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== Abstract ==

Queues (more precisely, mostly-output-restricted deques) are mutable ordered collections that can contain any Scheme object.  Each queue is based on an ordinary Scheme list that contains the elements of the queue by maintaining pointers to the first and last pairs of the list.  It's cheap to add or remove elements from the front of the list or to add elements to the back, but not to remove elements from the back.  Queues are disjoint from other types of Scheme objects.

== Rationale ==

Because the representation of queues as lists is exposed by the implementation, it's not necessary to provide a comprehensive API for queues, since [http://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-1/srfi-1.html SRFI 1] and other list APIs can serve the same purpose, using the `queue->list`, `list->queue`, and `list-queue!` procedures to convert between queues and lists fairly cheaply.  Consequently, the API provided here over and above the bare necessities of queueing and dequeueing elements is closely analogous to the R7RS-small API for lists.  It also subsumes the [http://wiki.call-cc.org/man/4/Unit%20data-structures#queues Chicken] and [http://people.csail.mit.edu/jaffer/slib/Queues.html#Queues SLIB] APIs.


== Specification ==

=== Constructors ===

`(make-queue `''k'' [ ''fill'' ]`)`

`(queue `''element'' ...`)`

Returns a newly allocated queue containing the ''elements''.  This operation is O(n).

`(queue-copy` ''queue''`)`

Returns a newly allocated queue containing the elements of ''queue''.  This operation is O(n).

=== Predicates ===

`(queue? `''obj''`)`

Returns `#t` if ''obj'' is a queue, and `#f` otherwise.  This operation is O(1).

`(queue-empty? `''queue''`)`

Returns `#t` if ''obj'' is a queue with no elements, and `#f` otherwise.  This operation is O(1).

=== Accessors ===

`(queue-first `''queue''` `''element''`)`

Returns the first element of the queue.  This operation is O(1).

`(queue-last`''queue''` `''element''`)`

Returns the last element of the queue.  This operation is O(1).

`(queue-ref ''queue k''`)`

Returns the ''k''th element of ''queue''.  This operation is O(k).

=== Mutators ===

These procedures signal an error that satisfies `queue-error?` if there is no element to delete or modify.

`(queue-add-first! `''queue''` `''element''`)`

Adds ''element'' to the beginning of ''queue''.  Returns an unspecified value.  This operation is O(1).

`(queue-add-last! `''queue''` `''element''`)`

Adds ''element'' to the end of ''queue''.  Returns an unspecified value.  This operation is O(1).

`(queue-remove-first! `''queue''`)`

Removes the first element of the queue and returns it.  This operation is O(1).

`(queue-remove-last! `''queue''`)`

Removes the last element of the queue and returns it.  This operation is O(n), because the list does not have backward links.

`(queue-set! `''queue k value''`)`

Sets the ''k''th element of ''queue'' to ''value''.  This operation is O(k).

=== The whole queue ===

`(queue-length `''queue''`)`

Returns the number of elements in ''queue''.  This operation is O(n).

`(queue-append `''queue'' ...`)`

Returns a queue which contains all the elements in all the ''queues'' in the order in which they appear in the call.  The result does not share storage with any of the arguments.  This operation is O(n) in the total number of elements.

`(queue-reverse `''queue''`)`

Returns a newly allocated queue with the same elements as in ''queue'' but in reverse order.  The result does not share structure with any of the arguments.  This operation is O(n).

`(queue-member? `''queue element;'' [ ''predicate'' ]`)`

Returns `#t` if ''element'' is a member of ''queue'' (in the sense of ''predicate'', which defaults to `equal?`) and `#f` otherwise.  This operation is O(n).

=== Mapping ===

`(queue-map `''proc queue''`)`

Applies ''proc'' to each element of ''queue'' in order and returns a newly allocated queue containing the results.  This operation is O(n).

`(queue-map! `''proc queue''`)`

Applies ''proc'' to each element of ''queue'' in order and modifies ''queue'' to contain the results.  This operation is O(n).  It is not part of the R7RS-small list API, but is included here to make transformation of a queue by mutation more efficient.

`(queue-for-each `''proc''` `''queue''`)`

Applies ''proc'' to each element of ''queue'' in order, discarding the returned values.  Returns an unspecified value.  This operation is O(n).

=== Conversion and list operations ===

`(queue->list `''queue''`)`

Returns the list that contains the members of ''queue'' in order.  It is an error to mutate the cdrs of such a list, as it shares storage with the queue.  This operation is O(1).

`(list->queue `''list''`)`

Returns a newly allocated queue containing the elements of ''list'' in order.  It is an error to mutate the cdrs of ''list'' after calling this procedure, as it shares storage with the queue.  This operation is O(n).

To apply a non-destructive list procedure to a queue and return a new queue, use `(list->queue (`''proc''` (queue->list `''queue''`)))`.

`(list->queue! `''queue list''`)`

Replaces the list associated with ''queue'' with ''list'', effectively discarding all the elements of ''queue'' in favor of those in ''list''.  It is an error to mutate the cdrs of ''list'' after calling this procedure, as it shares storage with the queue.  Returns an unspecified value.  This operation is O(n).

To apply a destructive list procedure to a queue, use `(list->queue! (`''proc''` (queue->list `''queue''`)))`.

=== Comparator ===

`queue-comparator`

A comparator suitable for use with queues, using the procedures of `list-comparator`.

== Implementation note ==

R5RS implementations do not have `make-list`, `list-copy`, `list-set!`, or `map!`, which therefore would need to be packaged with the sample implementation.  All but `list-set!` are available in SRFI 1, but it's trivial to provide local implementations of them.

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