+2013-12-24 Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org>
+
+ * control.texi (Pattern matching case statement): Fix missing
+ argument in simple expression language sample (Bug#16238). Add
+ some sample programs written in that language. Mention that
+ `pcase' requires lexical binding.
+
2013-12-23 Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com>
* eval.texi (Special Forms): Document `special-form-p'.
(defun evaluate (exp env)
(pcase exp
(`(add ,x ,y) (+ (evaluate x env) (evaluate y env)))
- (`(call ,fun ,arg) (funcall (evaluate fun) (evaluate arg env)))
+ (`(call ,fun ,arg) (funcall (evaluate fun env) (evaluate arg env)))
(`(fn ,arg ,body) (lambda (val)
(evaluate body (cons (cons arg val) env))))
((pred numberp) exp)
@code{(pred numberp)} is a pattern that simply checks that @code{exp}
is a number, and @code{_} is the catch-all pattern that matches anything.
+Here are some sample programs including their evaluation results:
+
+@example
+(evaluate '(add 1 2) nil) ;=> 3
+(evaluate '(add x y) '((x . 1) (y . 2))) ;=> 3
+(evaluate '(call (fn x (add 1 x)) 2) nil) ;=> 3
+(evaluate '(sub 1 2) nil) ;=> (error "Unknown expression (sub 1 2)")
+@end example
+
+Note that (parts of) @code{pcase} only work as expected with lexical
+binding, so lisp files using @code{pcase} should have enable it
+(@pxref{Using Lexical Binding}, for how to enable lexical binding).
+
There are two kinds of patterns involved in @code{pcase}, called
@emph{U-patterns} and @emph{Q-patterns}. The @var{upattern} mentioned above
are U-patterns and can take the following forms: