lambda

src/kiss/Reader.hx

@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ class Reader {
 
         readTable["!"] = (stream:Stream) -> CallExp(Symbol("not").withPos(stream.position()), [assertRead(stream, readTable)]);
 
+        // Helpful for defining predicates to pass to Haxe functions:
+        readTable["?"] = (stream:Stream) -> CallExp(Symbol("Prelude.truthy").withPos(stream.position()), [assertRead(stream, readTable)]);
+
         // Because macro keys are sorted by length and peekChars(0) returns "", this will be used as the default reader macro:
         readTable[""] = (stream) -> Symbol(nextToken(stream, "a symbol name"));
 

src/kiss/SpecialForms.hx

@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ class SpecialForms {
             EBlock([EVars(varDefs).withContextPos(), EBlock(body.map(convert)).withContextPos()]).withContextPos();
         };
 
-        // TODO special form for lambda
+        map["lambda"] = (args:Array<ReaderExp>, convert:ExprConversion) -> {
+            EFunction(FArrow, Helpers.makeFunction(null, args[0], args.slice(1), convert)).withContextPos();
+        };
 
         // TODO special form for for loop
         // TODO special form for list comprehension

src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.hx

@@ -184,4 +184,8 @@ class BasicTestCase extends Test {
         Assert.equals(false, BasicTestCase.myNot1);
         Assert.equals(false, BasicTestCase.myNot2);
     }
+
+    function testLambda() {
+        Assert.equals([5, 6].toString(), BasicTestCase.myFilteredList.toString());
+    }
 }

src/test/cases/BasicTestCase.kiss

@@ -141,3 +141,7 @@
 
 (defvar myNot1 (not 5))
 (defvar myNot2 !5)
+
+(defvar myFilteredList (begin 
+    (deflocal l [-1 -2 5 -3 6])
+    (l.filter (lambda [v] (< 0 v)))))