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     LISTS(2)                                                 LISTS(2)

     NAME
          lists: allsat, anysat, append, combine, concat, delete,
          filter, ismember, last, map, pair, partition, rev, unpair-
          list operations

     SYNOPSIS
          include "lists.m"
          lists := load Lists Lists->PATH;

          append:    fn[T](l: list of T, x: T): list of T;
          combine:   fn[T](l1: list of T, l2: list of T): list of T;
          concat:    fn[T](l1: list of T, l2: list of T): list of T;
          delete:    fn[T](x: T, l: list of T): list of T
                       for { T => eq:  fn(a, b: T): int; };
          ismember:  fn[T](x: T, l: list of T): int
                       for { T =>  eq: fn(a, b: T): int; };
          last:      fn[T](l: list of T): T;
          pair:      fn[T1, T2](l1: list of T1, l2: list of T2):
                       list of (T1, T2);
          reverse:   fn[T](l: list of T): list of T;
          unpair:    fn[T1, T2](l: list of (T1, T2)):
                       (list of T1, list of T2);

          allsat:    fn[T](p: ref fn(x: T): int, l: list of T): int;
          anysat:    fn[T](p: ref fn(x: T): int, l: list of T): int;
          filter:    fn[T](p: ref fn(x: T): int, l: list of T): list of T;
          map:       fn[T](f: ref fn(x: T): T, l: list of T): list of T;
          partition: fn[T](p: ref fn(x: T): int, l: list of T):
                       (list of T, list of T);

     DESCRIPTION
          The module provides operations on lists of type T, which may
          be any reference type, or string.  Reference types are
          array, chan, list, module, and refadt.  None of the opera-
          tions change their parameter lists: they always return a new
          list.

          First, there is a group of common list operations.

          Append returns a new list with the elements of l followed by
          the element x.

          Combine returns a new list that has the elements of both l1
          and l2 in no defined order.

          Concat returns a new list that has the elements of l1 fol-
          lowed by the elements of l2.

          Delete returns a new list in which the first element of l
          that is equal to x has been removed (all others remain).  X

     LISTS(2)                                                 LISTS(2)

          must be an adt reference type T with an operation T.eq that
          returns true (non-zero) if two values of type T are consid-
          ered equal.

          Ismember returns 1 if there is an element of l that is equal
          to x.

          Last returns the value of the element at the end of list l.
          A run-time error occurs if l is nil.

          Pair takes two lists l1 and l2, and returns a new list of
          tuples (v1, v2) in which each element of l1 has been paired
          with the corresponding element of l2. A run-time error
          occurs if the lists are not equal in length.

          Reverse returns a new list containing the elements of l in
          reverse order.

          Unpair takes a list of tuples (v1, v2) and returns a tuple
          of lists (l1, l2) where l1 contains the first element of
          each tuple, and l2 contains the second element of each
          tuple.

          A second group of operations applies a function f or a
          Boolean predicate p to each element of a list l, returning a
          transformed list or a Boolean value.  A predicate p must
          return non-zero if its parameter value satisfies its condi-
          tion, and must return zero if it does not.

          Allsat returns 1 if all elements of l satisfy p, and returns
          0 otherwise.

          Anysat returns 1 if any element of l satisfies p, and
          returns 0 otherwise.

          Filter returns a new list containing only the elements of l
          that satisfy p.

          Map returns a new list in which each element of l has been
          transformed by f (ie, if l is e0::e1::...  then the result
          is f(e0)::f(e1)::...).

          Partition returns a tuple of lists (l1, l2) of lists where
          l1 contains all elements of l that satisfy p and l2 contains
          all elements of l that do not satisfy p.

     SOURCE
          /appl/lib/lists.b

     BUGS
          The current implementation of polymorphism is limited to
          reference types and strings, which in turn limits use of

     LISTS(2)                                                 LISTS(2)

          this module.