private/matches.ss
;;; PLT Scheme Inference Collection
;;; matches.ss
;;; Copyright (c) 2006 M. Douglas Williams
;;;
;;; This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
;;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
;;; License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
;;; version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
;;;
;;; This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
;;; Lesser General Public License for more details.
;;;
;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
;;; License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
;;; Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
;;; 02111-1307 USA.
;;;

(module matches mzscheme
  
  (provide (all-defined))
  
  (require "bindings.ss")
  (require "assertions.ss")
  
  ;; match?: any -> boolean
  (define (match? x)
    (and (pair? x)
         (list? (car x))
         (bindings? (cdr x))))
  
  ;; match-assertions: match? -> list
  (define (match-assertions match)
    (car match))
  
  ;; match-bindings: match? -> bindings?
  (define (match-bindings match)
    (cdr match))
    
  ;; match-subset? list x list -> boolean
  ;; A predicate function that returns true if the first argument is a
  ;; subset of the second argument.  This is determined by checking the
  ;; list of assertions.
  (define (match-subset? match-1 match-2)
    (assertions-subset? (car match-1) (car match-2)))

  )