define-compiler-macro
name lambda-list {[[{declaration}{* | documentation]]} {form}{*}}
=> name
name---a function name.
lambda-list---a macro lambda list.
declaration---a declare expression; not evaluated.
documentation---a string; not evaluated.
form---a form.
[Editorial Note by KMP: This definition probably needs to be fully expanded to not refer through the definition of defmacro, but should suffice for now.]
This is the normal mechanism for defining a compiler macro function. Its manner of definition is the same as for defmacro; the only differences are:
(defun square (x) (expt x 2)) => SQUARE (define-compiler-macro square (&whole form arg) (if (atom arg) `(expt ,arg 2) (case (car arg) (square (if (= (length arg) 2) `(expt ,(nth 1 arg) 4) form)) (expt (if (= (length arg) 3) (if (numberp (nth 2 arg)) `(expt ,(nth 1 arg) ,(* 2 (nth 2 arg))) `(expt ,(nth 1 arg) (* 2 ,(nth 2 arg)))) form)) (otherwise `(expt ,arg 2))))) => SQUARE (square (square 3)) => 81 (macroexpand '(square x)) => (SQUARE X), false (funcall (compiler-macro-function 'square) '(square x) nil) => (EXPT X 2) (funcall (compiler-macro-function 'square) '(square (square x)) nil) => (EXPT X 4) (funcall (compiler-macro-function 'square) '(funcall #'square x) nil) => (EXPT X 2) (defun distance-positional (x1 y1 x2 y2) (sqrt (+ (expt (- x2 x1) 2) (expt (- y2 y1) 2)))) => DISTANCE-POSITIONAL (defun distance (&key (x1 0) (y1 0) (x2 x1) (y2 y1)) (distance-positional x1 y1 x2 y2)) => DISTANCE (define-compiler-macro distance (&whole form &rest key-value-pairs &key (x1 0 x1-p) (y1 0 y1-p) (x2 x1 x2-p) (y2 y1 y2-p) &allow-other-keys &environment env) (flet ((key (n) (nth (* n 2) key-value-pairs)) (arg (n) (nth (1+ (* n 2)) key-value-pairs)) (simplep (x) (let ((expanded-x (macroexpand x env))) (or (constantp expanded-x env) (symbolp expanded-x))))) (let ((n (/ (length key-value-pairs) 2))) (multiple-value-bind (x1s y1s x2s y2s others) (loop for (key) on key-value-pairs by #'cddr count (eq key ':x1) into x1s count (eq key ':y1) into y1s count (eq key ':x2) into x2s count (eq key ':y1) into y2s count (not (member key '(:x1 :x2 :y1 :y2))) into others finally (return (values x1s y1s x2s y2s others))) (cond ((and (= n 4) (eq (key 0) :x1) (eq (key 1) :y1) (eq (key 2) :x2) (eq (key 3) :y2)) `(distance-positional ,x1 ,y1 ,x2 ,y2)) ((and (if x1-p (and (= x1s 1) (simplep x1)) t) (if y1-p (and (= y1s 1) (simplep y1)) t) (if x2-p (and (= x2s 1) (simplep x2)) t) (if y2-p (and (= y2s 1) (simplep y2)) t) (zerop others)) `(distance-positional ,x1 ,y1 ,x2 ,y2)) ((and (< x1s 2) (< y1s 2) (< x2s 2) (< y2s 2) (zerop others)) (let ((temps (loop repeat n collect (gensym)))) `(let ,(loop for i below n collect (list (nth i temps) (arg i))) (distance ,@(loop for i below n append (list (key i) (nth i temps))))))) (t form)))))) => DISTANCE (dolist (form '((distance :x1 (setq x 7) :x2 (decf x) :y1 (decf x) :y2 (decf x)) (distance :x1 (setq x 7) :y1 (decf x) :x2 (decf x) :y2 (decf x)) (distance :x1 (setq x 7) :y1 (incf x)) (distance :x1 (setq x 7) :y1 (incf x) :x1 (incf x)) (distance :x1 a1 :y1 b1 :x2 a2 :y2 b2) (distance :x1 a1 :x2 a2 :y1 b1 :y2 b2) (distance :x1 a1 :y1 b1 :z1 c1 :x2 a2 :y2 b2 :z2 c2))) (print (funcall (compiler-macro-function 'distance) form nil))) |> (LET ((#:G6558 (SETQ X 7)) |> (#:G6559 (DECF X)) |> (#:G6560 (DECF X)) |> (#:G6561 (DECF X))) |> (DISTANCE :X1 #:G6558 :X2 #:G6559 :Y1 #:G6560 :Y2 #:G6561)) |> (DISTANCE-POSITIONAL (SETQ X 7) (DECF X) (DECF X) (DECF X)) |> (LET ((#:G6567 (SETQ X 7)) |> (#:G6568 (INCF X))) |> (DISTANCE :X1 #:G6567 :Y1 #:G6568)) |> (DISTANCE :X1 (SETQ X 7) :Y1 (INCF X) :X1 (INCF X)) |> (DISTANCE-POSITIONAL A1 B1 A2 B2) |> (DISTANCE-POSITIONAL A1 B1 A2 B2) |> (DISTANCE :X1 A1 :Y1 B1 :Z1 C1 :X2 A2 :Y2 B2 :Z2 C2) => NIL
section compiler-macro-function [Accessor] , section defmacro [Macro] , @xref{documentation; (setf documentation)} , section Syntactic Interaction of Documentation Strings and Declarations
The consequences of writing a compiler macro definition for a function in the COMMON-LISP package are undefined; it is quite possible that in some implementations such an attempt would override an equivalent or equally important definition. In general, it is recommended that a programmer only write compiler macro definitions for functions he or she personally maintains--writing a compiler macro definition for a function maintained elsewhere is normally considered a violation of traditional rules of modularity and data abstraction.
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