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digitalmars.D.learn - map/filter/reduce: use functions or delegates or both?

reply Falk Henrich <schreibmalwieder hammerfort.de> writes:
Hi!

I just started learning D. I really like D's combination of high- and
low-level features. Hence, I started coding map/filter/reduce as known from
functional languages for dynamic array types. Using anonymous delegates one
can compute the sum of the squares of an integer array like

int[] b = reduce( (int x, int y) { return x + y; }, 0, map ( (int x)
{ return x*x; }, a));

given a definition of map as (my newbee code)

To[] map(From, To)(To delegate(From) f, From[] a)
{
  To[] b;
  b.length = a.length;
  for(int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
    b[i] = f(a[i]);
  }
  return(b);
}

and reduce as (my newbee code)

B reduce(A,B) ( B delegate(A,B) f, B e, A[] a)
{
  foreach(A x; a) {
    e = f(x,e);
  }
  return(e);
}

Now I tried to improve the readability of the functionals by defining

int plus(int x, int y) { return x + y; }
int square(int x) { return x * x; }

in order to write

int[] b = reduce(plus, 0, map(square, a));

But this won't work since plus and square are functions and delegates.
Therefore, I replaced "delegate" by "function" in the definitions above.
But this breaks the application using anonymous delegates. Neither is it
possible to have a delegate map together with a function map in the same
module.

Is there any solution to this dilemma?

Thanks for advice.

Falk
Mar 15 2007
next sibling parent Daniel Keep <daniel.keep.lists gmail.com> writes:
Falk Henrich Wrote:


 Hi!
 
 ...
 
 Is there any solution to this dilemma?
 
 Thanks for advice.
 
 Falk


I implemented these a while back using rather a lot of templates :)  You can
see the implementation here:
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?DanielKeep/functools

Basically I solved the problem by using neither delegates or functions. 
Instead, I just used a template type called "tOp".

Hope this helps :)

    -- Daniel
Mar 15 2007
prev sibling parent reply Denton Cockburn <diboss hotmail.com> writes:
I don't see the template functions being instantiated.
e.g. int[] b = reduce!(int, int)(plus, 0, map(square, a));

but I just started learning D too.
Mar 21 2007
parent reply Denton Cockburn <diboss hotmail.com> writes:
oh yeah, map would need to be instantiated as well.

int[] b = reduce!(int, int)(plus, 0, map!(int, int)(square, a));
Mar 21 2007
parent Daniel Keep <daniel.keep.lists gmail.com> writes:
Denton Cockburn wrote:

 oh yeah, map would need to be instantiated as well.
 
 int[] b = reduce!(int, int)(plus, 0, map!(int, int)(square, a));


D has implicit function template instantiation.


 T first(T)(T[] arr)
 {
     return arr[0];
 }

 auto one = first([1,2,3]);


	-- Daniel

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