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' 36 <h1><i>Class</i> <strong>VECTOR-TEMPLATE</strong></h1>
' 37
' 38 <h2>Package:</h2>
' 39
' 40 <p><code>COMMON-LISP.EXTENSIONS.DATA-AND-CONTROL-FLOW.UNIFICATION</code></p>
' 41
' 42
' 43 <h2>Class Precedence List:</h2>
' 44
' 45 <p>
' 46 VECTOR-TEMPLATE, SEQUENCE-TEMPLATE, ARRAY-TEMPLATE, TYPE-TEMPLATE, TEMPLATE, STANDARD-OBJECT, T.
' 47 </p>
' 48
' 49 <h2>Known Subclasses:</h2>
' 50
' 51 <p>
' 52 STRING-TEMPLATE.
' 53 </p>
' 54
' 55
' 56 <h2>Slots:</h2>
' 57
' 58 <p>None.</p>
' 59
' 60
' 61 <h2>Description:</h2>
' 62
' 63 <p>The VECTOR-TEMPLATE class denotes those object that are used
' 64 to unify against a VECTOR.</p>
' 65
' 66 <h3>Template Syntax:</h3>
' 67
' 68 <p>
' 69 <pre>
' 70 #T(<b>vector</b> . <i>&lt;destructuring template lambda list&gt;</i>)
' 71 </pre>
' 72 </p>
' 73
' 74 <p>
' 75 <pre>
' 76 #T(<i>&lt;<strong>CL</strong> vector type specifier&gt;</i> . <i>&lt;destructuring template lambda list&gt;</i>)
' 77 </pre>
' 78 </p>
' 79
' 80
' 81 <p>The VECTOR-TEMPLATE syntax denotes a VECTOR object. A
' 82 VECTOR-TEMPLATE must be unified against an VECTOR object. The elements
' 83 of the array must be unified against the
' 84 <i>&lt;destructuring template lambda list&gt;</i>
' 85
' 86
' 87 <h2>Examples:</h2>
' 88
' 89 <p>
' 90 <pre>
' 91 cl-prompt> (setf e (unify #(0 1 42 3 4 5) #T(<b>vector</b> 0 1 ?x 3 4 5)))
' 92 #&lt;ENVIRONMENT xxx&gt;
' 93
' 94 cl-prompt> (find-variable-value '?x e)
' 95 42
' 96
' 97 cl-prompt> (setq e (unify #(0 1 42 3 4 5) #T(<b>vector</b> 0 1 "FOO" 3 4 5)))
' 98 --> Error: UNIFICATION-FAILURE
' 99
' 100 cl-prompt> (setq e (unify #("foo" "bar" 42)) #T(<b>vector</b> _ _ ?x))
' 101 #&lt;ENVIRONMENT xxx&gt;
' 102
' 103 cl-prompt> (find-variable-value '?x e)
' 104 42
' 105
' 106 cl-prompt> (setq e (unify #("foo" "bar" 42) #T(<b>vector</b> _ &rest ?x)))
' 107 #&lt;ENVIRONMENT xxx&gt;
' 108
' 109 cl-prompt> (find-variable-value '?x e)
' 110 #("bar" 42)
' 111
' 112 cl-prompt> (setq e (unify #("foo" "bar" 42) #T((<b>vector</b> fixnum) _ &rest ?x)))
' 113 --> Error: UNIFICATION-FAILURE
' 114 </pre>
' 115 </p>
' 116
' 117
' 118 <h2>Affected By:</h2>
' 119
' 120 <p>None.</p>
' 121
' 122
' 123 <h2>Exceptional Situations:</h2>
' 124
' 125 <p>Unifying an VECTOR-TEMPLATE against a non-VECTOR object results in
' 126 an UNIFICATION-FAILURE error being signaled.</p>
' 127
' 128
' 129 <h2>See Also:</h2>
' 130
' 131 <p>UNIFY</p>
' 132
' 133
' 134 <h2>Notes:</h2>
' 135
' 136 <h3>ARRAY Structural Properties</h3>
' 137
' 138 <p>There is no way to "unify" against structural properties of
' 139 vectors like fill pointers and displacements.</p>
' 140
' 141 <h3>Current Implementation Note</h3>
' 142
' 143 <p>Type checking for templates like
' 144 <code>#T((<b>vector</b> fixnum) 1 2 3)</code>
' 145 is not yet implemented.</p>
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