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[bpt/guile.git] / module / ice-9 / buffered-input.scm

;;;; buffered-input.scm --- construct a port from a buffered input reader
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(define-module (ice-9 buffered-input)
  #:export (make-buffered-input-port
            make-line-buffered-input-port
            set-buffered-input-continuation?!))

;; @code{buffered-input-continuation?} is a property of the ports
;; created by @code{make-line-buffered-input-port} that stores the
;; read continuation flag for each such port.
(define buffered-input-continuation? (make-object-property))

(define (set-buffered-input-continuation?! port val)
  "Set the read continuation flag for @var{port} to @var{val}.

See @code{make-buffered-input-port} for the meaning and use of this
flag."
  (set! (buffered-input-continuation? port) val))

(define (make-buffered-input-port reader)
  "Construct a line-buffered input port from the specified @var{reader}.
@var{reader} should be a procedure of one argument that somehow reads
a chunk of input and returns it as a string.

The port created by @code{make-buffered-input-port} does @emph{not}
interpolate any additional characters between the strings returned by
@var{reader}.

@var{reader} should take a boolean @var{continuation?} argument.
@var{continuation?} indicates whether @var{reader} is being called to
start a logically new read operation (in which case
@var{continuation?} is @code{#f}) or to continue a read operation for
which some input has already been read (in which case
@var{continuation?} is @code{#t}).  Some @var{reader} implementations
use the @var{continuation?} argument to determine what prompt to
display to the user.

The new/continuation distinction is largely an application-level
concept: @code{set-buffered-input-continuation?!} allows an
application to specify when a read operation is considered to be new.
But note that if there is non-whitespace data already buffered in the
port when a new read operation starts, this data will be read before
the first call to @var{reader}, and so @var{reader} will be called
with @var{continuation?} set to @code{#t}."
  (let ((read-string "")
	(string-index 0))
    (letrec ((get-character
	      (lambda ()
		(if (< string-index (string-length read-string))
                    ;; Read a char.
                    (let ((res (string-ref read-string string-index)))
                      (set! string-index (+ 1 string-index))
                      (if (not (char-whitespace? res))
                          (set! (buffered-input-continuation? port) #t))
                      res)
                    ;; Fill the buffer.
                    (let ((x (reader (buffered-input-continuation? port))))
                      (cond
                       ((eof-object? x)
                        ;; Don't buffer the EOF object.
                        x)
                       (else
                        (set! read-string x)
                        (set! string-index 0)
                        (get-character)))))))
	     (input-waiting
	      (lambda ()
                (- (string-length read-string) string-index)))
             (port #f))
      (set! port (make-soft-port (vector #f #f #f get-character #f input-waiting) "r"))
      (set! (buffered-input-continuation? port) #f)
      port)))

(define (make-line-buffered-input-port reader)
  "Construct a line-buffered input port from the specified @var{reader}.
@var{reader} should be a procedure of one argument that somehow reads
a line of input and returns it as a string @emph{without} the
terminating newline character.

The port created by @code{make-line-buffered-input-port} automatically
interpolates a newline character after each string returned by
@var{reader}.

@var{reader} should take a boolean @var{continuation?} argument.  For
the meaning and use of this argument, see
@code{make-buffered-input-port}."
  (make-buffered-input-port (lambda (continuation?)
                              (let ((str (reader continuation?)))
                                (if (eof-object? str)
                                    str
                                    (string-append str "\n"))))))

;;; buffered-input.scm ends here