// Uses foldl to exhibit the unchecked block syntax. // TODO: since list's head/tail require the predicate "is_not_empty" now and // we have unit tests for list, this test might me not necessary anymore? use std; import std::list::*; // Can't easily be written as a "pure fn" because there's // no syntax for specifying that f is pure. fn pure_foldl(ls: @list, u: U, f: fn(T, U) -> U) -> U { alt *ls { nil { u } cons(hd, tl) { f(hd, pure_foldl(tl, f(hd, u), f)) } } } // Shows how to use an "unchecked" block to call a general // fn from a pure fn pure fn pure_length(ls: @list) -> uint { fn count(_t: T, &&u: uint) -> uint { u + 1u } unchecked{ pure_foldl(ls, 0u, count(_, _)) } } pure fn nonempty_list(ls: @list) -> bool { pure_length(ls) > 0u } // Of course, the compiler can't take advantage of the // knowledge that ls is a cons node. Future work. // Also, this is pretty contrived since nonempty_list // could be a "enum refinement", if we implement those. fn safe_head(ls: @list) : nonempty_list(ls) -> T { check is_not_empty(ls); ret head(ls) } fn main() { let mylist = @cons(@1u, @nil); // Again, a way to eliminate such "obvious" checks seems // desirable. (Tags could have postconditions.) check (nonempty_list(mylist)); assert (*safe_head(mylist) == 1u); }