Implemented |=

4 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 9ab2778..90915c3 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-* implement |= as in { 1 add } |=i
 * better sys .file
   * don't make newly opened files executable by default
     * make :executable, :nonexecutable, :writable, :readable, etc.
diff --git a/compiler/standardClient.ey b/compiler/standardClient.ey
index d807d7c..b865856 100644
--- a/compiler/standardClient.ey
+++ b/compiler/standardClient.ey
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 { keys dump "undefined member in .|: " dump dump "" die } "#.|" defmd
 { keys dump "undefined member in =: " dump dump "" die } "#.=" defmd
 
+{
+  quoted { ==name =*f
+    name "|" sys .executeIdentifier
+    f
+    name "=" sys .executeIdentifier
+  } { ==name =*f name | f name = } ? *
+} "|=" defq
+
 ## regex support
 # ideas taken from http://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp3.html
 <
diff --git a/doc/global.md b/doc/global.md
index b20b3bc..e207973 100644
--- a/doc/global.md
+++ b/doc/global.md
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ Executes the top stack element. See [execution.md](execution.md) for the full st
     { "Hello World!" dump } *
     "Hello World!"
 
+`|=`
+----
+
+Takes a name and a function from the stack. Resolves the name without
+execution (like `|`) runs the function and then assigns the topmost
+stack element back to name (like `=`).
+
+    0 ==long_variable_name
+    { 1 add } |=long_variable_name
+    long_variable_name dump          # now 1
+
 `[`
 ---
 
diff --git a/examples/working-compiler/apply.test b/examples/working-compiler/apply.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dd3979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/working-compiler/apply.test
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  quoted { ==name =*f
+    name "|" sys .executeIdentifier
+    f
+    name "=" sys .executeIdentifier
+  } { ==name =*f name | f name = } ? *
+} "|=" defq
+
+0 ==i
+i dump
+{ 1 add } |=i
+i dump
+
+{
+  0 ==j
+  { 1 add } |=j
+  j dump
+} *