;;; Guile Emacs Lisp

;;; Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;;;
;;; This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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;;;
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;;;
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;;; Code:

(define-module (language elisp runtime)
  #:export (void
            nil-value
            t-value
            value-slot-module
            function-slot-module
            elisp-bool
            ensure-fluid!
            reference-variable
            reference-variable-with-check
            set-variable!
            runtime-error
            macro-error)
  #:export-syntax (built-in-func built-in-macro prim))

;;; This module provides runtime support for the Elisp front-end.

;;; The reserved value to mean (when eq?) void.

(define void (list 42))

;;; Values for t and nil. (FIXME remove this abstraction)

(define nil-value #nil)

(define t-value #t)

;;; Modules for the binding slots.
;;; Note: Naming those value-slot and/or function-slot clashes with the
;;; submodules of these names!

(define value-slot-module '(language elisp runtime value-slot))

(define function-slot-module '(language elisp runtime function-slot))

;;; Report an error during macro compilation, that means some special
;;; compilation (syntax) error; or report a simple runtime-error from a
;;; built-in function.

(define (macro-error msg . args)
  (apply error msg args))

(define runtime-error macro-error)

;;; Convert a scheme boolean to Elisp.

(define (elisp-bool b)
  (if b
      t-value
      nil-value))

;;; Routines for access to elisp dynamically bound symbols.  This is
;;; used for runtime access using functions like symbol-value or set,
;;; where the symbol accessed might not be known at compile-time.  These
;;; always access the dynamic binding and can not be used for the
;;; lexical!

(define (ensure-fluid! module sym)
  (let ((intf (resolve-interface module))
        (resolved (resolve-module module)))
    (if (not (module-defined? intf sym))
        (let ((fluid (make-fluid)))
          (fluid-set! fluid void)
          (module-define! resolved sym fluid)
          (module-export! resolved `(,sym))))))

(define (reference-variable module sym)
  (ensure-fluid! module sym)
  (let ((resolved (resolve-module module)))
    (fluid-ref (module-ref resolved sym))))

(define (reference-variable-with-check module sym)
  (let ((value (reference-variable module sym)))
    (if (eq? value void)
        (runtime-error "variable is void:" sym)
        value)))

(define (set-variable! module sym value)
  (ensure-fluid! module sym)
  (let ((resolved (resolve-module module)))
    (fluid-set! (module-ref resolved sym) value)
    value))

;;; Define a predefined function or predefined macro for use in the
;;; function-slot and macro-slot modules, respectively.

(define-syntax built-in-func
  (syntax-rules ()
    ((_ name value)
     (begin
       (define-public name (make-fluid))
       (fluid-set! name value)))))

(define-syntax built-in-macro
  (syntax-rules ()
    ((_ name value)
     (define-public name value))))

;;; Call a guile-primitive that may be rebound for elisp and thus needs
;;; absolute addressing.

(define-syntax prim
  (syntax-rules ()
    ((_ sym args ...)
     ((@ (guile) sym) args ...))))