list read-line (open-input-file "\verb+|+ (echo AAA; echo BBB)"))
   \ev ("AAA" "BBB")
\end{scheme}

\ide{Port->string-list} reads the input port line by line until eof, 
then returns the accumulated list of lines. This procedure is defined as
\begin{scheme}
(define port->string-list (lambda (p)(port->list read-line p)))
\end{scheme}

\ide{Port->sexp-list} repeatedly reads data from the port until eof, 
then returns the accumulated list of items. This procedure is defined as
\begin{scheme}
(define port->sexp-list (lambda (p) (port->list read p)))
\end{scheme}
For instance, the following expression gives the list of users currently 
connected on the machine running the {\stk} interpreter.
\begin{scheme}
(port->sexp-list (open-input-file "| users"))
\end{scheme}
\end{entry}

\begin{entry}{%
\proto{transcript-on}{ filename}{procedure}\nopagebreak{}
\proto{transcript-off}{}{procedure}}
\saut
Not implemented.
\end{entry}


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