;;; map.lisp
;;;
;;; Copyright (C) 2005 Peter Graves
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(in-package #:system)

(defun map (result-type function sequence &rest more-sequences)
  (let* ((sequences (cons sequence more-sequences))
         (limit (apply #'min (mapcar #'length sequences))))
    (declare (type index limit))
    (cond ((null result-type)
           (dotimes (i limit nil)
             (apply function (mapcar #'(lambda (z) (elt z i)) sequences))))
          ((eq result-type 'LIST)
           (let (result)
             (dotimes (i limit (nreverse result))
               (push (apply function (mapcar #'(lambda (z) (elt z i)) sequences))
                     result))))
          (t
           (let ((result (case result-type
                           (STRING
                            (make-string limit))
                           (VECTOR
                            (make-array limit))
                           (t
                            (make-sequence result-type limit)))))
             (dotimes (i limit result)
               (setf (elt result i)
                     (apply function (mapcar #'(lambda (z) (elt z i)) sequences)))))))))
