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Make the successful return value from a match expression be truthy and the failure value false. This avoids an extra method call when checking the result and avoids allocating a new object when a match fails.
author Mike Pavone <pavone@retrodev.com>
date Sun, 05 Jan 2014 20:56:25 -0800
parents 96e21f525b78
children
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/*
array <- #{
	new <- {
		length <- 0
		#{
			each <- :fun {
				repeat: length :idx {
					fun: idx (get: idx)
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
*/

true <- #{
  if:else <- :self trueblock :elseblock {
    trueblock:
  }
}

false <- #{
  if:else <- :self trueblock :elseblock {
    elseblock:
  }
}

filter <- :arr pred {
	output <- arr slice: 0 0
	each: arr :idx el {
		if: (pred: el) {
			output push: el
		} else: {}
	}
	output
}