[ANN] Junctions for Ruby1.9 (Lab419::functional-0.1.2)

[Forum]

Hi list

Lab419::functional contains an implementation of Perl6's junctions now

http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=3824&release_id=33503

Enjoy

Junctions

A pure Ruby implementation of Junctions as planned for Perl6. [1]

Junctions are composite expressions that reply to methods as would
their elements.
E.g.

   any(1, 2, 3) > 2 --> true
   [ 1, 3, 5 ].all.odd? --> true
   none( 1 ).zero? --> true
   all() == nil --> true
   any() == nil --> false

A popular use case is
   if any( "--help", "-?", "-h" ) == param then
     usage

Junctions can be constructed by either
  * using the module methods any, all, none and one of Lab419::Junctions
or
  * by using junction methods of enumerables (1..3).all > 0
or
  * by including Lab419::Junctions

For details please see the references below.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_6#Junctions
    http://search.cpan.org/dist/Perl6-Junction/lib/Perl6/Junction.pm
    http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2003/07/29/exegesis6.html?page=4
    http://www.programmersheaven.com/2/Perl6-FAQ-Junctions

[Masaki_Suketa]

Hello,

Robert Dober wrote:

Lab419::functional contains an implementation of Perl6's junctions now

It works fine, but I received warning message with -v option of ruby.

$ cat t.rb
require 'lab419/functional/junctions'

$ /usr/local/trunk/bin/ruby -v t.rb
ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-04-17) [i686-linux]
/usr/local/trunk/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/lab419/functional/junctions/base.rb:83: warning: method redefined; discarding old one?
/usr/local/trunk/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/lab419/functional/junctions/base.rb:91: warning: method redefined; discarding old none?

  regards
  Masaki Suketa

[David_Palm]

Enjoy

Junctions

A pure Ruby implementation of Junctions as planned for Perl6. [1]

Pretty sweet!

Did you look into how complex it would be to implement autothreading, like in Perl 6, too?

[Denis_Defreyne]

The examples you gave are equivalent to

  [ 1, 2, 3 ].any? { |e| e > 2 }
  [ 1, 3, 5 ].all? { |e| e.odd? }
  ![ 1 ].any? { |e| e.zero? }
  .all? { |e| e == nil }
  .any? { |e| e == nil }

What advantages does junctions in Ruby provide over #any? and #all? ?

Regards,

Denis

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On Apr 17, 2009, at 11:17 PM, Robert Dober wrote:

E.g.

  any(1, 2, 3) > 2 --> true
  [ 1, 3, 5 ].all.odd? --> true
  none( 1 ).zero? --> true
  all() == nil --> true
  any() == nil --> false

--
Denis Defreyne
denis.defreyne@stoneship.org

[Forum]

Thank you for reporting this, I will look into it right now.
Robert

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On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 3:04 AM, Masaki Suketa <masaki.suketa@nifty.ne.jp> wrote:

Hello,

Robert Dober wrote:

Lab419::functional contains an implementation of Perl6's junctions now

It works fine, but I received warning message with -v option of ruby.

$ cat t.rb
require 'lab419/functional/junctions'

$ /usr/local/trunk/bin/ruby -v t.rb
ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-04-17) [i686-linux]
/usr/local/trunk/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/lab419/functional/junctions/base.rb:83:
warning: method redefined; discarding old one?
/usr/local/trunk/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/lab419/functional/junctions/base.rb:91:
warning: method redefined; discarding old none?

regards
Masaki Suketa

[Forum]

No but that's a nice idea.
Cheers
R.

Si tu veux construire un bateau ...
Ne rassemble pas des hommes pour aller chercher du bois, préparer des
outils, répartir les tâches, alléger le travail… mais enseigne aux
gens la nostalgie de l’infini de la mer.

If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect
wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to
long for the endless immensity of the sea.

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On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 4:58 PM, David Palm <dvdplm@gmail.com> wrote:

Enjoy

Junctions

A pure Ruby implementation of Junctions as planned for Perl6. [1]

Pretty sweet!

Did you look into how complex it would be to implement autothreading, like in Perl 6, too?

--
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

[Tim_Pease]

You should check out Ara T. Howard's threadify gem -- very similar to
autothreading.

Blessings,
TwP

···

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 8:58 AM, David Palm <dvdplm@gmail.com> wrote:

Enjoy

Junctions

A pure Ruby implementation of Junctions as planned for Perl6. [1]

Pretty sweet!

Did you look into how complex it would be to implement autothreading, like in Perl 6, too?

[Forum]

They are an abstraction of the code blocks, if you look at streams,
the second concept implemented in Lab419::functional we have exactly
the same pattern, delay is nothing more than a lambda.
As a matter of fact the main pleasure I have got from releasing code
in Ruby is that Ruby does all the work
and I can get the compliments, well I cannot because you have pointed
out that I have not done anything. Thank you very much

ok seriously now: I believe that this kind of abstraction is useful,
makes code shorter and even more readable.
Is it worth a package? Well maybe not, but what are you going to tell
a perl6 guru if he asks you if Ruby got Junctions? (Proud in Ruby was
indeed a key motivation, maybe that is bad, I dunno )

Look at this example:
  if a_set.any > b_set.all then
would be
  if a_set.any?{ | x | b_set.all?{ | y | x > y } } then

I kind of prefer to maintain code written in the first style.

Cheers
Robert

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On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Denis Defreyne <denis.defreyne@stoneship.org> wrote:

On Apr 17, 2009, at 11:17 PM, Robert Dober wrote:

E.g.

any(1, 2, 3) > 2 --> true
[ 1, 3, 5 ].all.odd? --> true
none( 1 ).zero? --> true
all() == nil --> true
any() == nil --> false

The examples you gave are equivalent to

   \[ 1, 2, 3 \]\.any? \{ |e| e > 2 \}
   \[ 1, 3, 5 \]\.all? \{ |e| e\.odd? \}
   \!\[ 1 \]\.any? \{ |e| e\.zero? \}
   \[\]\.all? \{ |e| e == nil \}
   \[\]\.any? \{ |e| e == nil \}

What advantages does junctions in Ruby provide over #any? and #all? ?

[James_Edward_Gray_II]

E.g.

any(1, 2, 3) > 2 --> true
[ 1, 3, 5 ].all.odd? --> true
none( 1 ).zero? --> true
all() == nil --> true
any() == nil --> false

The examples you gave are equivalent to

  ![ 1 ].any? { |e| e.zero? }

Or:

   not [1].include? 0

  .all? { |e| e == nil }

Or:

a =
a.nitems == a.size

  .any? { |e| e == nil }

Or:

a.nitems > 0

Ruby 1.9's Enumerable#none?() and Enumerable#one?() also help out with tests like this.

James Edward Gray II

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On Apr 18, 2009, at 4:38 PM, Denis Defreyne wrote:

On Apr 17, 2009, at 11:17 PM, Robert Dober wrote:

[Forum]

fixed
http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=3824
Ty Masaki

INSTALLATION of patch if you do not want to download
      gzip -d base.rb.gz
(a) mv base.rb lib./lab419/functional/junctions
      [sudo ] ruby setup.rb install

(b) mv base.rb <you know where the old one has been installed>

Cheers
Robert

base.rb.gz (1.87 KB)

[James_Edward_Gray_II]

I imagine I would just do:

   if a_set.max > b_set.max
     # ...
   end

James Edward Gray II

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On Apr 19, 2009, at 4:19 AM, Robert Dober wrote:

Look at this example:
if a_set.any > b_set.all then
would be
if a_set.any?{ | x | b_set.all?{ | y | x > y } } then

I kind of prefer to maintain code written in the first style.

[Christopher_Dicely]

Or, for the main case where this comparison makes sense:

if a_set.max > b_set.max

···

On 4/19/09, Robert Dober <robert.dober@gmail.com> wrote:

Look at this example:
  if a_set.any > b_set.all then
would be
  if a_set.any?{ | x | b_set.all?{ | y | x > y } } then

[Masaki_Suketa]

Robert Dober wrote:

fixed
http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=3824

Thank you. It works fine without warning message
when running with -v option of ruby.

  Regards
  Masaki Suketa

[Forum]

If #<=> is defined I would do the same, but that is not necessarily
the case. ">" might implement something
where ! ( !(a>b) -> b>a) as e.g. superset, subset relationships. If
you are against such redefinitions, please read the example as
follows:

if a_set.any.superset?( b_set.all ) then

I wanted to make it clear that Junctions can be combined and thus
become a more powerful abstraction over relations.
Cheers
Robert

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On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 4:27 PM, James Gray <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:

I imagine I would just do:

if a_set.max > b_set.max
# ...
end

--
Si tu veux construire un bateau ...
Ne rassemble pas des hommes pour aller chercher du bois, préparer des
outils, répartir les tâches, alléger le travail… mais enseigne aux
gens la nostalgie de l’infini de la mer.

If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect
wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to
long for the endless immensity of the sea.

--
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry