Tuple array streamlining

extra/tuple-arrays/tuple-arrays-docs.factor

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-USING: help.syntax help.markup splitting kernel ;
+USING: help.syntax help.markup splitting kernel sequences ;
 IN: tuple-arrays
 
 HELP: tuple-array
-{ $description "The class of packed homogeneous tuple arrays. They are created with " { $link <tuple-array> } ". All elements are of the same tuple class. Mutations done to an element are not copied back to the packed array unless it is explicitly written back.." } ;
+{ $description "The class of packed homogeneous tuple arrays. They are created with " { $link <tuple-array> } ". All elements are of the same tuple class. Mutations done to an element are not copied back to the packed array unless it is explicitly written back. To convert a sequence to a tuple array, use the word " { $link >tuple-array } "." } ;
 
 HELP: <tuple-array>
-{ $values { "example" tuple } { "length" "a non-negative integer" } { "tuple-array" tuple-array } }
+{ $values { "class" "a tuple class" } { "length" "a non-negative integer" } { "tuple-array" tuple-array } }
-{ $description "Creates an instance of the " { $link <tuple-array> } " class with the given length and containing the given tuple class. The tuple class is specified in the form of an example tuple. If the example tuple has a delegate, the tuple array will store a delegate for each element. Otherwise, the delegate will be assumed to be " { $link f } "." } ;
+{ $description "Creates an instance of the " { $link <tuple-array> } " class with the given length and containing the given tuple class." } ;
+
+HELP: >tuple-array
+{ $values { "seq" sequence } { "tuple-array" tuple-array } }
+{ $description "Converts a sequence into a homogeneous unboxed tuple array of the type indicated by the first element." } ;

extra/tuple-arrays/tuple-arrays-tests.factor

@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
-USING: tuple-arrays sequences tools.test namespaces kernel math ;
+USING: tuple-arrays sequences tools.test namespaces kernel math accessors ;
 IN: tuple-arrays.tests
 
 SYMBOL: mat
 TUPLE: foo bar ;
 C: <foo> foo
-[ 2 ] [ 2 T{ foo } <tuple-array> dup mat set length ] unit-test
+[ 2 ] [ 2 foo <tuple-array> dup mat set length ] unit-test
 [ T{ foo } ] [ mat get first ] unit-test
 [ T{ foo 2 1 } ] [ T{ foo 2 1 } 0 mat get [ set-nth ] keep first ] unit-test
 [ t ] [ { T{ foo f 1 } T{ foo f 2 } } >tuple-array dup mat set tuple-array? ] unit-test
 [ T{ foo f 3 } t ] 
 [ mat get [ foo-bar 2 + <foo> ] map [ first ] keep tuple-array? ] unit-test
 
-[ 2 ] [ 2 T{ foo t } <tuple-array> dup mat set length ] unit-test
+[ 2 ] [ 2 foo <tuple-array> dup mat set length ] unit-test
 [ T{ foo } ] [ mat get first ] unit-test
 [ T{ foo 2 1 } ] [ T{ foo 2 1 } 0 mat get [ set-nth ] keep first ] unit-test
+
+TUPLE: baz { bing integer } bong ;
+[ 0 ] [ 1 baz <tuple-array> first bing>> ] unit-test
+[ f ] [ 1 baz <tuple-array> first bong>> ] unit-test

extra/tuple-arrays/tuple-arrays.factor

@@ -4,27 +4,26 @@ USING: splitting grouping classes.tuple classes math kernel
 sequences arrays accessors ;
 IN: tuple-arrays
 
-TUPLE: tuple-array seq class ;
+TUPLE: tuple-array { seq read-only } { class read-only } ;
 
-: <tuple-array> ( length example -- tuple-array )
+: <tuple-array> ( length class -- tuple-array )
-    [ tuple>array length 1- [ * { } new-sequence ] keep <sliced-groups> ]
+    [
-    [ class ] bi tuple-array boa ;
+        new tuple>array 1 tail
+        [ <repetition> concat ] [ length ] bi <sliced-groups>
+    ] [ ] bi tuple-array boa ;
 
 M: tuple-array nth
     [ seq>> nth ] [ class>> ] bi prefix >tuple ;
 
-: deconstruct ( tuple -- seq )
-    tuple>array 1 tail ;
-
 M: tuple-array set-nth ( elt n seq -- )
-    >r >r deconstruct r> r> seq>> set-nth ;
+    >r >r tuple>array 1 tail r> r> seq>> set-nth ;
 
 M: tuple-array new-sequence
-    class>> new <tuple-array> ;
+    class>> <tuple-array> ;
 
-: >tuple-array ( seq -- tuple-array/seq )
+: >tuple-array ( seq -- tuple-array )
     dup empty? [
-        0 over first <tuple-array> clone-like
+        0 over first class <tuple-array> clone-like
     ] unless ;
 
 M: tuple-array like