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+;;; guile-2d
+;;; Copyright (C) 2013, 2014 David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
+;;;
+;;; Guile-2d is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+;;; published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+;;; License, or (at your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; Guile-2d is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+;;; Lesser General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+;;; License along with this program. If not, see
+;;; <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+;;
+;; Simple functional reactive programming API.
+;;
+;;; Code:
+
+(define-module (2d signal)
+ #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
+ #:use-module (srfi srfi-9)
+ #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
+ #:export (signal?
+ signal-box?
+ make-signal
+ make-boxed-signal
+ define-signal
+ %signal-ref
+ signal-ref
+ signal-ref-maybe
+ %signal-set!
+ signal-set!
+ signal-proc
+ signal-merge
+ signal-combine
+ signal-map
+ signal-fold
+ signal-filter
+ signal-reject
+ signal-constant
+ signal-count
+ signal-do))
+
+;;;
+;;; Signals
+;;;
+
+;; Signals are time-varying values. For example, a signal could
+;; represent the mouse position at the current point in time. The
+;; signals API provides an abstraction over regular event-based
+;; programming. State mutation is hidden away and a functional,
+;; declarative interface is exposed.
+(define-record-type <signal>
+ (%%make-signal value proc outputs)
+ signal?
+ (value %signal-ref %%signal-set!)
+ (proc signal-proc)
+ (outputs signal-outputs))
+
+(define-record-type <signal-box>
+ (make-signal-box signal)
+ signal-box?
+ (signal signal-unbox signal-box-set!))
+
+(define (%make-signal init proc inputs)
+ "Create a new signal with initial value INIT."
+ (let ((signal (%%make-signal init proc (make-weak-key-hash-table))))
+ (for-each (cut signal-connect! signal <>) inputs)
+ signal))
+
+(define (make-signal init)
+ "Return a signal box with initial value INIT."
+ (make-signal-box (%make-signal init #f '())))
+
+(define (make-boxed-signal init proc inputs)
+ "Return a signal box containing a signal with value INIT, updating
+procedure PROC, and a list of INPUTS."
+ (make-signal-box (%make-signal init proc inputs)))
+
+(define (signal-connect! signal-out signal-box-in)
+ "Attach SIGNAL-OUT to SIGNAL-BOX-IN. When the signal within
+SIGNAL-BOX-IN changes, the value will be propagated to SIGNAL-OUT."
+ (hashq-set! (signal-outputs (signal-unbox signal-box-in)) signal-out #f))
+
+(define (signal-ref signal-box)
+ "Return the current value of the signal contained within
+SIGNAL-BOX."
+ (%signal-ref (signal-unbox signal-box)))
+
+(define (signal-ref-maybe object)
+ "Retrieves the signal value from OBJECT if it is a signal and or
+simply returns OBJECT otherwise."
+ (if (signal-box? object)
+ (signal-ref object)
+ object))
+
+(define (signal-propagate! signal)
+ "Notify all output signals about the current value of SIGNAL."
+ (hash-for-each (lambda (output unused)
+ ((signal-proc output) output (%signal-ref output)))
+ (signal-outputs signal)))
+
+(define (%signal-set! signal value)
+ "Change the current value of SIGNAL to VALUE and propagate VALUE to
+all output signals."
+ (%%signal-set! signal value)
+ (signal-propagate! signal)
+ *unspecified*)
+
+(define (signal-set! signal-box value)
+ "Change the current value contained within SIGNAL-BOX to VALUE."
+ (%signal-set! (signal-unbox signal-box) value))
+
+(define (splice-signals! box-to box-from)
+ "Replace the contents of BOX-TO with the contents of BOX-FROM and
+transfer all output signals."
+ (when (signal-box? box-to)
+ (let ((outputs (signal-outputs (signal-unbox box-to))))
+ (hash-for-each (lambda (signal unused)
+ (signal-connect! signal box-from))
+ outputs))
+ (signal-box-set! box-to (signal-unbox box-from))))
+
+(define-syntax define-signal
+ (lambda (x)
+ "Define a variable that contains a signal, with the added bonus
+that if the variable already contains a signal then its outputs will
+be spliced into the new signal."
+ (syntax-case x ()
+ ((_ name (signal ...))
+ (defined? (syntax->datum #'name))
+ #'(begin
+ (splice-signals! name (signal ...))
+ (signal-propagate! (signal-unbox name))))
+ ((_ name (signal ...))
+ #'(define name (signal ...)))
+ ((_ name value)
+ #'(define name value)))))
+
+;;;
+;;; Higher Order Signals
+;;;
+
+(define (signal-merge signal1 signal2 . rest)
+ "Create a new signal whose value is the that of the most recently
+changed signal in SIGNALs. The initial value is that of the first
+signal in SIGNALS."
+ (let ((inputs (append (list signal1 signal2) rest)))
+ (make-boxed-signal (signal-ref (car inputs))
+ (lambda (self value)
+ (%signal-set! self value))
+ inputs)))
+
+(define (signal-combine . signals)
+ "Create a new signal whose value is a list of the values stored in
+the given signals."
+ (define (current-value)
+ (map signal-ref signals))
+ (make-boxed-signal (current-value)
+ (lambda (self value)
+ (%signal-set! self (current-value)))
+ signals))
+
+(define (signal-map proc signal . rest)
+ "Create a new signal that applies PROC to the values stored in one
+or more SIGNALS."
+ (let ((inputs (cons signal rest)))
+ (define (current-value)
+ (apply proc (map signal-ref inputs)))
+ (make-boxed-signal (current-value)
+ (lambda (self value)
+ (%signal-set! self (current-value)))
+ inputs)))
+
+(define (signal-fold proc init signal . rest)
+ "Create a new signal that applies PROC to the values stored in
+SIGNAL. PROC is applied with the current value of SIGNAL and the
+previously computed value, or INIT for the first call."
+ (let ((inputs (cons signal rest)))
+ (make-boxed-signal init
+ (let ((previous init))
+ (lambda (self value)
+ (let ((x (apply proc
+ (append (map signal-ref inputs)
+ (list previous)))))
+ (set! previous x)
+ (%signal-set! self x))))
+ inputs)))
+
+(define (signal-filter predicate default signal)
+ "Create a new signal that keeps an incoming value from SIGNAL when
+it satifies the procedure PREDICATE. The value of the signal is
+DEFAULT when the predicate is never satisfied."
+ (make-boxed-signal (if (predicate (signal-ref signal))
+ (signal-ref signal)
+ default)
+ (lambda (self value)
+ (when (predicate value)
+ (%signal-set! self value)))
+ (list signal)))
+
+(define (signal-reject predicate default signal)
+ "Create a new signal that does not keep an incoming value from
+SIGNAL when it satisfies the procedure PREDICATE. The value of the
+signal is DEFAULT when the predicate is never satisfied."
+ (signal-filter (lambda (x) (not (predicate x))) default signal))
+
+(define (signal-constant constant signal)
+ "Create a new signal whose value is always CONSTANT regardless of
+what the value received from SIGNAL."
+ (signal-map (lambda (value) constant) signal))
+
+(define (signal-count signal)
+ "Create a new signal that increments a counter every time a new
+value from SIGNAL is received."
+ (signal-fold + 0 (signal-constant 1 signal)))
+
+(define (signal-do proc signal)
+ "Create a new signal that applies PROC when a new values is received
+from SIGNAL. The value of the new signal will always be the value of
+SIGNAL. This signal is a convenient way to sneak a procedure that has
+a side-effect into a signal chain."
+ (signal-map (lambda (x) (proc x) x) signal))