#emacs dynamic flet

dflet.el

;;; dflet.el --- dynamically-scoped flet

;; Copyright (C) 2012  Yann Hodique
;; Copyright (C) 1993, 2001-2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: Yann Hodique <[email protected]>
;; Keywords: lisp
;; Version: 0.1

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;;; Commentary:

;; This is bringing back the historical definition of `flet', in all its global
;; and dynamic splendor.

;;; Code:

(eval-when-compile
  (require 'cl))

;;;###autoload
(if (version< emacs-version "24.3") ;; before that, flet is not obsolete
    (defalias 'dflet 'flet)

  ;; This should really have some way to shadow 'byte-compile properties, etc.
  (defmacro dflet (bindings &rest body)
    "Make temporary overriding function definitions.
This is an analogue of a dynamically scoped `let' that operates on the function
cell of FUNCs rather than their value cell.
If you want the Common-Lisp style of `flet', you should use `cl-flet'.
The FORMs are evaluated with the specified function definitions in place,
then the definitions are undone (the FUNCs go back to their previous
definitions, or lack thereof).

\(fn ((FUNC ARGLIST BODY...) ...) FORM...)"
    (declare (indent 1) (debug cl-flet))
    (let ((compiling-file (or (and (fboundp 'cl--compiling-file)
                                   'cl--compiling-file)
                              'cl-compiling-file)))
      `(letf ,(mapcar
               (lambda (x)
                 (if (or (and (fboundp (car x))
                              (eq (car-safe (symbol-function (car x))) 'macro))
                         (cdr (assq (car x) macroexpand-all-environment)))
                     (error "Use `labels', not `dflet', to rebind macro names"))
                 (let ((func `(cl-function
                               (lambda ,(cadr x)
                                 (cl-block ,(car x) ,@(cddr x))))))
                   (when (funcall compiling-file)
                     ;; Bug#411.  It would be nice to fix this.
                     (and (get (car x) 'byte-compile)
                          (error "Byte-compiling a redefinition of `%s' \
will not work - use `labels' instead" (symbol-name (car x))))
                     ;; FIXME This affects the rest of the file, when it
                     ;; should be restricted to the flet body.
                     (and (boundp 'byte-compile-function-environment)
                          (push (cons (car x) (eval func))
                                byte-compile-function-environment)))
                   (list `(symbol-function ',(car x)) func)))
               bindings)
         ,@body))))

(provide 'dflet)
;;; dflet.el ends here