#! /usr/local/bin/tclsh8.3 proc unknown {args} { if {[string is integer [lindex $args 0]]} { return [expr $args] } if {[string index [lindex $args 0] 0] == "@"} { set astring [string range [lindex $args 0] 1 end] set numArgs [llength $args] for {set i 1} {$i < $numArgs} {incr i} { set arg$i [lindex $args $i] } switch -- $arg1 { byteLength { return [string bytelength $astring] } first { if {$numArgs < 3} { error "Please use \"@string1\" first \"string2\" ?startIndex?" } if {$numArgs == 3} { return [string first $astring $arg2] } if {$numArgs == 4} { return [string first $astring $arg2 $arg3] } } index { if {$numArgs < 3} { error "Please use \"@string\" index num Where num is the index." } return [string index $astring $arg2] } is { if {$numArgs < 3} { error "Please use \"@string\" is class Where class is alpha, digit, etc." } return [string is $arg2 $astring] } toLower { return [string tolower $astring] } toUpper { return [string toupper $astring] } default { } } } }
Test code:
puts [2 + 3 + 2] puts ["@HELLO WORLD" toLower] proc hello {args} {puts $args} hello world puts ["@hello world" toUpper] puts ["@blahblah" byteLength] puts ["@wonder" first "wonder"] puts ["@wonder" first "wonder" 0] set blah "long string" puts ["@$blah" index 1] puts ["@long string" index 5] puts ["@fun" is ascii]To get a real @ at the beginning of a string double it (just like in Smalltalk). I suggest that you don't name a proc @something, because it will mess this up.
RS: One note - @ isn't exactly beautiful as string marker. The Tcl parser consumes double quotes, so you don't see those in the unknown proc. But single quotes are available - only they don't group... You could modify the validity check so the examples could be
puts ["'hello world'" toUpper] puts ['blahblah' byteLength]
GPS - How about this:
#! /usr/local/bin/tclsh8.3 #Kevin Kenny wrote the original source and meth (formerly to) procs. #I've made it so that having multiple files is not needed and #a bunch of other stuff. proc cfork {} { global cstate if {[info exists cstate] != 1} { set cstate 1 rename source ::tcl::source proc source {fileName} { variable source_channel set source_channel [open $fileName r] set command {} set sep {} set escaped 0 while {[gets $source_channel line] >= 0} { for {set i 0} {$i < [string length $line]} {incr i} { set ch [string index $line $i] if {$ch == "'" && $escaped == 0} { #puts "WONDER $i" #puts $line set line [string replace $line $i $i "\""] } elseif {$ch == "\\"} { set escaped 1 } else { set escaped 0 } } append command $sep $line if {[info complete $command]} { set result [uplevel 1 $command] set command {} set sep {} } else { set sep \n } } return $result } proc meth {name args} { variable source_channel set body {} set sep {} while {[gets $source_channel line] >= 0} { if {[string equal [string trim $line] @]} { return [proc $name $args $body] } else { append body $sep $line set sep \n } } return -code error {unterminated 'meth'} } proc unknown {args} { #puts $args set numArgs [llength $args] set astring [lindex $args 0] for {set i 1} {$i < $numArgs} {incr i} { set arg$i [lindex $args $i] } if {[string is integer $astring] || [string index $astring 0] == "("} { return [expr $args] } set sop [lindex $args 1] #puts "sop $sop astring $astring" switch -- $sop { byteLength { return [string bytelength $astring] } first: { if {$numArgs < 3} { error "Please use \"string1\" first \"string2\" ?startIndex?" } if {$numArgs == 3} { return [string first $astring $arg2] } if {$numArgs == 4} { return [string first $astring $arg2 $arg3] } } index: { if {$numArgs < 3} { error "Please use \"string\" index num Where num is the index." } return [string index $astring $arg2] } is: { if {$numArgs < 3} { error "Please use \"string\" is class Where class is alpha, digit, etc." } return [string is $arg2 $astring] } toLower { return [string tolower $astring] } toUpper { return [string toupper $astring] } default { } } } source [info script] return 1 } return 0 } if {[cfork] == 1} { return } meth add x y return [expr {$x + $y}] @ puts [add 6 27] puts ['This is Rebecca\'s flower not George\'s' toLower] puts ['Hello Bob!' toUpper] puts ['Blah Blah!' index: 0] puts ['hmm' is: ascii] puts [200 + 23] puts [(200 + 33000)]