Nikita Karetnikov <nik...@karetnikov.org> writes:
> How would you rewrite the following function in Guile?
>
> foo :: [Int] -> String -> [Int]
> foo (x:y:ys) "+" = (x + y):ys
> foo (x:y:ys) "-" = (x - y):ys
> foo xs num = read num:xs
Daniel covered most of this already, but instead you might consider
(define foo
(match-lambda* ....))
rather than
(define (foo . args)
(match args
....))
the nearest analogue to read is object->string, but it is not a generic.
--
Ian Price -- shift-reset.com
"Programming is like pinball. The reward for doing it well is
the opportunity to do it again" - from "The Wizardy Compiled"
