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Circular_Buffer

container.Circular_Buffer

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[Contains abstract features]

Circular_Buffer -- a circular buffer-like structure

buffer to which elements can be enqueued and retrieved with a FIFO
logic.

it is usually backed by a fixed length array.

Functions

create immutable array from this buffer
create a list from this buffer
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 => 
String 
[Redefinition of Any.as_string]
the current state of the buffer
as a string.

redefines:

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i64 
[Abstract feature]
amount of elements free for writing
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i64 
[Abstract feature]
amount of elements available for reading
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Type 
[Inherited from  Any]
Get the dynamic type of this instance. For value instances `x`, this is
equal to `type_of x`, but for `x` with a `ref` type `x.dynamic_type` gives
the actual runtime type, while `type_of x` results in the static
compile-time type.

There is no dynamic type of a type instance since this would result in an
endless hierarchy of types. So for Type values, dynamic_type is redefined
to just return Type.type.
enqueue data into the buffer

returns an error if the given sequence is too long to fit into
the buffer entirely
read elements from the buffer
read a single element from the buffer
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Any
 => 
i64 
[Abstract feature]
length of this buffer.
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String 
[Inherited from  Any]
convenience prefix operator to create a string from a value.

This permits usage of `$` as a prefix operator in a similar way both
inside and outside of constant strings: $x and "$x" will produce the
same string.
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outcome unit 
[Abstract feature]
enqueue a single element into the buffer

returns an error if the new element does not fit into the
buffer

Type Features

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[Inherited from  Type]
string representation of this type to be used for debugging.

result has the form "Type of '<name>'", but this might change in the future

redefines:

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[Inherited from  Type]
There is no dynamic type of a type instance since this would result in an
endless hierarchy of types, so dynamic_type is redefined to just return
Type.type here.

redefines:

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type
)
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Any
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[Inherited from  Type]
Is this type assignable to a type parameter with constraint `T`?

The result of this is a compile-time constant that can be used to specialize
code for a particular type.

is_of_integer_type(n T : numeric) => T : integer
say (is_of_integer_type 1234) # true
say (is_of_integer_type 3.14) # false

it is most useful in conjunction preconditions or `if` statements as in

pair(a,b T) is

=>

or

val(n T) is

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[Inherited from  Type]
name of this type, including type parameters, e.g. 'option (list i32)'.
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[Inherited from  Any]
Get a type as a value.

This is a feature with the effect equivalent to Fuzion's `expr.type` call tail.
It is recommended to use `expr.type` and not `expr.type_value`.

`type_value` is here to show how this can be implemented and to illustrate the
difference to `dynamic_type`.