mondo: patternable function names

packages/mondo/mondo.mjs

@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ export class MondoParser {
   get_locations(code, offset = 0) {
     let walk = (ast, locations = []) => {
       if (ast.type === 'list') {
-        return ast.children.slice(1).forEach((child) => walk(child, locations));
+        return ast.children.forEach((child) => walk(child, locations));
       }
       if (ast.loc) {
         locations.push(ast.loc);
@@ -335,17 +335,11 @@ export class MondoRunner {
     }
 
     // is list
-    // the first element is expected to be the function name
+    if (!ast.children.length) {
-    const first = ast.children[0];
+      throw new Error(`empty list`);
-    let name;
-    if (first?.type !== 'list') {
-      name = first.value; // regular function call e.g. (fast 2 (s bd))
-    } else {
-      // dynamic function name e.g. "(<speed fast> 2 (s bd))"
-      name = this.evaluate(first);
     }
 
-    if (name === 'lambda') {
+    if (ast.children[0].value === 'lambda') {
       const [_, args, body] = ast.children;
       const argNames = args.children.map((child) => child.value);
       return (x) => {
@@ -356,8 +350,9 @@ export class MondoRunner {
       };
     }
 
+    const args = ast.children.map((arg) => this.evaluate(arg, scope));
+    // we could short circuit arg[0] if its plain...
     // evaluate args
-    const args = ast.children.slice(1).map((arg) => this.evaluate(arg, scope));
+    return this.lib.call(args[0], args.slice(1), scope);
-    return this.lib.call(name, args, scope);
   }
 }

packages/mondough/mondough.mjs

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   chooseIn,
   degradeBy,
   silence,
-  isPattern,
 } from '@strudel/core';
 import { registerLanguage } from '@strudel/transpiler';
 import { MondoRunner } from '../mondo/mondo.mjs';
@@ -24,7 +23,10 @@ const arrayRange = (start, stop, step = 1) =>
   );
 const range = (max, min) => min.squeezeBind((a) => max.bind((b) => seq(...arrayRange(a, b))));
 
+let nope = (...args) => args[args.length - 1];
+
 let lib = {};
+lib['nope'] = nope;
 lib['-'] = silence;
 lib['~'] = silence;
 lib.curly = stepcat;
@@ -43,15 +45,19 @@ lib['or'] = (...children) => chooseIn(...children); // always has structure but
 
 let runner = new MondoRunner({
   call(name, args, scope) {
-    if (isPattern(name)) {
+    // name is expected to be a pattern of functions!
-      // patterned function name, e.g. "s bd . <speed fast> 2"
+    const first = name.firstCycle(true)[0];
-      return name.fmap((fn) => fn(...args)).innerJoin();
+    if (typeof first?.value !== 'function') {
+      throw new Error(`[mondough] "${first}" is not a function`);
     }
-    const fn = lib[name] || strudelScope[name];
+    return name
-    if (!fn) {
+      .fmap((fn) => {
-      throw new Error(`[moundough]: unknown function "${name}"`);
+        if (typeof fn !== 'function') {
-    }
+          throw new Error(`[mondough] "${fn}" is not a function`);
-    return fn(...args);
+        }
+        return fn(...args);
+      })
+      .innerJoin();
   },
   leaf(token, scope) {
     let { value, type } = token;
@@ -59,14 +65,21 @@ let runner = new MondoRunner({
     if (type === 'plain' && scope[value]) {
       return reify(scope[value]); // -> local scope has no location
     }
-    const [from, to] = token.loc;
     const variable = lib[value] ?? strudelScope[value];
+    let pat;
     if (type === 'plain' && typeof variable !== 'undefined') {
       // problem: collisions when we want a string that happens to also be a variable name
       // example: "s sine" -> sine is also a variable
-      return reify(strudelScope[value]).withLoc(from, to);
+      pat = reify(variable);
+    } else {
+      pat = reify(value);
     }
-    return reify(value).withLoc(from, to);
+
+    if (token.loc) {
+      pat = pat.withLoc(token.loc[0], token.loc[1]);
+    }
+    pat.foo = true;
+    return pat;
   },
 });
 

website/src/pages/learn/mondo-notation.mdx

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Here's an example:
 <MiniRepl
   mondo
   client:idle
-  tune={`$ note c2 .(euclid <3 6 3> <8 16>) . *2 
+  tune={`$ note (c2 .euclid <3 6 3> <8 16>) . *2 
 .s "sine" .add (note [0 <12 24>]*2)
 .dec(sine .range .2 2) .room .5
 .lpf(sine/3.range 120 400)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ $ s [bd bd bd bd] .bank tr909.clip.5
 .ply<1 [1 [2 4]]>
 
 $ s oh*4 .press .bank tr909 .speed.8
-.dec <.02 .05>*2 .(add (saw/8.range 0 1))`}
+.dec (<.02 .05>*2 .add (saw/8.range 0 1))`}
 />
 
 ## Mondo in the REPL