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-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/eval.cc2
-rw-r--r--src/libexpr/primops.cc25
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index a1a227c8a..871dfa64c 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ void EvalState::callFunction(Value & fun, Value & arg, Value & v)
}
if (fun.type != tLambda)
- throwTypeError("attempt to call something which is neither a function nor a primop (built-in operation) but %1%",
+ throwTypeError("attempt to call something which is not a function but %1%",
showType(fun));
unsigned int size =
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index b833413ea..db7aa9e89 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -906,6 +906,30 @@ static void prim_map(EvalState & state, Value * * args, Value & v)
}
+/* Filter a list using a predicate; that is, return a list containing
+ every element from the list for which the predicate function
+ returns true. */
+static void prim_filter(EvalState & state, Value * * args, Value & v)
+{
+ state.forceFunction(*args[0]);
+ state.forceList(*args[1]);
+
+ // FIXME: putting this on the stack is risky.
+ Value * vs[args[1]->list.length];
+ unsigned int k = 0;
+
+ for (unsigned int n = 0; n < args[1]->list.length; ++n) {
+ Value res;
+ state.callFunction(*args[0], *args[1]->list.elems[n], res);
+ if (state.forceBool(res))
+ vs[k++] = args[1]->list.elems[n];
+ }
+
+ state.mkList(v, k);
+ for (unsigned int n = 0; n < k; ++n) v.list.elems[n] = vs[n];
+}
+
+
/* Return the length of a list. This is an O(1) time operation. */
static void prim_length(EvalState & state, Value * * args, Value & v)
{
@@ -1120,6 +1144,7 @@ void EvalState::createBaseEnv()
addPrimOp("__head", 1, prim_head);
addPrimOp("__tail", 1, prim_tail);
addPrimOp("map", 2, prim_map);
+ addPrimOp("__filter", 2, prim_filter);
addPrimOp("__length", 1, prim_length);
// Integer arithmetic