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(herald locative (env tsys))
;;; Copyright (c) 1985 Yale University
;;; Authors: N Adams, R Kelsey, D Kranz, J Philbin, J Rees.
;;; This material was developed by the T Project at the Yale University Computer
;;; Science Department. Permission to copy this software, to redistribute it,
;;; and to use it for any purpose is granted, subject to the following restric-
;;; tions and understandings.
;;; 1. Any copy made of this software must include this copyright notice in full.
;;; 2. Users of this software agree to make their best efforts (a) to return
;;; to the T Project at Yale any improvements or extensions that they make,
;;; so that these may be included in future releases; and (b) to inform
;;; the T Project of noteworthy uses of this software.
;;; 3. All materials developed as a consequence of the use of this software
;;; shall duly acknowledge such use, in accordance with the usual standards
;;; of acknowledging credit in academic research.
;;; 4. Yale has made no warrantee or representation that the operation of
;;; this software will be error-free, and Yale is under no obligation to
;;; provide any services, by way of maintenance, update, or otherwise.
;;; 5. In conjunction with products arising from the use of this material,
;;; there shall be no use of the name of the Yale University nor of any
;;; adaptation thereof in any advertising, promotional, or sales literature
;;; without prior written consent from Yale in each case.
;;;
(define-settable-operation (contents loc))
(define set-contents (setter contents))
(define-operation (define-contents loc value))
(define-predicate locative?)
;;; Other locatives are made using the MAKE-LOCATIVE operation.
(define-operation (make-locative proc . args)
(object nil
((contents self) (apply proc args))
((set-contents self val)
(apply (setter proc) (append args (list val)))) ; choke!
((locative? self) t)
((print-type-string self) "Locative")))
;;; Delays
(define-predicate delay?)
(define-operation (force obj) obj)
;;; This value is local to the module
(define %unforced (undefined-value 'unforced-delay))
(define (make-delay proc)
(let* ((value %unforced)
(get-value (lambda ()
(if (eq? value %unforced) (set value (proc)))
value)))
(object (lambda () (get-value))
((force self) (get-value))
((delay? self) t)
((print-type-string self)
(if (eq? value %unforced) "Delayed" "Forced")))))