package function.builtin;

import function.LispFunction;
import sexpression.*;

/**
 * <code>PRINT</code> represents the PRINT function in Lisp.
 */
public class PRINT extends LispFunction {

    // The number of arguments that PRINT takes.
    private static final int NUM_ARGS = 1;

    public SExpression call(Cons argList) {
        // retrieve the number of arguments passed to PRINT
        int argListLength = LENGTH.getLength(argList);

        // make sure we have received the proper number of arguments
        if (argListLength != NUM_ARGS) {
            Cons originalSExpr = new Cons(new Symbol("PRINT"), argList);
            String errMsg = "too " + ((argListLength > NUM_ARGS) ? "many" : "few") + " arguments given to PRINT: "
                            + originalSExpr;

            throw new RuntimeException(errMsg);
        }

        SExpression arg = argList.getCar();

        System.out.println(arg);

        return arg;
    }

}