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(define-module (catbird observer)
  #:use-module (catbird config)
  #:use-module (oop goops)
  #:export (<observer>
            on-change))

;; This is a hack to deal with the fact that specializing GOOPS
;; accessors does not compose with inheritance.
;;
;; See
;; https://dthompson.us/issues-with-object-oriented-programming-in-guile.html
;; for details.

(define-class <observer-slot-class> (<catbird-metaclass>))

(define-generic on-change)

(define-method (observer-slot? (slot <slot>))
  (get-keyword #:observe? (slot-definition-options slot)))

(define-method (compute-setter-method (class <observer-slot-class>) slot)
  (if (observer-slot? slot)
      ;; Wrap the original setter procedure with a new procedure that
      ;; calls the on-change method.
      (make <method>
        #:specializers (list class <top>)
        #:procedure (let ((slot-name (slot-definition-name slot))
                          (proc (method-procedure (next-method))))
                      (lambda (obj new)
                        (let ((old (and (slot-bound? obj slot-name)
                                        (slot-ref obj slot-name))))
                          (proc obj new)
                          (on-change obj slot-name old new)))))
      (next-method)))

(define-class <observer> ()
  #:metaclass <observer-slot-class>)