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;;; list.el --- Functions for working with lists -*- lexical-binding: t -*-

;; Author: William Carroll <wpcarro@gmail.com>
;; Version: 0.0.1
;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24"))

;;; Commentary:
;; Since I prefer having the `list-' namespace, I wrote this module to wrap many
;; of the functions that are defined in the the global namespace in Elisp.  I
;; sometimes forget the names of these functions, so it's nice for them to be
;; organized like this.
;;
;; Motivation:
;; Here are some examples of function names where I prefer more modern
;; alternatives:
;; - `car': Return the first element (i.e. "head") of a linked list
;; - `cdr': Return the tail of a linked list

;; As are most APIs for standard libraries that I write, this is influenced by
;; Elixir's standard library.
;;
;; Similar libraries:
;; - dash.el: Excellent and widely adopted library for working with lists.
;; - list-utils.el: Utility library that covers things that dash.el may not
;;   cover.

;;; Code:

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;; Dependencies
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(require 'maybe)
(require 'set)
(require 'set)

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;; Library
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(defun list-new ()
  "Return a new, empty list."
  '())

(defun list-concat (&rest lists)
  "Joins `LISTS' into on list."
  (apply #'append lists))

(defun list-duplicate (n x)
  "Duplicates the given element, X, N times in a list."
  (list-map (lambda (_) x) (number-sequence 1 n)))

(defun list-join (joint xs)
  "Join a list of strings, XS, with JOINT."
  (if (list-empty? xs)
      ""
    (list-reduce (list-first xs)
                 (lambda (x acc)
                   (format "%s%s%s" acc joint x))
                 (list-tail xs))))

(defun list-length (xs)
  "Return the number of elements in `XS'."
  (length xs))

(defun list-get (i xs)
  "Return the value in `XS' at `I', or nil."
  (nth i xs))

(defun list-first (xs &optional default)
  "Alias for `list-head' for `XS'."
  (if (list-empty? xs)
      default
    (car xs)))

(defun list-last (xs &optional default)
  "Returns the last element in XS or DEFAULT if empty."
  (if (list-empty? xs)
      default
    (nth (- (length xs) 1) xs)))

(defun list-tail (xs)
  "Return the tail of `XS'."
  (cdr xs))

(defun list-reverse (xs)
  "Reverses `XS'."
  (reverse xs))

(defun list-cons (x xs)
  "Add `X' to the head of `XS'."
  (cons x xs))

(defun list-delete (x xs)
  "Deletes the given element, X, from XS.
Returns a new list without X. If X occurs more than once, only the first
  occurrence is removed."
  (let ((deleted? nil))
    (list-reject (lambda (y)
                   (if deleted? nil
                     (when (equal x y)
                       (setq deleted? t) t)))
                 xs)))

(defun list-filter (p xs)
  "Return a subset of XS where predicate P returned t."
  (list--assert-instance xs)
  (seq-filter p xs))

(defun list-map (f xs)
  "Call `F' on each element of `XS'."
  (list--assert-instance xs)
  (seq-map f xs))

(defun list-reduce (acc f xs)
  "Return over `XS' calling `F' on an element in `XS'and `ACC'."
  (list--assert-instance xs)
  (seq-reduce (lambda (acc x) (funcall f x acc)) xs acc))

(defun list-map-indexed (f xs)
  "Call `F' on each element of `XS' along with its index."
  (list-reverse
   (cdr
    (list-reduce '(0 . nil)
                 (lambda (x acc)
                   (let ((i (car acc))
                         (result (cdr acc)))
                     `(,(+ 1 i) . ,(cons (funcall f x i) result))))
                 xs))))

(defun list-reject (p xs)
  "Return a subset of XS where predicate of P return nil."
  (list-filter (lambda (x) (not (funcall p x))) xs))

(defun list-find (p xs)
  "Return the first x in XS that passes P or nil."
  (list--assert-instance xs)
  (seq-find p xs))

(defun list-dedupe-adjacent (xs)
  "Return XS without adjacent duplicates."
  (list-reverse
   (list-reduce (list (list-first xs))
                (lambda (x acc)
                  (if (equal x (list-first acc))
                      acc
                    (list-cons x acc)))
                xs)))

(defun list-chunk (n xs)
  "Chunk XS into lists of size N."
  (if (> n (length xs))
      (list xs)
    (let* ((xs (list-reduce '(:curr () :result ())
                            (lambda (x acc)
                              (let ((curr (plist-get acc :curr))
                                    (result (plist-get acc :result)))
                                (if (= (- n 1) (length curr))
                                    `(:curr () :result ,(list-cons (list-reverse (list-cons x curr)) result))
                                  `(:curr ,(list-cons x curr) :result
                                          ,result)))) xs))
           (curr (plist-get xs :curr))
           (result (plist-get xs :result)))
      (list-reverse (if curr (list-cons curr result) result)))))

(defun list-wrap (xs)
  "Wraps XS in a list if it is not a list already."
  (if (list-instance? xs)
      xs
    (list xs)))

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;; Predicates
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(defun list-instance? (xs)
  "Return t if `XS' is a list.
Be leery of using this with things like alists.  Many data structures in Elisp
  are implemented using linked lists."
  (listp xs))

(defun list-empty? (xs)
  "Return t if XS are empty."
  (= 0 (list-length xs)))

(defun list-all? (p xs)
  "Return t if all `XS' pass the predicate, `P'."
  (if (list-empty? xs)
      t
    (and (maybe-some? (funcall p (car xs)))
         (list-all? p (cdr xs)))))

(defun list-any? (p xs)
  "Return t if any `XS' pass the predicate, `P'."
  (if (list-empty? xs)
      nil
    (or (maybe-some? (funcall p (car xs)))
        (list-any? p (cdr xs)))))

(defun list-contains? (x xs)
  "Return t if X is in XS using `equal'."
  (list--assert-instance xs)
  (maybe-some? (seq-contains-p xs x)))

(defun list-xs-distinct-by? (f xs)
  "Return t if all elements in XS are distinct after applying F to each."
  (= (length xs)
     (set-count (set-from-list (list-map f xs)))))

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(defun list--assert-instance (xs)
  (unless (list-instance? xs)
    (error (format "Assertion failed: argument is not a list: %s" xs))))

(provide 'list)
;;; list.el ends here