Re: [Boost-docs] The beauty of LATEX

Subject: Re: [Boost-docs] The beauty of LATEX
From: Joel de Guzman (joel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-10-22 10:09:25

On 10/22/2011 5:08 PM, Daniel James wrote:
> On 22 October 2011 02:48, Joel de Guzman <joel_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> On 10/21/2011 6:14 PM, Daniel James wrote:
>>> I think your third list is incorrect.

[snip]

> is a single element list with 2 elements, but it says it's a 2 element list.

Jeepers! Describing such a simple thing in english makes me dizzy! :-)

[snip]

> I think you'll need to add another built-in function for calling
> function arguments, such as:
> 
> [def foo a][[`call [`a]]]
> 
> Otherwise consider:
> 
> [def foo a][[`a]]
> [def bar][x]
> [foo [bar]]
> 
> Does invoking [`a] return a list of one item, or the text 'x'?

Let me re-code that using the latest syntax tweak
(http://pastebin.com/rvQfCVKh),

[def foo a][[a]]

[def bar][x]

[foo [[lambda][bar]]]

Here, foo expects a nullary lambda. You pass [lambda][bar],
which, when evaluated in foo as [a], returns the text 'x'.

Did I get that right? I think it's quite consistent with
our current behavior where arguments become nullary templates
that need to be invoked. Here, lambdas are n-ary functions.
It just so happens that bar is also nullary.

I have a feeling that I misunderstood you again.

> Whenever you have a list parameter, you'll need to either bind it to
> the state at the location it was passed or do a function lookup at
> that point, so that this doesn't do the wrong thing:
> 
> [def foo f bar][[`call [`f]]]
> [def bar][1]
> [`foo [bar] 2]
> 
> I'm not sure that call 'foo' is correct, the right call might be:
> [`foo [[bar]][2]].

Ok, I think too much super-luminal neutrinos zipped through
me and I'm lost :P Are you invoking bar at function call
to foo?

Could you please re-code that with the latest syntax?
It would also help if you provide meaningful cases like
dup, cat, etc. instead of foo and bar.

> Oh, I forgot to mention before, you need something to distinguish
> between lists and non-lists, for handling trees.

Expound please?

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
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