Ruminant

A Swift implementation of Clojure‘s persistent vectors.

Persistent Vectors

Core operations such as conj, assoc, get (using subscripts), subvec (using subscripts), and concat have been implemented.

let v: PersistentVector = ["a", "b", "c"]
let v2 = v.conj("d").assoc(index: 2, "C")
XCTAssertEqual(v, ["a", "b", "c"])
XCTAssertEqual(v2, ["a", "b", "C", "d"])
XCTAssert(v.pop() == v2[0..<2])
XCTAssertEqual(v.map {$0.uppercased()}, ["A", "B", "C"])
XCTAssertEqual(v[1], "b")
XCTAssertEqual(Array(v[1...2]), ["b", "c"])

Transient vectors are included:

let v: PersistentVector = ["a", "b", "c"]
var tmp = v.transient()
tmp = tmp.pop()
tmp = tmp.conj("3")
tmp = tmp.conj("4")
XCTAssert(tmp.persistent() == ["a", "b", "3", "4"])

Integration

You can use the Swift-Package manager to integrate Ruminant.

Add the following dependency in Package.swift:

dependencies: [
.package(url: "https://github.com/jdevuyst/ruminant", from: "1.0.7")
],

Sample Usage

Here is a sample walkthrough with Swift Package Manager to use this library.

First, create a complete new directory from CLI named “Sample” and cd into it.

mkdir sample
cd sample

Next, create a new exectuable swift template inside this directory.

swift package init --type executable

Now it’s time to update Package.swift.

// swift-tools-version:4.0
// The swift-tools-version declares the minimum version of Swift required to build this package.

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
    name: "sample",
    dependencies: [
        // Dependencies declare other packages that this package depends on.
        .package(url: "https://github.com/jdevuyst/ruminant", from: "1.0.7")
    ],
    targets: [
        // Targets are the basic building blocks of a package. A target can define a module or a test suite.
        // Targets can depend on other targets in this package, and on products in packages which this package depends on.
        .target(
            name: "sample",
            dependencies: ["ruminant"])
    ]
)

Let’s install the new dependency.

swift package update

We’ll also updatee Main.swift to test that Ruminant can be loaded.

import ruminant

print("Hello, Persistent Vector!")

let sample = PersistentVector([1,2,3,4]).conj(45).conj(42)
print(sample)

Finally, we can build and run the program from the command line.

swift build
swift run

Hello, Persistent Vector!
[1, 2, 3, 4, 45, 42]

That’s it. Enjoy the world of persistent datastructures!

License

Distributed under the Eclipse Public License either version 1.0 or (at your option) any later version.