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<h4 class="subsection" id="SRFI_002d17-_002d-Generalized-set_0021"><span>7.5.14 SRFI-17 - Generalized set!<a class="copiable-link" href="#SRFI_002d17-_002d-Generalized-set_0021"> &para;</a></span></h4>
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<p>This SRFI implements a generalized <code class="code">set!</code>, allowing some
&ldquo;referencing&rdquo; functions to be used as the target location of a
<code class="code">set!</code>. This feature is available from
</p>
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<pre class="example-preformatted">(use-modules (srfi srfi-17))
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<p>For example <code class="code">vector-ref</code> is extended so that
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<pre class="example-preformatted">(set! (vector-ref vec idx) new-value)
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<p>is equivalent to
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<pre class="example-preformatted">(vector-set! vec idx new-value)
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<p>The idea is that a <code class="code">vector-ref</code> expression identifies a location,
which may be either fetched or stored. The same form is used for the
location in both cases, encouraging visual clarity. This is similar
to the idea of an &ldquo;lvalue&rdquo; in C.
</p>
<p>The mechanism for this kind of <code class="code">set!</code> is in the Guile core
(see <a class="pxref" href="Procedures-with-Setters.html">Procedures with Setters</a>). This module adds definitions of
the following functions as procedures with setters, allowing them to
be targets of a <code class="code">set!</code>,
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<p><code class="code">car</code>, <code class="code">cdr</code>, <code class="code">caar</code>, <code class="code">cadr</code>,
<code class="code">cdar</code>, <code class="code">cddr</code>, <code class="code">caaar</code>, <code class="code">caadr</code>,
<code class="code">cadar</code>, <code class="code">caddr</code>, <code class="code">cdaar</code>, <code class="code">cdadr</code>,
<code class="code">cddar</code>, <code class="code">cdddr</code>, <code class="code">caaaar</code>, <code class="code">caaadr</code>,
<code class="code">caadar</code>, <code class="code">caaddr</code>, <code class="code">cadaar</code>, <code class="code">cadadr</code>,
<code class="code">caddar</code>, <code class="code">cadddr</code>, <code class="code">cdaaar</code>, <code class="code">cdaadr</code>,
<code class="code">cdadar</code>, <code class="code">cdaddr</code>, <code class="code">cddaar</code>, <code class="code">cddadr</code>,
<code class="code">cdddar</code>, <code class="code">cddddr</code>
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<p><code class="code">string-ref</code>, <code class="code">vector-ref</code>
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<p>The SRFI specifies <code class="code">setter</code> (see <a class="pxref" href="Procedures-with-Setters.html">Procedures with Setters</a>) as
a procedure with setter, allowing the setter for a procedure to be
changed, eg. <code class="code">(set! (setter foo) my-new-setter-handler)</code>.
Currently Guile does not implement this, a setter can only be
specified on creation (<code class="code">getter-with-setter</code> below).
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<dt class="deffn defun-alias-deffn" id="index-getter_002dwith_002dsetter"><span class="category-def">Function: </span><span><strong class="def-name">getter-with-setter</strong><a class="copiable-link" href="#index-getter_002dwith_002dsetter"> &para;</a></span></dt>
<dd><p>The same as the Guile core <code class="code">make-procedure-with-setter</code>
(see <a class="pxref" href="Procedures-with-Setters.html">Procedures with Setters</a>).
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