// Ditto, but for LET*, which evaluates the bindings sequentially,
// each visible to its successors.
private static Datum ConstructLambdaFromLetStar(LetComps comps)
{
LetComps outer;
outer.self = null;
outer.bindings = new List<Pair>();
if (comps.bindings.Count == 0)
{
outer.body = comps.body;
}
else
{
Pair firstBinding = comps.bindings[0];
comps.bindings.RemoveAt(0);
LetComps inner;
inner.self = null;
inner.bindings = comps.bindings;
inner.body = comps.body;
outer.bindings.Add(firstBinding);
// A body is a *list* of expressions.
outer.body =
new Pair(ConstructLambdaFromLetStar(inner),
null);
}
Datum transform = ConstructLambdaFromLet(outer);
Shell.Trace("LET* transform produced ", transform);
return transform;
}
// Take a bag of LET components and write the equivalent LAMBDA
// expression. Handles named LET.
private static Datum ConstructLambdaFromLet(LetComps comps)
{
// Unzip!
List<Datum> names = new List<Datum>();
List<Datum> vals = new List<Datum>();
foreach (Pair p in comps.bindings)
{
names.Add(p.First);
vals.Add(p.Second);
}
Datum formals = Primitives.List(names);
Datum bodyFunc = new Pair(new Symbol("lambda"),
new Pair(formals, comps.body));
Datum transform;
if (comps.self == null)
{
// Unnamed LET.
transform = new Pair(bodyFunc, Primitives.List(vals));
}
else
{
// Named LET.
transform =
new Pair(Datum.List(new Symbol("let"),
Datum.List(Datum.List(comps.self,
null)),
Datum.List(new Symbol("set!"),
comps.self,
bodyFunc),
comps.self),
Primitives.List(vals));
}
Shell.Trace("LET transform produced ", transform);
return transform;
}