A collection of miscellaneous standalone utility packages.

nytpu.lisp-utils

# Lisp-Utils

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A collection of miscellaneous standalone utility packages for Common Lisp that
I've written.

An ASDF system definition exists in
[`nytpu.lisp-utils.asd`](nytpu.lisp-utils.asd),
but it is mostly for convenience and every file listed in
[Documentation](#documentation)
is standalone and can be loaded or copied individually.
There are also zero external dependencies,
each file is entirely standalone.

It is available in
[Quicklisp](https://www.quicklisp.org/beta/)
under the system name
`nytpu.lisp-utils`.
Or,
you can manually copy the files of interest into your project.


## Documentation

- [`nytpu.lisp-utils.bind`](bind.lisp) —
  A special `BIND` macro that looks like `LET` but supports destructuring,
  multiple value capture, sequential binding (`LET*`-like), and using
  `WITH`-style functions like `WITH-OPEN-FILE`.
  Heavily inspired by Scott L. Burson's
  ["New Let"](https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/misc-extensions/devel/-/blob/master/src/new-let.lisp)
  and
  Ron Garret's
  [`BINDING-BLOCK`](https://github.com/rongarret/ergolib/blob/master/core/binding-block.lisp),
  (readers will note that it's basically just features from the above macros
  but in a syntax I personally prefer, and also not shadowing stuff from
  `COMMON-LISP`).
- [`nytpu.lisp-utils.shorthand-lambdas`](shorthand-lambdas.lisp) —
  Allows enabling a new reader syntax,
  when prefixing a form with `^` will implicitly wrap it in a `LAMBDA`,
  i.e. `^(...)` → `(lambda () ...)`.
  Inside that form, the symbol `$` will insert a new argument.
  A symbol of format `$number` will (re)use that index argument from the argument list
  (arguments are one-indexed).
- [`nytpu.lisp-utils`](nytpu.lisp-utils.lisp) —
  Miscellaneous trivial helper functions;
  such as a clone of Scheme's `#;` to comment an entire s-expression,
  mutating version of `MAPCAR` (`NMAPCAR`),
  and such.
  Also provides a helper function to enable *all* reader syntax extensions provided
  by the `NYTPU.LISP-UTILS` system.
  Has an optional dependency on `SHORTHAND-LAMBDAS`,
  if it is loaded then `ENABLE-SYNTAXES` will enable the shorthand lambda reader syntax.


## Contributing

Any contributions are welcome!

The upstream URL of this project is
<https://git.sr.ht/~nytpu/nytpu.lisp-utils>.
Send suggestions, bugs, patches, and other contributions to
<~nytpu/public-inbox@lists.sr.ht>
or
<alex [at] nytpu.com>.
For help sending a patch through email,
see
<https://git-send-email.io>.

If you aren't comfortable sending a patch through email,
[get in touch](https://nytpu.com/about.gmi)
with a link to your version of the repo and I'll pull the changes down myself!


## Copyright

Copyright (C) 2022-2025 nytpu <alex [at] nytpu.com>.

Licensed under the terms of the Mozilla Public License version 2.0.
You can view a copy of the MPL in
[LICENSE](LICENSE)
or at
<https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/>.


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