Magma: cmacro extensions to C
Overview
C is a tremendously useful language: It compiles everywhere, is generally fast, has a very long history and a stable standard, and comes with few bedrock abstractions.
Higher-level languages, like Common Lisp and Haskell, provide excellent metaprogramming systems and a very expressive type system, but have the cost of various bedrock abstractions like garbage collection, dynamic typing (In the case of Lisp), and exception handling.
cmacro provides a middleground: It bridges the power and control of C with the high-level metaprogramming systems of Lisp. This library uses cmacro to extend the capabilities of the C language.
Usage
Once you've built and installed cmacro, simply put these files in a directory where they can be included by cmacro.
Functions
Anonymous Functions
Syntax
lambda (<args>*) -> <ret> { <body>* }
Description
Defines an anonymous function, returning a pointer to it.
Examples
cmacro_import "fn/lambda.c"
int main() {
int array[] = {423, 61, 957, 133, 969,
829, 821, 390, 704, 596};
qsort(array, 10, sizeof(int),
lambda (const void* a, const void* b) -> int
{ return *(int*)a - *(int*)b; });
for(size_t i = 0; i < 10; i++){
printf("%i ", array[i]);
}
return 0;
}Lazy Evaluation
Syntax
delay <expr>force <expr>
Description
delay takes an expression expr and delays its computation until
the required time. force takes this computation and executes it,
returning its value.
Examples
force (delay 1) == 1;Type System
Type-Inferenced Variables
Syntax
var <name> = <value>
Description
Defines an implicitly-typed variable var, giving it the value
value. It is not possible to define a variable without an initial value.
Examples
/* Input */
cmacro_import "type/var.c"
void f() {
var a = 10;
var b = 3.14;
}
/* Output */
void f() {
typeof(10) a = 10;
typeof(3.14) b = 3.14;
/* The above is, in fact, valid */
}Algebraic Data Types
Syntax
Description
Examples
#include <stdio.h>
cmacro_import "type/adt.c"
data Token {
Integer { int i; };
String { char* str; };
}
int main() {
Token a, b;
construct(a, Token -> Integer) { 10 };
construct(b, Token -> String) { "test" };
switch(a.type) {
case TokenInteger:
return a.Integer.i;
break;
case TokenString:
puts(b.String.str);
break;
}
}Tuples
Syntax
Description
Examples
/* Input */
cmacro_import "type/tuple.c"
typedef tup(int, int) pair;
pair divrem(int n, int d) {
return (pair){n/d, n%d};
}
/* Output */
typedef struct { int first; int second; } pair;
pair divrem(int n, int d) {
return (pair){n/d, n%d};
}Anaphoric Macros
Anaphoric macros store the output of an important argument (Like the condition
in the if statement) in a variable named it so they can be
accessed in the statement body.
if
Syntax
aif <cond> <true-branch>aif <cond> <true-branch> else <false-branch>
Description
The value of cond is stored in the variable it, which is
accessible in the scope of either branch.
Examples
/* Input */
cmacro_import "anaphoric/if.c"
int main() {
aif(5 > 1)
return it;
}
/* Output */
int main() {
typeof(5 > 1) it = 5 > 1;
if(it)
return it;
}Utilities
doto
Syntax
doto(obj) { <fn>(<args>*);+ }
Description
Calls every fn, with obj appended to the beginning of its
argument list.
Examples
/* Input */
cmacro_import "util/doto.c"
void cancelAccount(Account* account) {
doto(account) {
setBalance(0);
setStatus(DISABLED);
}
}
/* Output */
void cancelAccount(Account* account) {
setBalance(account, 0);
setStatus(account, DISABLED);
}with_allocation
Syntax
with_allocation(<ptr>, <type>) { <body>* }with_allocation(<ptr>, <type>, <length>) { <body>* }
Description
Allocates memory to hold type, optionally an array of type if
length is specified. The pointer is stored in the variable ptr
and free'd after body is executed.
Examples
cmacro_import "util/with_allocation.c"
int main() {
with_allocation(ptr, int, 10) {
size_t i;
for(i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
ptr[i] = i*2;
}
}
with_allocation(p, int) {
*p = 10;
return *p;
}
}with_open_file
Syntax
with_open_file(<stream>, <filepath>, <mode>) { <body>* }
Description
Opens filepath with mode mode, assigning it to the variable
stream, then executes body and closes the stream.
Examples
cmacro_import "util/with_open_file.c"
int main() {
with_open_file(file, "README.md", "r") {
printf("The first character in the README is: %c\n",
fgetc(file));
}
return 0;
}License
Copyright (c) 2014 Fernando Borretti ([email protected])
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