reference

Primitive functions

• id
• join, car and cdr
• type
• xar and xdr
• sym
• nom
• wrb and rdb
• ops and cls
• stat
• coin
• sys

Special forms

• quote
• if
• where
• dyn
• after
• ccc
• thread
• (apply)

Built-in functions

General functions, for any value

no, atom, uvar, in, idfn, is, wait

Functions on pairs

car, cdr, cadr, cddr, caddr, caris

Functions on lists

all, some, reduce, map, proper, string, mem, find, begins, hug, keep, rem, rev, snap, udrop, foldl, foldr, pairwise, fuse, match, split, pos, len, runs, dups, tail, dock, last, drop, nth, first, cut, adjoin, dedup, insert, sort, max, min

Functions for building lists

cons, append, snoc, list, consif

Functions on (kvs) alists

get, put, gets

Functions on unary numbers

i<, i+, i-, i*, i/, i^, factor, common

Functions on rationals

r+, r-, r*, r/

Functions on signed rationals

sr+, sr-, srinv, sr*, sr/, srrecip, sr<, srnum, srden, simplify

Functions on complex numbers

c+, c*

Functions on numbers

litnum, number, numr, numi, rpart, ipart, real, inv, abs, buildnum, recip, +, -, *, /, inc, dec, floor, ceil, mod, ^w, clog2, randlen, rand, even, odd, round

Functions on chars

charn, nchar, whitec, digit, breakc, signc, intrac

Functions on strings

tokens, prs

Functions on queues

newq, enq, deq

Functions on arrays

array, aref

Functions on tables

table, tabref, tabloc, tabrem

Functions on templates

inst, readas

Comparisons

=, ~=, <, >, list<, bin<, >=, <=

Predicates

symbol, pair, char, stream, proper, string, isa, function, real, int, whole, pint, whitec, simple, digit, breakc, signc, intrac, source, even, odd

Function-building functions

isa, con, compose, combine, cand, cor, of, upon, yc, flip, part, trap, only

I/O functions

open, close, stat, peek, rdc, bitc, readall, load, readas

Functions used in the evaluator

literal, variable, bel, mev, sched, ev, vref, inwhere, lookup, binding, sigerr, evmark, formfn, parameters, if2, dyn2, evcall, evcall2, applym, applyf, applylit, okenv, okstack, okparms, oktoparm, applyprim, applyclo, pass, typecheck, destructure, applycont, protected

Functions used in the reader

read, saferead, rdex, eatwhite, charstil, rdlist, rddot, hard-rdex, rdwrap, rddelim, rdtarget, rdword, parseword, parsenum, validi, validr, validd, parsei, parsesr, parsed, parseint, charint, parset, parseslist, parsecom, parseno

Functions used in the bquote expander

bqex, bqthru, bqexpair, spa, spd

Functions used in the printer

print, namedups, cells, prc, ustring, prstring, presc, prsimple, prsymbol, prnum, rrep, irep, intchar, prpair, prelts, prn, pr, prnice

Built-in macros

fn, macro, fu, atomic, accum, record, make

Control-flow macros

do, or, and, case, eif, onerr, safe, pcase, when, unless, rfn, do1, check, catch, whenlet

Name-binding macros

let, with, iflet, aif, letu, afn, withs, bind, whenlet, awhen

Loops

each, whilet, loop, while, til, for, repeat, poll, nof, drain

Defining macros

def, mac, form, vir, loc, syn, tem

Macros on places

set, zap, ++, --, push, pull, wipe, pop, clean, swap, pushnew

Macros on files

withfile, from, to

Bquote macros

bquote, comma, comma-at, splice

Data types

The four fundamental types:

• symbol
• pair
• char
• stream

Also the following predefined predicates:

• pair
  • proper
    • string
  • function
  • number
    • real
      • int
        • whole
        • pint
        • even
        • odd
• char
  • digit
  • breakc
  • signc
  • intrac
• simple

Built-in constants

vmark, smark, i0, i1, i2, i10, i16, srzero, srone

Buffers

cbuf, bbuf

Extension points

forms, virfns, locfns, prims, comfns, syntax, namecs, templates

Reader syntax

• opening parenthesis (()
• closing parenthesis ())
• opening bracket ([)
• closing bracket (])
• backslash (\\)
• single quote (')
• backtick (```)
• comma (,)
• double quote (")
• broken pipe (¦)
• octothorpe (#)

Built-in virtual function types

Details of the evaluator

Errors