The Continuation Monad

class hymn.types.continuation.Continuation(value)

Bases: hymn.types.monad.Monad

the continuation monad

bind(f)

the bind operation of Continuation

run(k=<function identity>)

run the continuation

classmethod unit(value)

the unit of continuation monad

hymn.types.continuation.call_cc(f)

call with current continuation

hymn.types.continuation.cont_m

alias of Continuation

hymn.types.continuation.continuation_m

alias of Continuation

hymn.types.continuation.unit()

alias of Continuation.unit()

hymn.types.continuation.run()

alias of Continuation.run()

Hy Specific API

cont-m
continuation-m

alias of Continuation

Tag Macro

< [v]

create a Continuation of v

Functions

call-cc

alias of call_cc()

Examples

Do Notation

=> (import [hymn.types.continuation [cont-m]])
=> (require [hymn.macros [do-monad]])
=> (.run (do-monad [a (cont-m.unit 1)] (inc a)))
2

Operations

call-cc() - call with current continuation

=> (import [hymn.types.continuation [call-cc cont-m]])
=> (require [hymn.macros [m-when do-monad-with]])
=> (defn search [n seq]
...    (call-cc
...      (fn [exit]
...        (do-monad-with cont-m
...          [_ (m-when (in n seq) (exit (.index seq n)))]
...          "not found."))))
=> (.run (search 0 [1 2 3 4 5]))
'not found.'
=> (.run (search 0 [1 2 3 0 5]))
3

Tag Macro

=> (require [hymn.types.continuation [<]])
=> (#< 42)
42
=> (require [hymn.macros [do-monad]])
=> (.run (do-monad [a #< 25 b #< 17] (+ a b)))
42