factor/library/generic/union.factor

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! Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Slava Pestov.
! See http://factor.sf.net/license.txt for BSD license.
IN: generic
USING: errors hashtables kernel lists namespaces parser
sequences strings words vectors ;
! Union metaclass for dispatch on multiple classes.
SYMBOL: union
: union-predicate ( members -- list )
[
"predicate" word-prop
[ dup ] swap add [ drop t ] cons
] map [ drop f ] swap alist>quot ;
: set-members ( class members -- )
2dup [ types ] map concat "types" set-word-prop
"members" set-word-prop ;
: define-union ( class predicate members -- )
#! We have to turn the f object into the f word, same for t.
3dup nip set-members pick union define-class
union-predicate define-predicate ;
PREDICATE: word union metaclass union = ;