transcendental-lisp/src/function/builtin/PRINT.java

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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;
}
}