Dylan Programming: Contents

Contents
Preface
- Dylan
- Audience
- Goals of this book
- Organization of this book
- Program examples
- An image of Dylan
- Acknowledgments
Part I. - Basic Concepts
1 - Introduction
- 1.1 - Comparison of Dylan and other programming languages
- 1.2 - Modular, reusable, component-oriented programs
- 1.3 - Powerful and familiar procedural programming
- 1.4 - Rapid and productive development of programs
- 1.5 - Delivery of safe, efficient, compact applications
2 - Quick Start
- 2.1 - Dialog with a Dylan listener
- 2.2 - Simple arithmetic operations
- 2.3 - Variables and constants
- 2.4 - Formatted output
- 2.5 - A complete Dylan program
  - 2.5.1 - Files of a Dylan program
  - 2.5.2 - Components of a Dylan program
- 2.6 - Summary
3 - Methods, Classes, and Objects
- 3.1 - Method definitions
  - 3.1.1 - A method that takes an argument
  - 3.1.2 - Two methods with the same name
- 3.2 - Classes
  - 3.2.1 - Class inheritance
  - 3.2.2 - Relationship between classes and methods
- 3.3 - Objects
  - 3.3.1 - Predicates for testing equality
  - 3.3.2 - Bindings: Mappings between objects and names
- 3.4 - Summary
4 - User-Defined Classes and Methods
- 4.1 - Requirements of the time and position classes and methods
- 4.2 - User-defined classes
  - 4.2.1 - The <time-of-day> class
  - 4.2.2 - The type constraint of a slot
- 4.3 - Use of make to create an instance
- 4.4 - Getters and setters of slot values
- 4.5 - Initialization of slots when instances are made
  - 4.5.1 - Keyword arguments in function calls
  - 4.5.2 - Init keywords: Keywords that initialize slots
- 4.6 - Methods for handling time
- 4.7 - Summary
5 - Class Inheritance
- 5.1 - The <time-offset> class and methods
- 5.2 - Class inheritance
- 5.3 - Methods for classes that use inheritance
- 5.4 - Redefinition of a method
- 5.5 - Method dispatch
- 5.6 - Definition of a generic function
- 5.7 - Use of next-method to call another method
- 5.8 - The time library (so far)
- 5.9 - Summary
6 - Multimethods
- 6.1 - Methods for the + generic function
- 6.2 - Method dispatch for multimethods
- 6.3 - Methods for comparison of times
- 6.4 - Summary
7 - Modularity
- 7.1 - Requirements of the position classes
- 7.2 - Initial class definitions
- 7.3 - Abstract classes
- 7.4 - Absolute position
- 7.5 - Relative position
- 7.6 - Meeting of angles and times
- 7.7 - Abstract, concrete, and instantiable classes
  - 7.7.1 - Instantiable classes
  - 7.7.2 - Design considerations for abstract classes
- 7.8 - Summary
8 - A Simple Library
- 8.1 - The LID file
- 8.2 - The library file
- 8.3 - The implementation file
- 8.4 - The test file
- 8.5 - Summary
Part II. - Intermediate Topics
9 - Nonclass Types
- 9.1 - Functions that create nonclass types
- 9.2 - Examples of types that are not classes
- 9.3 - Method dispatch and nonclass types
- 9.4 - Summary
10 - Slots
- 10.1 - Dot-syntax abbreviation for simple function calls
- 10.2 - Getters and setters for slots
- 10.3 - Initialize methods
- 10.4 - Slot options for initialization of slots
- 10.5 - Allocation of slots
- 10.6 - Virtual slots
- 10.7 - Summary
11 - Collections and Control Flow
- 11.1 - Built-in collection classes
- 11.2 - Basic use of collections
- 11.3 - Iteration over a sequence
- 11.4 - Manipulation of collections
  - 11.4.1 - Reversal of sequences
  - 11.4.2 - Destructive operations and shared structure
- 11.5 - Conditional execution
- 11.6 - Summary
12 - Functions
- 12.1 - Function-calling syntax
- 12.2 - The function-calling protocol
- 12.3 - Functions as objects
- 12.4 - Summary
13 - Libraries and Modules
- 13.1 - Libraries
- 13.2 - Modules
- 13.3 - Source code, modules, and libraries
- 13.4 - Module definition
- 13.5 - Library definition
- 13.6 - Interchange files
- 13.7 - The time-library file
- 13.8 - Component library
- 13.9 - Protocol design
- 13.10 - Summary
14 - Four Complete Libraries
- 14.1 - The sixty-unit library
- 14.2 - The say library
- 14.3 - The time library
- 14.4 - The angle library
- 14.5 - Summary
Part III. - Sample Application
15 - Design of the Airport Application
- 15.1 - Goals of the airport application
- 15.2 - Objects that model an airport
- 15.3 - Behaviors of the objects
- 15.4 - The vehicle-container protocol
- 15.5 - Sorted sequences
- 15.6 - Testing
- 15.7 - Summary
16 - Definition of a New Collection
- 16.1 - The sorted-sequence.dylan file
- 16.2 - The sorted-sequence-library.dylan file
- 16.3 - The sorted-sequence.lid file
- 16.4 - Summary
17 - The Airport Application
- 17.1 - The definitions.dylan file
- 17.2 - The airport-classes.dylan file
- 17.3 - The vehicle-dynamics.dylan file
- 17.4 - The schedule.dylan file
  - 17.4.1 - The container protocol and implementation
  - 17.4.2 - The scheduling algorithm
- 17.5 - The airport-test.dylan file
- 17.6 - The definitions-library.dylan file
- 17.7 - The definitions.lid file
- 17.8 - The airport-library.dylan file
- 17.9 - The airport.lid file
- 17.10 - The airport-test-library.dylan file
- 17.11 - The airport-test.lid file
- 17.12 - Summary
Part IV. - Advanced Topics
18 - Multiple Inheritance
- 18.1 - Example of multiple inheritance
  - 18.1.1 - Modeling of ground vehicles
  - 18.1.2 - Aircraft classes and multiple inheritance
- 18.2 - Multiple inheritance and slots
- 18.3 - The class precedence list
  - 18.3.1 - Construction of the class precedence list
  - 18.3.2 - More complicated class precedence lists
- 18.4 - Multiple inheritance and method dispatch
  - 18.4.1 - Class precedence and method dispatch
  - 18.4.2 - Refined rules for method dispatch
- 18.5 - Use of multiple inheritance
  - 18.5.1 - Use of a mix-in class
  - 18.5.2 - Pros and cons of multiple inheritance
- 18.6 - Summary
19 - Performance and Flexibility
- 19.1 - Execution model
- 19.2 - Efficiency model
- 19.3 - Type constraints
- 19.4 - Limited types
- 19.5 - Enumerations
- 19.6 - Direct methods
- 19.7 - Tail calls
- 19.8 - Typed generic functions
- 19.9 - Open generic functions
- 19.10 - Open classes
- 19.11 - Sealed domains
- 19.12 - Slot accessors
- 19.13 - Primary classes
- 19.14 - Additional efficiency information
- 19.15 - Summary
20 - Exceptions
- 20.1 - An informal exception protocol
  - 20.1.1 - The + method using informal exceptions
  - 20.1.2 - Problems with the informal exception protocol
- 20.2 - A simple Dylan exception protocol
- 20.3 - Additional exception mechanisms
- 20.4 - Protected operations and the block construct
  - 20.4.1 - Protected objects
- 20.5 - Summary
21 - Macros
- 21.1 - Patterns and templates
- 21.2 - Macro hygiene
- 21.3 - Evaluation in macros
- 21.4 - Constraints
- 21.5 - More complex rules
- 21.6 - More hygiene
- 21.7 - Auxiliary macros
- 21.8 - Summary
Source Code of Program Examples
A - Resources on Dylan
- A.1 - World Wide Web pages for this book and its examples
- A.2 - Newsgroup
- A.3 - Harlequin
- A.4 - Carnegie Mellon University
- A.5 - Marlais
B - Dylan Object Model for C and C++ Programmers
- B.1 - The concept of pointers
- B.2 - The concept of classes
Glossary
Index

N Feinberg/S E Keene/R Mathews/P Tucker Withington, DYLAN PROGRAMMING, (c) 1997 Harlequin Inc. Reproduced by permission of Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Company, Inc. All rights reserved. No further copying, downloading or transmitting of this material is allowed without the prior written permission of the publisher.