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#	File:     calls.icn
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#	Subject:  Procedures for calls as objects
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#	Author:   Ralph E. Griswold
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#	Date:     May 28, 1994
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#   This file is in the public domain.
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#  These procedures deal with procedure invocations that are encapulated in
#  records.
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#  Links:  ivalue, procname
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invocable all

link ivalue
link procname

record call(proc, args)

#
#  Invoke a procedure with a argument list from a call record.

procedure invoke(call)

   suspend call.proc ! call.args

end


#
#  Produce a string images of a call

procedure call_image(call)
   local args

   args := ""

   every args ||:= !call.args || ", "

   return procname(call.proc) || "(" || args[1:-2] || ")"

end

  
#  Make a call record from a string that looks like an invocation.
#  What the arguments can be is limited to the capabilities of ivalue.

procedure make_call(s)
   local arg, args, result

   s ? {
      result := call(proc(tab(upto('(')))) | fail
      move(1)
      result.args := make_args(tab(-1))
      }

   return result

end

#  Make an argument list from a comma-separated string

procedure make_args(s)
   local args, arg

   args := []

   s ? {
      while arg := tab(upto(',') | 0) do {
         put(args, ivalue(arg)) | fail
         move(1) | break
         }
      }

   return args

end

#  Produce a string of Icon code to construct a call record.

procedure call_code(s)
   local code, arg, result

   s ? {
      result := "call(" || tab(upto('(')) || ", [" | fail
      move(1)
      while arg := tab(upto(',)')) do {
         result ||:= ivalue(arg) || ", " | fail
         move(1) | break
         }
      }

   return result[1:-2] || "])"

end

#  Write a table of calls to a file.  The file format is
#
#	name=proc:arg1,arg2,arg3, ... argn,
#
#  where name is the name associated with the call, proc is the
#  procedure, and arg1, arg2, arg3, ... argn are the arguments.
#  Note the trailing comma.

procedure write_calltable(T, p, f)
   local name

   every name := key(T) do {
      writes(f, name, "=")
      writes(f, procname(p), ":")
      every writes(f, image(!T[name]), ",")
      }

   write(f)

   return

end
   
#  read a call table file into a table

procedure read_calltable(f)
   local T, line, p, args

   T := table()

   while line := read(f) do
      line ? {
         name := tab(upto('="')) | fail
         move(1)
         p := tab(upto(':')) | fail
         move(1)
         args := []
         while put(args, ivalue(tab(upto(',')))) do
             move(1)
         T[name] := call(proc(p), args) | fail
         }

   return T

end
