The message-oo Reference Manual

3.1.1 message-oo/message-oo.asd

Source

message-oo.asd.

Parent Component

message-oo (system).

ASDF Systems

message-oo.

3.1.2 message-oo/package.lisp

Source

message-oo.asd.

Parent Component

message-oo (system).

Packages

• message-oo.mangle.
• message-oo.

3.1.3 message-oo/src.lisp

Dependency

package.lisp (file).

Source

message-oo.asd.

Parent Component

message-oo (system).

Public Interface

• @ (macro).
• defmessage (macro).

Internals

• +mangle+ (special variable).
• bad-message (condition).
• find-message (function).
• fn (generic function).
• for-generic (function).
• generic (generic function).
• method-name (function).
• method-params (function).
• tap∶ (generic function).

5.1.1 Macros

Macro: @ (object message &rest more-messages) ¶

Enables message pipelines
(@ l (:map (lambda (x) (process x)))) == (mapcar ...) (@ l (:map func) (:reduce #’+)) == (reduce (mapcar ..))

Package

message-oo.

Source

src.lisp.

Macro: defmessage (class-list message-list &body body) ¶

It is smalltalk-like:
(defmessage container (:add item :after old-item) (container-add-after container item old-item))

Package

message-oo.

Source

src.lisp.

5.2.1 Special variables

Special Variable: +mangle+ ¶

Package

message-oo.

Source

src.lisp.

5.2.2 Ordinary functions

Function: find-message (message) ¶

Package

message-oo.

Source

src.lisp.

Function: for-generic (method-params) ¶

Package

message-oo.

Source

src.lisp.

Function: method-name (message-list) ¶

(:add item) -> message-oo.mangle:|ADD:|
(:add item :at pos) -> message-oo.mangle:|ADD:AT:|
:add -> message-oo.mangle:add
(:add item &rest rest) -> message-oo.mangle:|ADD::|
(:add item :at pos &rest rest) -> message-oo.mangle:|ADD:AT::|

Package

message-oo.

Source

src.lisp.

Function: method-params (message-list) ¶

Package

message-oo.

Source

src.lisp.

5.2.3 Generic functions

Generic Function: fn (object) ¶

Package

message-oo.mangle.

Source

src.lisp.

Methods

Method: fn ((list list)) ¶

Returns function that can be applied to object
Example (mapcar (@ ’(:+ 3) :fn) (list 1 2 3 4)) => ’(4 5 6 7)

Generic Function: generic (object) ¶

Package

message-oo.mangle.

Source

src.lisp.

Methods

Method: generic ((list list)) ¶

Generic Function: tap: (object func) ¶

Package

message-oo.mangle.

Source

src.lisp.

Methods

Method: tap: (any func) ¶

For debugging like in
(@ obj (:message1 ...) (:message2 ...) (:tap (lambda (x) (print x))) (:message3 ...))

5.2.4 Conditions

Condition: bad-message ¶

Package

message-oo.

Source

src.lisp.

Direct superclasses

error.

Direct slots

Slot: message ¶

Initargs

message-oo::message